2019/20 Season

SHERLOCK HOLMES
& the case of the christmas carol

November 7-10, 2019
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In this ingenious meeting of two Victorian classics, Dr. Watson visits his old friend Sherlock Holmes on Christmas Eve, finding him on the verge of retiring. But soon, Holmes is visited by the ghost of his great enemy Professor Moriarity, who warns Holmes that he is heading towards his own damnation and tells him of an upcoming visit by three spirits.

CHARACTERS

HOLMES - 485 Lines
Sherlock, a detective of renowned fame, presently working on chemical experiments, in his 40’s
“hawkishly thin, impossibly rude”
Character goes from dark and marauding to repentant, excited, and joyful

WATSON - 215 Lines
Holme’s right hand man, and a widow (no longer sharing the apartment with Holmes)
At times is our narrator

MRS HUDSON - 88 Lines
Holmes’ long-suffering landlady

BECKY - 59 Lines
23, actress with a London company, from Cornwall
Becky & Young Holmes kiss

MORIARTY - 72 Lines
Professor James Moriarty, the first of Holmes’ strange visitors

YOUNG HOLMES - 20 Lines
William Sherlock Holmes around age 10 & 14

YOUNG HOLMES - 86 Lines
William Sherlock Holmes around age 20
Young Holmes & Becky kiss

LESTRADE - 68 Lines
Ferret-faced detective of middling intelligence

FIRST SPIRIT - 57 Lines
Military nurse dressed much like Florence Nightingale

VIOLET HOLMES - 6 Lines
Sherlock’s Mother (VOICE)

WILLIAM HOLMES - 14 Lines
Sherlock’s Father (VOICE)

MYCROFT - 15 Lines
A college student, tending toward heft (dislikes exercise, appreciates idleness)

SECOND SPIRIT - 65 Lines
An artist, dressed Bohemian with a sprig of holly

GARRISON - 24 Lines
A Constable

UNCLE TIM - 41 Lines
A friendly prosperous businessman (Mary’s Uncle - Watson’s wife who has recently passed away)

ELI - 25 Lines
A young boy in ragged clothing, Baker Street Irregular

TOPPER - 52 Lines
Baker Street Irregular

THIRD SPIRIT - 0 Lines
A silent spirit of the future, “wreathed in shadows and darkness”
No lines, but on stage for 10 pages

MABEL - 19 Lines
A widow

VERA - 25 Lines
A widow

WIGGINS - 12 Lines
Leader of the Baker Street Irregulars - older

TOFF - 3 Lines
A rich, upper-class person

TOFF’S GIRL - 1 Line
A rich, upper-class person’s girl

ALBERT - 42 Lines
Private in the British Army; sings Silent Night & 1st Noel

OLD GARRISON - 59 Lines
Major in the British Army

GERMAN SOLDIER - 5 Lines
Soldier in the German Army; Sings Stille Nacht

HEAD NURSE - 31 Lines
Head Nurse of the Women’s Hospital Unit (1914)

GENERAL - 40 Lines
General in the British Army

RUSSELL - 29 Lines
A young female intelligence secretary

THE PROFESSOR - 15 Lines
Holmes in his 60’s

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Jane Austen's
EMMA

May 7-10, 2020
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In this crisp, dynamic retelling of Austen's classic, matchmaker Emma Woodhouse has just moved on to her newest "project" -- a sweet, but modest girl named Harriet Smith. Having played matchmaker for her long-time nanny, vivacious Emma is determined to find Harriet an impressive suitor in spite of her lacking social standing. But as Emma becomes entangled in the romantic lives of her friends and acquaintances, she unwittingly falls in love with the least likely of bachelors in this lighthearted tale of gossip, matrimony, and misunderstanding.

CHARACTERS

HARRIET SMITH

MR KNIGHTLY

MR ELTON

MISS BATES

MR WOODHOUSE

EMMA WOODHOUSE

MR WESTON

MRS WESTON

MRS ELTON

FRANK CHURCHILL

FEMALE SCREEN ATTENDANT

FEMALE SCREEN ATTENDANT

MALE SCREEN ATTENDANT