The Monmouth-Roseville High School Drama Club will present its fall production, the comedy Arsenic and Old Lace, on Friday, November 13, and Saturday, November 14, at 7:00pm, and Sunday, November 15, at 2:00pm in the M-RHS auditorium.
Written by Joseph Kesselring, Arsenic and Old Lace tells the story of the Brewster sisters, Abby and Martha, two sweet elderly ladies whose charitable works are known throughout their Brooklyn neighborhood. On the day that their nephew, Mortimer, becomes engaged to the daughter of the minister next door, though, he discovers a shocking secret about his aunts that throws the whole family into turmoil, turmoil which becomes even more complicated when his nefarious brother Jonathan arrives.
The cast includes seniors Fox Nelson (Mortimer Brewster) and Hannah Neubauer (Martha Brewster); juniors Eduardo Chavez (Jonathan Brewster), Lila Neubauer (Abby Brewster), Fernando Ruiz (Dr. Einstein), and Cecelia St. George (Elaine Harper); sophomores Yesari Chavez (Officer O’Hara), Claire Cox (Dr. Harper), and Summer Miller (Officer Brophy); and freshmen Perla Buenaventura (Dr. Witherspoon), Mikey Fisher (Teddy Brewster), Lydia Fowler
(Mrs. Gibbs), Rebekah Juan-Mayes (Officer Klein), and Braden Schroeder (Lieutenant Rooney). The show is directed by M-R English teacher Melissa Agar. Senior Wren Jared is the production’s stage manager with freshman Mia Penueta serving as assistant stage manager.
Tickets for the production cost $10 for adults and $5 for students with ID. Tickets may be purchased at the door. It is asked that students junior high and younger be accompanied by an adult.
The Philadelphia Story is produced through special arrangement with Dramatists Play Services.
***Courtesy of the Monmouth-Roseville High School Drama Club***
