Fall 2009 – Larceny and Old Lace
Larceny and Old Lace
by Van Vandagriff
Directed by Simon Wellman
Harold Peabody’s sweet aunts, Millie and Gertie, are gambling in Las Vegas while Harold stays at their home to watch over his eccentric Uncle Charlie, who thinks he is a pirate. When Harold hears a bank has been robbed and finds a bag of money in the house, he declares that Charlie has buried his last treasure and decides he must go to a home for senior citizens. But Aunt Millie and Aunt Gertie can’t imagine doing such a thing. After all, Charlie had nothing to do with the bag of money. How do they know? They stole it from a casino! They casually admit it was their thirteenth holdup of a gambling establishment, pleasantly reminiscing about their previous exploits. When Harold’s jailbird cousin Mordred shows up with his own bundle of money and the FBI hot on his heels, the pandemonium multiplies. Join the madness as Harold attempts to keep his aunts out of jail, Mordred from killing them all, his fiancée from walking out on him and himself from going insane!
Role | Description | Played by |
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Harold | Good-hearted, unsuspecting nephew | Ronald Gardner |
Charlie | Harold’s wacky, swashbuckling uncle | Ian Glen |
Gertie | Harold’s sweet but larcenous aunt | Judith Waddell |
Millie | Another just-as-sweet but just-as-larcenous aunt | Karen Boese |
Mordred | Harold’s sinister, black-hearted thieving cousin | Mike Brown |
Lester | Mordred’s reluctant sidekick | Stanley Bernard |
Officer McNealy | Friendly beat cop who can’t cover for Charlie’s crazy antics anymore | Bob DuPuis |
Officer Larson | A new cop on the beat | Amanda Sauve |
Agent Klick | An FBI agent hot on Mordred’s trail | Bruce Buie. |
Agent Klack | Klick’s fellow agent | Brian Thompson |
Gloria | Harold’s unwitting fiancée | Jodi Leduc |
Dr. Shortanoar | Proprietor of the local insane asylum | Susan Henderson |
Nurse Widget | Hard-hosed nurse – does Shortanoar’s dirty work | Diane Brown |
Judge Taylor | Takes care of the legal matters of commitment | Rheo Brunet |
Taxi Driver | Doesn’t mind waiting, but this is ridiculous | Charlene Gardner |
Dr. Pretorious | Signs papers to prove that Charlie’s crazy | Steve Duffield |