by Joseph Kesselring
The play is the story of the eccentric Brewster family of Brooklyn, N.Y. In addition to the scheming old women who poison their victims with elderberry wine, the family includes Teddy, who suffers delusions that he is Theodore Roosevelt and that the Panama Canal runs through the cellar of his home. The locks he digs become convenient graves for the lonely men who fall victims to Aunt Martha and Aunt Abby’s machinations. When their nephew Mortimer discovers a body under the window seat of his aunts’ home, however, the elderly women ‘fess up to their deeds matter-of-factly and the events of the play become more absurd right up to a surprise ending.
Cast List
Abby Brewster- Betty Teixeira
Rev. Dr. Harper- Dennis Smith
Teddy Brewster- Shawn Elliott
Officer Brophy- Dan Tripp
Officer Klein- Ron Robinson
Martha Brewster- Ann Flynn
Elaine Harper- Karen Valcourt
Mortimer Brewster- Randall Milholland
Mr. Gibbs- Ken Carrier
Jonathan Brewster- David Mello
Dr. Eonstein- Aaron Lathrop
Officer O'Hara- Joseph Luca
Lieutenant Rooney- James Davis
Mr. Witherspoon-