Fun with Sherlock!

The Secret Case of Sherlock Holmes – Jan Bollwinkel-Smith photo

It’s the first case for Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson and it’s up to the Friday Harbor High School Drama Group to solve it! Craig Sodar’s The Secret Case of Sherlock Holmes is at San Juan Community Theatre THIS Thursday through Saturday, January 15-17 at 7:30 pm and this Sunday, January 18 at 2 pm.

Sherlock and Watson’s client—a young H.G. Wells—has hired the novice detectives to find a manuscript by Arthur Conan Doyle. Hiding from their angry landlord, Holmes and Watson duck into Wells’ time machine, and soon find themselves in the 21st century.

“They end up in a funny and crazy place where they meet characters like Marilyn Monroe, Tarzan and Lizzie Borden,” said director and FHHS drama coach Jenni Merritt. But are they really the famous personalities or patients with grand delusions; and what happens when murder comes into play?

Jenni thinks the clever humor in the play and Sherlock’s recent popularity in movies and television series should draw plenty of interest from community audiences of all ages eager to see Sherlock and Watson (perhaps a little sillier than usual) in action.

The Secret Case of Sherlock Holmes – Jan Bollwinkel-Smith photo

Tickets ($16 for adults and $8 for student reserved) are available at www.sjctheatre.org or the box office (378-3210).

Cast:
Drake Waite – Sherlock Holmes
Brian Fleming – Dr. John Watson
Emma Jean Carpentier – Inspector Lestrade
Courtney Bell – Dr. Sydney Freudley
Zach Fincher – H.G. Wells/Figure
Macalister Arendt – Miss Pinchley
Adriena Pew – Mrs. Hudson/Mrs. Willows (Tarzan)
Chloe Cunningham – Mrs. Cobb
Erich Atwell – Eddie Nash
Madrona Jameson – Dr. Carla Young
Libby Anderson – Ruby Allen (Marilyn Monroe)
Diego Anderson – Tom Smith (George Washington)
Keegan Hebert – Henry Lee (Count Dracula)
Jillian Urbach – Winifred Brownlow (Emily Dickinson)
Summer Fox – Nancy Darling (Lizzie Borden)
Essine Kilpatrick-Boe – Charlotte Hyde-White (Queen Victoria)

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