Live Oak High School Theater Live Oak Drama Morgan Hill
LIVE OAK DRAMA GUILD
arsenic & old lace
by Joseph Kesselring
Thursday Dec. 5th
Friday Dec. 6th
Saturday Dec. 7th
Thursday Dec. 12th
Friday Dec. 13th
Saturday Dec. 14th
7:00
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8:00
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POISON. MURDER. OLD LADIES.
Joseph Kesselring's classic comedy about the nicest murderers you'll ever meet comes back to the Live Oak stage!
Elaine Harper
Teddy Brewster
Abby Brewster
Lt. Rooney
Mortimer Brewster
Officer Brophy
Dr. Harper, Mr. Gibbs
Martha Brewster
Officer O'Hara
About the Show
Arsenic and Old Lace, a clever combination of the farcical and the macabre, centers on two elderly sisters who are famous in their Brooklyn neighborhood for their numerous acts of charity. Unfortunately, however, their charity includes poisoning lonely old men who come to their home looking for lodging. The two women are assisted in their crimes by their mentally challenged nephew who believes he is Teddy Roosevelt and who frequently blasts a bugle and yells "charge" as he bounds up the stairs. Matters get complicated when a second nephew, a theater critic, discovers the murders and a third nephew appears after having just escaped from a mental institution. In his adroit mixture of comedy and mayhem, Kesserling satirizes the charitable impulse as he pokes fun at the conventions of the theater.
The show runs 2 hours, 15 minutes (including intermission)
PUSHING THE LIMITS
OF STUDENT-PRODUCED
THEATER
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