FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Monday, November 10, 2025
FARMINGTON HIGH SCHOOL presents the black comedy Arsenic and Old Lace Sue Cobb, Assistant Director/Producer, 248-417-2276
Farmington, MI – Join us as the Farmington High School theatre cast and crew bring to life the screwball black comedy that has endured the test of time, Arsenic and Old Lace. This will be director Dean Cobb’s 106th show and 56th year in the FPS district and will prove to be an evening full of talent, humor, and laughs.
In this Broadway hit, you’ll be introduced to the charming elderly Brewster sisters; Martha (Vera Bard-Kuhl) and Abby (Izzy Hopper), who decide that poisoning their poor, lonely lodgers and burying them in the cellar, is saving them from the woes of the world. Their delusional brother Teddy, who thinks he’s Theodore Roosevelt (Alec Girbach), unwittingly helps them in their plans thinking the deaths were caused by Yellow Fever.
In the meantime, the ladies’ nephew, Mortimer (Julian Culver), who is about to marry Elaine Harper (Kelsey Hill), fears he may be destined for the madness he believes runs in his family. Of course, the plot thickens with the arrival of Mortimer’s brother, Jonathon (Zack Burns), a disfigured and dangerous criminal and his accomplice and personal surgeon, Dr. Einstein (Opal Murray), which, needless to say, leads to a series of chaotic and humorous situations.
Performances of Arsenic and Old Lace are on Friday, December 5 and Saturday, December 6 at 7:30 p.m. in the Farmington High School auditorium
$10 general seating tickets are available at the door and through the box office at 248.888.6274 after December 1, or during all lunches (11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.) December 4 & 5. Cash or checks made payable to Farmington Public Schools are accepted.
And…for our over 60 crowd, make sure you have your “Senior Adult Card” for free entry into the show. You are able to get this card at Central Office (33000 Freedom Road) by showing proof of residency.
Farmington High is located at 32000 Shiawassee, Farmington.
