Performers Wanted for "Arsenic and Old Lace" Show
The company is holding audition for "Arsenic and Old Lace" Show and looking for performers, please see the details below. ONLY LOCAL TALENT WILL BE CONSIDERED. About the project: Arsenic and Old Lace is a dark comedy classic about the delightfully eccentric Brewster sisters, Abby and Martha, who fill their Brooklyn home with warmth, charm… and a sinister secret: they “help” lonely old men find peace by serving them elderberry wine laced with arsenic. Their unsuspecting nephew Mortimer discovers the truth just as he’s preparing for his own engagement, sending him into a whirlwind of chaos that only deepens with the arrival of his murderous brother Jonathan and a host of oddball characters. Packed with witty dialogue, outrageous situations, and a mix of sweetness and suspense, this play is a beloved staple of American theatre Please apply if interested,
13 roles
A dramatic, fast-talking theatre critic who discovers his aunts’ secret and desperately tries to hold his life together.
Mortimer’s brother, convinced he is Theodore Roosevelt, cheerfully burying “victims” in the cellar under the guise of digging the Panama Canal.
Mortimer’s other brother, a homicidal criminal with a menacing presence and a grotesquely altered face.
Mortimer’s fiancée, the witty and spirited daughter of the local minister, caught between love and Mortimer’s increasingly chaotic family.
Jonathan’s nervous, alcoholic accomplice and plastic surgeon, providing comic relief while trying to avoid trouble.
Elaine’s father, a respectable minister and concerned parent skeptical of Mortimer.
A friendly neighborhood policeman who drops by the Brewster house early in the play.
Another beat cop, Brophy’s partner, equally genial but not the brightest.
A bumbling policeman and aspiring playwright, more interested in sharing his script than doing police work.
The tough, no-nonsense police lieutenant who takes charge in the climax.
A lonely prospective roomer who narrowly avoids becoming the sisters’ next victim.
The superintendent of Happydale Sanitarium, where Teddy is to be committed, and who ultimately becomes the sisters’ “final victim.”
A dead body in the window seat, unseen but referenced (often doubled by another actor)
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