Stageworks Entertainment, one of the resident theater companies at the Catoosa County Colonnade, will open its 2010 season this weekend with “Arsenic and Old Lace.”
Joseph Kesselring’s dark comedy centers on Abby and Martha Brewster, two elderly sisters who share a morbid secret that is about to be discovered by their nephew, Mortimer. A brother who believes he is Teddy Roosevelt and a cellar full of dead bodies make this one crazy evening at the Brewster house.
Hollie Baranick is directing.
Shows start at 7:30 p.m. today, Saturday and Feb. 26-27. A 1 p.m. matinee is scheduled for Feb. 27 as well.
The Colonnade is at 264 Catoosa Circle, just off Battlefield Parkway, in Ringgold, Ga.
Tickets are $11 for adults, $9 for seniors/students and $8 for groups of 15 or more. They are available by calling 706-935-9000 or by visiting www.colonnadecenter.org.
DID YOU KNOW?
“Arsenic and Old Lace” premiered on Jan. 10, 1941, when New Yorkers were looking for entertainment to take their minds off the war in Europe. It was an immediate critical and popular success, running for 1,444 performances on Broadway. It also was a hit in England in 1942 as theatergoers suffering through post-blitz London lined up for tickets. In 1944, Hollywood produced a film version starring Cary Grant that became a huge box-office success.