BY KATE HAMILL
DIRECTED BY JACOB JANSSEN
MAY 1 – 19, 2024
Wednesday, May 1: Pay-What-You-Will Preview
Thursday, May 2: Final Preview
Friday, May 3: Opening Night
Wednesday – Saturday evenings at 7:30pm
Friday matinee May 10th at 2:00pm
Sunday matinees at 2:00pm
A rollicking murder mystery!
Newly-acquainted roommates Sherley Holmes & Joan Watson join forces to emerge from pandemic fog as an oddball adventure duo-solving mysteries and kicking butts. An irreverent, darkly comic, modern take on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s famous sleuth and sidekick, this fast-paced romp re-examines the world’s most famous detective story with a bold, fresh feminist lens.
Run time: approximately 2 hours and 15 minutes with a 15-minute intermission
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Pay-What-You-Will Preview
May 1st at 7:30 PM
Post Show Conservation
May 10th
Photos by Cody LeSage, LeSage Media
Meet the Playwright
Kate Hamill
Kate Hamill is an actor & playwright. Plays include Pride & Prejudice – Primary Stages / HVSF (originated role of Lizzy; nominee, Off-Broadway Alliance Award), Sense & Sensibility at Bedlam (originated role of Marianne; winner, Off-Broadway Alliance Award; nominee, Drama League Award); Vanity Fair at the Pearl (originated Becky; nominee, Off-Broadway Alliance Award), Mansfield Park at Northlight, Little Women at Primary Stages & the Jungle, Dracula at Classic Stage Company, Ms. Holmes & Ms. Watson, Apt. #2B at KCRep, Emma at the Guthrie, The Little Fellow (Or: the Queen of Tarts Tells All) at Cygnet Theatre. Other plays include Scrooge for Senate; The Piper (O’Neill Finalist, PlayPenn Fellowship), In the Mines (Sundance Finalist); The Odyssey, and The Light and The Dark. Her plays have been produced off-Broadway, at A.R.T., the Guthrie, Seattle Rep, The Alley, Folger, OSF, Trinity Rep, Pittsburgh Public, Dorset Theatre Festival, Shakespeare Theatre of DC, Dallas Theater Center, Kansas City Rep, Long Wharf, A.C.T., Actors Theater of Louisville, & many others. Upcoming in 2024: Emma at Denver Center, The Light and The Dark at Chautauqua Theater Company, and more to be announced. Kate has been one of the most-produced playwrights nationwide every season from 2017-current season. Wall Street Journal Playwright of the Year, 2017; Einhorn Award, 2023. www.kate-hamill.com
Cast
Carolyn Hu Bradbury*
Charlotte Foster
Matthew Martinez Hannon
Amanda Pulcini*
Artistic Team
Scenic Designer
Mara Ishihara Zinky
Costume Designers
Kellyn Gagner, Kärin Kopischke**
Lighting Designer
Colin Gawronski
J Grover Holloway
Sound Designer
Production Stage Manager
Kelsey Brennan York*
Production Manager
Jenevieve Lee
Production Support
Technical Director/Scenic Change Artist: Alex Polzin
Carpenters: Albert Park/Jim Ward
Scenic Artists: Holly Park/Sera Shearer
Props Master: Jenevieve Lee
Master Electrician: Colin Gawronski
Fight Director: Greg Pragel
Fight Captain: Amanda Pulcini
Production Assistant: Edward Otrembiak
Stagehand: Eli Schuster
Our Show Sponsors
- George & Natalie Gorchynsky
- Sandi Johnson
- Linda Kohn
- Anthony & Judith Licata
Opening night sponsored by OtherWorlds Books & More
To learn about becoming a sponsor please contact Amy Mueller at 920-743-1760 or [email protected]
Ms. Holmes and Ms. Watson, Apt. 2B was commissioned by and received its World Premiere produced by Kansas City Repertory Theatre; Stuart Carden, Artistic Director; Angela Gieras, Executive Director Developed in the JAW: New Works Festival at Portland Center Stage; Marisa Wolf; Artistic Director; Cynthia Furhman, Managing Director
*Appearing through an agreement between Third Avenue PlayWorks and Actors’ Equity Association
HOLMES AND MS. WATSON – Apt. 2B is presented through a special arrangement with TRW PLAYS 1180 Avenue of the Americas, Suite 640, New York, NY 10036. www.trwplays.com
Third Avenue PlayWorks employs members of: Actors Equity Association, Stage Directors and Choreographers Society, and Stage Directors and Choreographers Society