• BHS grad Caleb Mikesell is on the cast
Bluffton University will present “Arsenic and Old Lace” by Joseph Kesselring for the fall play from Oct. 31-Nov. 3. 

In “Arsenic and Old Lace,” theater critic Mortimer Brewster’s charming and charitable aunts have an usual ministry helping lonely boarders to their heavenly rest by serving poisoned elderberry wine.

The famous 1941 dark comedy features a nephew who thinks he’s Teddy Roosevelt, a gangster on the run and unsuspecting police officers dropping in on the mayhem.

Tickets are on sale for the play, presented by special arrangement with Dramatists Play Service, Inc., New York.

Dr. Melissa Friesen, professor of communication and theatre, will direct the show, to be staged at 7:30 p.m. from Oct. 31-Nov. 2 and 2:30 p.m. on Nov. 3 in College Hall’s Ramseyer Auditorium.

Tickets
Tickets are $8 for adults; $6 for senior citizens, Bluffton University faculty and staff, and non-Bluffton University students; and free for Bluffton University students. They are available online at http://tickets.bluffton.edu; for assistance with tickets, call the box office at 419-358-3239.

The roles and participating students are as follows:

Abby Brewster
Payton Stephens ’23 of Lebanon

Rev. Dr. Harper
Kayden Cordell ’23 of Marysville

Teddy Brewster
Eric Lehman ’22 of Delphos

Officer Brophy
Wyatt Walker ’23 of Farmland, Ind.

Officer Klein
Allison Heldman ’23 of Findlay

Martha Brewster
Olivia “Lou” Westcott ’23 of Toledo

Elaine Harper
Shannon Benner ’23 of Circleville

Mortimer Brewster
Adam Shanaman ’22 of Bellevue

Mr. Gibbs
Kayden Cordell ’23 of Marysville

Jonathan Brewster
Adam Byram ’22 of Fort Recovery

Dr. Einstein
Olivia Hattery ’23 of Kenton

Officer O’Hara
Rae Auchmuty ’23 of Columbus Grove

Lieutenant Rooney
Caleb Mikesell ’23 of Bluffton

Mr. Witherspoon
Sara Poiry ’23 of Graytown

Robert McMullen-Ruppert ’20, Montpelier, is the stage manager. Mervin Schrock and Joan Bauer, both from Findlay, are technical director and costume designer, respectively.