Arsenic and Old Lace

“Arsenic and Old Lace” is a comedic play about Mortimer Brewster, a drama critic who discovers his sweet, elderly aunts are serial murderers, poisoning lonely old men with elderberry wine laced with arsenic. Adding to the chaos, his homicidal brother Jonathan, who has had his face surgically altered to resemble Boris Karloff, arrives with his accomplice, Dr. Einstein, bringing another dead body and creating further complications. The play centers on Mortimer’s attempts to manage the situation, protect his aunts, and deal with his deranged family while trying to marry his fiancée, Elaine