Greenville Theatre Works presents “Arsenic & Old Lace”
November 16 @ 7:30 pm - 10:30 pm
$12 – $15
It’s the final show in the 2024 Greenville Theatre Works season – Arsenic & Old Lace! This classic comedy by Joseph Kesselring will have you in stitches. Don’t miss an evening of hilarity performed by local, talented actors right here in Greenville, Texas.
Haven’t seen or heard of the play? Below is a short synopsis.
Drama Critic Mortimer Brewster’s Engagement announcement is upended when he discovers a corpse in his elderly aunts’ window seat. Mortimer rushes to tell Abby and Martha before they stumble upon the body themselves, only to learn that the two old women aren’t just aware of the dead man in their parlor, they killed him! Between his aunts’ penchant for poisoning wine, a brother who thinks he’s Teddy Roosevelt and another brother using plastic surgery to hide from the police – not to mention Mortimer’s own hesitancy about marriage – it’ll be a miracle if Mortimer makes his own wedding. Arsenic and Old Lace is a classic black comedy about the only thing more deadly than poison: family.
