STAGE WEST
Sherlock Holmes and the Adventure of the Elusive Ear
JUN 6 - 23, 2024
A play by David MacGregor
Directed by Jay Duffer
Regional Premiere
Part One of Three
The as-yet-undiscovered genius, Vincent Van Gogh, presents a most peculiar case to noted detective Sherlock Holmes, his partner Dr. Watson, and his paramour Irene Adler. The trio embark on a rousing caper and find themselves confronting the daughter of Professor Moriarty. With a helping hand from Oscar Wilde, the world's greatest detective attempts to uncover a Post-Impressionist conspiracy. This zany mystery adventure is the opening gambit in a Baker Street trilogy. The game is afoot!
Cast
Sherlock Holmes - John-Michael Marrs*
Dr. John Watson - Brian Gonzales*
Irene Adler - Dana Schultes*
Marie Chartier - Kelsey Milbourn*
Vincent Van Gogh - Mitch Stephens
Oscar Wilde - Phillip Matthew Maxwell
*Member, Actors’ Equity Association
Production
Director – Jay Duffer
Set Designer – Clare Floyd DeVries
Lighting Designer – Tristan Decker
Costume Designer – Laurie Land
Sound Designer – Jason Jordan
Props/Set Décor – Lynn Lovett
Dialect Coach - Megan Noble
Dance/Intimacy Coordinator - Kelsey Milbourn
Fight Choreographer - Mitch Stephens
Dialect Coach - Megan Noble
Production Stage Manager – Kaitlin Hatton*
Assistant Stage Manager – Olivia Dickerson
Production Assistant – Jace Githens
Assistant Lighting Designer - Sierra Lesniak
Technical Director – Bryan Stevenson
Associate Technical Director – Allen Dean
Master Carpenter/Master Electrician – Holli Price
Illustrations – tiNG tiNG desiGN
Photography – Evan Michael Woods
Website – Jen Schultes & 1288 Web Development
Program Design – Performing Ads
*Under contract with Actors’ Equity Association
About the Playwright
David MacGregor was born in Detroit, Michigan, and graduated from Michigan State University. He is a Resident Artist at The Purple Rose Theatre in Chelsea, MI, where he has had nine productions: The Late Great Henry Boyle (2006), Vino Veritas (2008), Gravity (2010), Consider the Oyster (2011), Just Desserts (2014), Vino Veritas (2017), Sherlock Holmes and the Adventure of the Elusive Ear (2018), Sherlock Holmes and the Adventure of the Fallen Soufflé (2019), and Sherlock Holmes and the Adventure of the Ghost Machine (2022). His newest play, The Antichrist Cometh, premiered at The Purple Rose Theatre in March 2024. His holiday comedy, Scrooge Macbeth premiered at Theatre B in Fargo, ND in 2013. His plays have been performed from New York to Tasmania, and his work has been published by Dramatic Publishing, Playscripts, Smith & Kraus, Applause, Heuer Publishing, and Theatrical Rights Worldwide (TRW).
In 2013, he adapted his play Vino Veritas into a film, which stars Carrie Preston (True Blood, and recent Emmy winner for her role in The Good Wife), and Bernard White (Matrix Revolutions and Captain America: Winter Soldier). It is distributed by Gravitas Ventures and is currently available on various on-line platforms. His screenplay In the Land of Fire & Ice was a 2016 Athena Award winner (best screenplay featuring a female protagonist), and is currently under option with Academy Award nominee Shohreh Aghdashloo attached as the lead. Several of his short plays have also been adapted into films (e.g., Just Desserts, New Year’s Eve, and The Trouble With Cashews). Easy Way Out, the film based on his play For Old Time’s Sake, stars Academy Award nominee John Savage.
Most recently, he has adapted all three of his Sherlock Holmes plays into novels, which have been published by MX Publishing, as is his nonfiction book, Sherlock Holmes: The Hero With a Thousand Faces.
He has had his writing publicly burned, has been hung in effigy, and once upon a time, was ranked one of the top hundred Scrabble players on the planet.
Schedule
RUNS JUN 6 -23, 2024
IN THE Jerry Russell Theatre (seating map)
PERFORMANCES
Thu 7:30pm | Fri 8:00pm
Sat 2:00pm & 8:00pm
Sun 2:00 & 7:30pmDates to Know
ASL Interpretation:
Thu, Jun 20Pay What You Choose Performances:
Sat matinee, Jun 15, 2pm
Fri, Jun 21, 8pmPost-show Conversations:
June 9 (matinee) with director Jay Duffer
June 15 (evening) with playwright David MacGregorContent Advisory
Rated PG
“…the first in a trilogy that we will be producing over the next three seasons. [These plays] are not your typical Holmes stories – they are zany and incredibly charming. Don’t worry – you’ll still have the fun mystery to solve, but this time Vincent Van Gogh and Oscar Wilde join the fun!”
— Garret Storms, Associate Producer