'Arsenic and Old Lace' at Playhouse 22

What’s Mortimer Brewster to do? He discovers his two spinster aunts have taken to murdering lonely old men by poisoning them with a glass of home-made elderberry wine laced with arsenic, strychnine, and “just a pinch” of cyanide while his crazy brother breezes through the scene believing he’s Teddy Roosevelt. With local policemen dropping by without any warning, Mortimer realizes dealing with this family is enough to make a man regret getting engaged to the woman he loves. That's when his murderous brother Jonathan decides to come home.

Playhouse 22's "Arsenic and Old Lace" opens this week. The show features Gregory Newton as Rev. Dr. Harper, Ashley Kipness as Elaine Harper, Eric McDonough as Jonathan Brewster, Rupert Ravens as Teddy Brewster, Zach Caruso as Mortimer Brewster, Deby Brandt as Abby Brewster, Leslie Hochman as Martha Brewster, Tony Rossi as Dr. Einstein, Peter Reimann as Officer O'Hara, Frank Takacs as Officer Brophy, Bill Poppe as Lieutenant Rooney/Mr. Gibbs, and Ray Kelton as Mr. Witherspoon.

The show will run at 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and at 3 p.m. Sundays June 13-29. To purchase tickets, click . Tickets are $22 for adults and $20 for seniors and students. These prices include a $2 Township of East Brunswick surcharge.

Playhouse 22 is located at 721 Cranbury Road, East Brunswick.