Fort Lee High School Academy Of Theatre Arts Presents "Arsenic & Old Lace"

Press release from the Borough of Fort Lee:

Posted on: October 22, 2020

Fort Lee High School’s International Thespian Society and Academy of Theatre Arts will record Joseph Kesselring’s "Arsenic and Old Lace" via Zoom on November 19, 20 and 21 at 7pm. The Premiere link will be accessible via the Fort Lee High School Website on each of those nights.

Fort Lee High School’s Theatre Arts students have been working virtually to bring this play about a good-hearted drama critic, Mortimer Brewster, who appears to lead a normal, happy life. Recently engaged to be married, Mortimer visits his charming, spinster aunts, Abby and Martha Brewster. However, shortly after Mortimer’s arrival, he discovers that his innocent aunts have a deadly secret buried in the basement—about a dozen older gentlemen. To Mortimer’s dismay, Abby and Martha deem their poisonous habits as charitable acts; convinced that they are putting these men out of their misery. Attempting to protect society without sending Abby and Martha to prison, hilarity and madness ensues as Mortimer tries to wrangle in his crazy aunts, along with his brothers—Theodore, who believes he is Theodore Roosevelt, and maniacal, murderous Jonathan.

For more information regarding this production, you may email Madame Etra at jetra@flboe.com.

This press release was produced by the Borough of Fort Lee. The views expressed here are the author’s own.