Green River High School Shows ‘Arsenic & Old Lace’

Green River High School Shows ‘Arsenic & Old Lace’

The production of "Arsenic & Old Lace" at Green River High School. SweetwaterNOW photo by Stephanie Peterson.

GREEN RIVER — “Arsenic & Old Lace,” a farcical play of a household full homicidal maniacs is Green River High School’s new drama and theater teacher’s directorial debut at the school.

“Arsenic & Old Lace” opened last night and will show again on Nov. 13 at 7 p.m., Nov. 14 at 2 p.m. and Nov. 16 at 7 p.m. The last performance will also feature senior night, celebrating the high school seniors taking part in the play.

Abby and Martha Brewster, the two murderous aunts who poison men with a glass of wine laced with arsenic and a pinch of cyanide, played by Ayzleyeigh Ray and Bella Groat. SweetwaterNOW photo by Stephanie Peterson.

GRHS drama and theater teacher David Huntsman’s roughly two hour play features a series of improbable events following the lives of the murderous Brewster family.

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Mortimer Brewster (Taydon Eagler) playing the “rational” drama critic and Teddy Brewster (Jeremy Neher) who had delusions that he is president Theodore Roosevelt. SweetwaterNOW photo by Stephanie Peterson.

“It’s great entertainment, you won’t be disappointed,” Sweetwater County School District No. 2 Superintendent Scott Cooper said. “They’re articulating their characters lines very well, the stages set looks very nice, very professionally done, I was impressed.”

Jonathan Brewster (Jeremy Neher) after escaping from prison and and getting plastic surgery to hid from the authorities. SweetwaterNOW photo by Stephanie Peterson.

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