Performances February 27 & 28, 2026
7:00 p.m.
Thank you to all who auditioned! It was a small cast so we could not cast everyone, but consider helping backstage in some way on a crew. The first meeting will be on Tuesday, January 20 from 2:45 - 5:00 p.m. in the Auditorium classroom to get scripts, calendars and do a read through.
The play is a farcical comedy revolving around the Brewster family, descended from Mayflower but now composed of maniacs, most of them homicidal. The hero, Mortimer Brewster, is a drama critic who must deal with his crazy, murderous family and local police in Brooklyn, New York, as he debates whether to go through with his recent promise to marry the woman he loves, Elaine Harper, who lives next door and is the daughter of the local minister.
His family includes two spinster aunts, Abby and Martha Brewster, who have taken to murdering lonely old men by poisoning them with a glass of home-made elderberry wine laced with arsenic, strychnine, and "just a pinch" of cyanide; a brother, Teddy, who believes he is Theodore Roosevelt and digs locks for the Panama Canal in the cellar of the Brewster home (which then serve as graves for the aunts' victims; he thinks that they died of yellow fever); and a murderous brother, Jonathan.
The play culminates in a series of farcical situations as Mortimer attempts to hide the bodies, prevent Jonathan from causing further harm, and ultimately get his aunts committed to an asylum so they can be cared for. The play is filled with dark humor, mistaken identities, and witty dialogue, making it a classic of American comedic theatre.
CAST LISTING
Abby Brewster - Graycen DeVault
Martha Brewster - Cathryn Roberts
Mortimer Brewster - Colson Hunckler
Teddy Brewster - Carter Denen
Jonathan Brewster - Anthony Gillam Garcia
Elaine Harper - Hailey Powers
Dr. Einstein - Zephram Ellegood
Rev. Harper - Gabriel Gates
Officer O'Hara - Hudson Kistler
Officer Brophy - Roman Happe
Officer Klein - Leighton Hovermale
Mr. Gibbs - Andrew Strother
Lieutenant Rooney - Stella Wallace
Mrs. Witherspoon - Piper Yeary
Staff & Crew
Artistic/Technical Director - Jacque Brown
Sound Consultant - Joni Cowan
Graphics Design - Jim McGee
Stage Manager - Mariana Evans & Tracelyn Reynolds
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