Potomac Playmakers - "Arsenic And Old Lace"

Schedule

Fri Nov 07 2025 at 08:00 pm to 10:30 pm

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17303 W. Washington Street, Hagerstown, MD, United States, Maryland 21740 | Hagerstown, MD

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The Potomac Playmakers is proud to announce the second show of the 2025-2026 Season, the classic Joseph Kesselring comedy “Arsenic and Old Lace”! Drama critic Mortimer Brewster’s engagement announcement is upended when he discovers a corpse in his elderly aunts’ window seat. Mortimer rushes to tell Aunt Abby and Aunt Martha before they stumble upon the body themselves, only to learn that the two old women aren’t just aware of the dead man in their parlor, they killed him! Between his aunts’ penchant for poisoning wine, a brother who thinks he’s Teddy Roosevelt, and another brother using plastic surgery to hide from the police—not to mention Mortimer’s own hesitancy about marriage—it’ll be a miracle if Mortimer makes it to his wedding. “Arsenic And Old Lace” is a classic black comedy about the only thing more deadly than poison: family.
Directed by Sarah Trent with Greg Berezuk, and with kind permission of Dramatists Play Service, Inc., “Arsenic And Old Lace” stars Linda Romero, Jane Hufstedler, Nik Henle, Anna Ressler, Tom Semmes, Blaine Hatch, Chris George, Bruce Kloster, Richard Dobson, Sr., Jim Zuna, and Tannen Paul. The show will run on November 7-9 and November 14-16, 2025 at The Potomac Playmakers Performing Arts Center, located at 17303 W. Washington Street, Hagerstown, Maryland 21740. Showtime will be 8:00 p.m. for the Friday performances, and 3:00 p.m. for the Saturday and Sunday afternoon matinee performances. General Admission tickets for all performances are $20, and $15 for Senior Citizens aged 65 and older. All tickets may be purchased at the door or online at https://www.potomacplaymakers.org/get-tickets/.
The Potomac Playmakers, founded in 1926, is one of the nation's longest running active community theatre groups. The Potomac Playmakers Performing Arts Center, purchased in 2017 with generous funding from the Agnita Stine Schrieber Fund, features deluxe cinema quality seating for a comfortable seating experience. For more information, visit The Potomac Playmakers at www.potomacplaymakers.org, email [email protected] or call (240) 513-6260. The Potomac Playmakers, Inc. is a registered 501(c)(3) all-volunteer, non-profit organization.
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