The Robber Bridegroom
Books and Lyrics by Alfred Uhry
Music by Robert Waldman
Adapted from the novella by Eudora Welty
Presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI)
Charlotte Mosteller – Director
Donna Valvo – Music Director
Tom Shalin – Instrumental Director
Maureen Brower – Choreographer
Jessica Brower – Asst. Choreographer
Play details: A rousing, rowdy Southern bluegrass fairytale from the Pulitzer Prize winning author of Driving Miss Daisy! Set in 18th-century Mississippi, the show follows Jamie Lockhart, a rascally robber of the woods, as he courts Rosamund, the only daughter of the richest planter in the country. The proceedings go awry, however, thanks to a case of double-mistaken identity. Throw in an evil stepmother who’s intent on Rosamund’s demise, her pea-brained henchman and a hostile talking head-in-a-trunk, and you have a rollicking country romp.
Arsenic and Old Lace
Written by Joseph Kesselring
Directed by: Maureen Brower
Play details: Mortimer Brewster is living a happy life: he has a steady job at a prominent New York newspaper, he’s just become engaged, and he gets to visit his sweet spinster aunts to announce the engagement. Mortimer always knew that his family had a bit of a mad gene — his brother believes himself to be Teddy Roosevelt and his great-grandfather was a nut!– but his world is turned upside down when he realizes that his dear aunts have been poisoning lonely old men for years! When Mortimer’s maniacal brother, Jonathan (who strangely now resembles Boris Karloff) returns on the night that the aunts were planning to bury the newest victim, Mortimer must rally to help his aunts and protect his fiancé — all while trying to keep his own sanity as well. An uproarious farce on plays involving murder, Arsenic and Old Lace has become a favorite amongst regional theatres throughout America.
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