Marion Art Center (the MAC) would like to announce the opening of the MAC Theater’s Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery Opening, August 9.
Synopsis: Get your deerstalker cap on – the play’s afoot. Comedic genius Ken Ludwig (Lend Me a Tenor, Moon Over Buffalo, Crazy for You) transforms Arthur Conan Doyle’s classic The Hound of the Baskervilles into a murderously funny adventure. Sherlock Holmes is on the case. The male heirs of the Baskerville line are being dispatched one by one. To find their ingenious killer, Holmes and Watson must brave the desolate moors before a family curse dooms its newest heir. Watch as our intrepid investigators try to escape a dizzying web of clues, silly accents, disguises and deceit as five actors deftly portray more than forty characters. Does a wild hellhound prowl the moors of Devonshire? Can our heroes discover the truth in time? Join the fun and see how far from elementary the truth can be.
Director Kate Fishman says “Mystery? Melodrama? Comedy? Or just a doggone good tail, I mean tale. This play has it all.”
Cast members include Scott Fishman, Matt Lynds, Elizabeth Rapoza, Kate Martin, Allie Goodman and stage ninja/manager Kiah Allaire with Bethany Lemoureux as costumier and Steve McManus – sound/light.
The show dates are August 9,10,11,16, 17, 18, 23, 24, 25 with Friday and Saturday curtain at 7:30 pm and Sunday matinee at 2:00 pm at the MAC’s Anne Braitmayer Webb Theater. Tickets are $20 for MAC Members and $23 for non-members.