OCHS play 'Arsenic and Old Lace' Runs Thursday to Saturday

The Ocean City High School Drama Guild will present "Arsenic and Old Lace" by Joseph Kesselring with four shows Dec. 5 to 7.

Show times are 7 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 5; 7 p.m. Friday, Dec. 6; and 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 7. All shows are in the Bill and Nancy Hughes Performing Arts Center at Ocean City High School, Atlantic Avenue and East Sixth Street.

Tickets can be reserved by leaving a message with the box office, (609) 399-1290 ext. 1442.  Tickets are $15 for Adults and $12 for students and seniors. 

Drama Guild students are working hard on the production, a dark comedy set in Brooklyn in 1941. Mortimer Brewster, a dramatic critic, stumbles upon a secret.  He must deal with his two elderly aunts, his brothers, local police and a new fiancée in an attempt to be sure the secret stays a secret.

A tea with the Brewster sisters will be served between the matinee and evening show on Saturday, Dec. 7.  Proceeds to benefit the OCHS Drama Guild Scholarship.

— News release from the Ocean City High School Drama Guild