By Morgan Taylor- Editor-In-Chief

Jonathan Law High School’s Drama Club performed its annual fall play, “Arsenic and Old Lace,” this past weekend. The Advocate’s Editor-In-Chief, Morgan Taylor, talked with one of the show’s stars, Justin Amaro, about his performance as well as that of the cast and crew.

Morgan Taylor: What was the show about?

Justin Amaro: The show was about two old aunts who live in Brooklyn. They have a room to rent in their house which brings in lots of men. They poison these old, lonely, men thinking they are helping them. Mortimer (my character) is their nephew and he finds one of the bodies and basically freaks out the whole show because he finds out his aunts are murderers. There are other aspects to the show as well. Overall is very complex and takes a lot of dramatic twists and turns.

MT: How was your performance?

JA: I believe that my performance went really well and so did the cast and crew!

MT: What was your favorite scene and why?

JA: My favorite scene was between me and Aunt Abby (Anna Malin) where Mortimer finds another body in the house but this time its someone Jonathan (Luke McDonald a.k.a the other brother) has murdered. Basically Mortimer is accusing aunt that it is her body and she refuses that she killed this one. This one was my favorite because I loved having a scene with my best friend Anna because we have never had scenes in other plays just us before.

MT: What is your favorite part about the shows in general and why?

JA: My favorite part about the shows are performing them in front of an audience because I enjoy performing and hearing the audience laugh and clap is just so rewarding. It makes you want to do better each time you perform.

MT: What can The Advocate readers look forward to from the drama club?

JA: They can look forward to our spring musical “The Addams Family” in April.