Ken Ludwig’s Baskerville
May 2 – June 1
Get your deerstalker cap on! Take a journey with Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson to the windswept moors of England as they crack the case of the Baskerville in this madcap retelling of a classic Arthur Conan Doyle tale from the award-winning playwright Ken Ludwig. Who says family curses can’t be fun?
“Ken Ludwig is America’s preeminent comic playwright. Our field has no one else like him.”
– Barry Edelstein | Artistic Director, The Old Globe
“Baskerville is a madcap sendup of what you might hold dear about that Doyle classic, done up in the style of The 39 Steps.”
– DC Theatre Scene
“The joy in watching the witty new play Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery is not in solving the crime but in the plethora of wildly imaginative characters you meet along the way. By dispensing with British formality, Ken Ludwig has given us a play that is ingeniously funny and will keep you guessing until the curtain call.”
– Broadway World
Age Recommendation: 14+ (subject matter includes murder and has some dark lighting states. There is not a lot of language (mostly time-period appropriate utterances which can feel quaint), a kiss but not strong sexual intimacy and lots of comedy.