Don’t forget to buy your tickets for “Arsenic & Old Lace,” the classic comedy with a dark twist, written by Joseph Kesselring and directed by Norman Gouveia. The cast is entering their final week of rehearsal for the production, which opens Friday, November 30 for a 3-weekend run ending Sunday, December 16.
The action in the play centers on the two elderly Brewster sisters, who have developed their own unique…ummm…”outreach” program to lonely older gentleman who may cross… their path. As their nephew Mortimer begins to unravel the mystery and plan his own future with his fiancée, Elaine, he also must deal with the humorous alternate reality of his brother Teddy and the much more disturbing antics of his menacing brother, Jonathan.
The play was a success on Broadway before being adapted as a film starring Cary Grant in 1944.
Performances are at 7 pm Fridays and Saturdays, with matinees at 2 pm on Sundays.
You can buy reserved seat tickets at Runaway Art and Craft Studio at 311 NE Commercial in dowtown Salem or Books N Time at 210 N Water in downtown Silverton. You can also buy tickets at the door beginning 30 minutes before each performance.
For further information or for group ticket sales, contact Michael Wood at (503)881-6270.