Murder Mystery Comedy Ms. Holmes & Ms. Watson at Trinity Rep
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle adaptation runs
October 3 – November 17, 2024
Trinity Repertory Company continues its 2024-25 Season with Ms. Holmes & Ms. Watson – APT 2B by Kate Hamill, playing October 3 – November 17, 2024 in Trinity Rep’s Dowling Theater. Tickets are available for purchase in person at the Ticket Office on 201 Washington St., online at trinityrep.com/holmes, or by calling (401) 351-4242.
Ms. Holmes & Ms. Watson – APT 2B runs in rotating repertory with POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass Are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive by Selina Fillinger. While the plays differ in comedic style and story, both humorous pieces center women’s voices.
"This season at Trinity Rep has been all about sharing women's stories," The Laura H. Harris Artistic Director Curt Columbus said. "I am thrilled to introduce our audience to Kate Hamill's scintillating, women-led adaptation of Sherlock Holmes. This great version, penned by one of America's most-produced playwrights and directed by our great friend Laura Kepley, perfectly complements our production of POTUS this fall."
ABOUT MS. HOLMES & MS. WATSON
The Hound of the Baskervilles meets Thelma & Louise in this contemporary retelling of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s iconic mystery novels. Join brilliant, eccentric “deductive consultant” Sherlock Holmes and her American roommate Joan Watson as they crack cases in post-pandemic London. This quirky, clever buddy comedy from the playwright behind 2018’s Pride & Prejudice is sure to delight hardcore Holmes fans and novice sleuths alike.
Ms. Holmes & Ms. Watson – APT 2B premiered in January 2022 at Kansas City Repertory Theatre. Since then, the play has been produced across the country. Trinity Rep’s production is the work’s Rhode Island premiere.
THE CREATIVE TEAM AND CAST
Kate Hamill is a playwright and actor based in New York City, best known for her feminist adaptations of classic novels including Sense & Sensibility, Little Women, and Vanity Fair. Her version of Pride & Prejudice played at Trinity Rep in 2018. For seven years in a row, she has been among the 10 most-often produced playwrights in the United States.
Director Laura Kepley was a member of the first graduating Brown/Trinity Rep MFA Program in Directing class. After graduating, she served as Trinity Rep’s artistic associate for five years, directing Trinity Rep productions of Boots on the Ground, The Clean House, Some Things Are Private, Shapeshifter, and Syringa Tree. Laura was named Cleveland Play House’s (CPH) associate artistic director in 2010, and its artistic director in 2013, a position she held for nearly a decade. Under her leadership, CPH earned the 2015 Regional Theatre Tony Award. Other theaters she has worked with include Alliance Theatre, Asolo Rep, Alabama Shakespeare Festival, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, Contemporary American Theatre Festival, Everyman Theatre, and Syracuse Stage.
“It is with joy and gratitude that I return to Trinity Rep, where I first flourished as a professional director,” Laura said. “I can imagine no better homecoming than by directing Kate Hamill’s fast, fun, high-stakes comedic adventure, Ms. Holmes and Ms. Watson – APT 2B. This adaptation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s stories presents the mysteries and characters we love from the classic series in a new light. The raucous production is a mash-up of the Victorian era and the present day, investigating how we survive and thrive in this ever-shifting, post-pandemic world.”
The production’s creative team includes scenic designer Collette Pollard, costume designer Shahrzad Mazaheri, lighting designer Dawn Chiang, sound designer Sartje Pickett, fight coordinator Mark Rose, dialect coach Cherie Corrine Rice, and dramaturg Evie Dumont. The cast features new guest artists Renata Eastlick (Ms. Sherlock Holmes) and Madeleine Maby (Dr. Joan Watson), resident company member Angela Brazil (Irene Adler, Mrs. Hudson, and others), and returning guest artist Jeff Church (Inspector Lestrade, Elliot Monk, and others).
Trinity Rep’s 2024-25 Season is sponsored in part by the Rhode Island State Council on The Arts (RISCA) and Providence Tourism Council. Southwest Airlines is the Official Airline of Trinity Rep.
ABOUT TRINITY REPERTORY COMPANY
Rhode Island’s Tony Award-winning theater, Trinity Rep has created unparalleled professional theater for and with its community since its founding in 1963. Trinity Rep strives to facilitate human connection and has been a driving force behind the creativity that fuels and defines the region for more than 50 years.
Trinity Rep is committed to reinventing the public square and inspiring dialogue by creating emotionally stimulating live productions that range from classical to contemporary and innovative education programs for all ages and abilities. Its annual production of A Christmas Carol has brought families together for more than four decades and made memories for nearly two million audience members.
Trinity Rep’s 2024-25 Season runs through June 2025, and includes productions of POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive, Ms. Holmes & Ms. Watson – Apt. 2B, A Christmas Carol, Someone Will Remember Us, La Tempestad – The Tempest, and Blues for an Alabama Sky. Subscriptions are on sale now. For more information, visit Trinity Rep's website at www.trinityrep.com.
