Regional Premiere
MS. HOLMES & MS. WATSON – APT. 2B
by Kate Hamill
Directed by REBECCA BRADSHAWº
One of the “16 theater productions to see this summer” by WBUR‘s Jacquinn Sinclair
Holmes and Watson are back in this nail-biting, laugh-out-loud comedy. After Dr. Watson moves in with London’s most celebrated (now retired) “deductive consultant,” they get a visit from Scotland Yard needing Holmes on a case. Holmes and Watson begin their crime solving tour of London encountering vengeful widows, slimy politicians, and scheming sex workers as Holmes tries to crack the toughest case of all … the mystery of Watson.
From the top produced American playwright, Kate Hamill writes and Rebecca Bradshawº directs this familiar suspenseful comedy. Running from September 4 to 27, all performances are at Gloucester Stage’s Theater 267 East Main Street, Gloucester. Showtimes are Wednesdays & Thursdays at 7:30pm, Fridays & Saturdays at 8:00pm, and matinees Saturdays & Sunday at 3:00pm.
Runtime is 2 hours & 20 minutes, plus a 10 minute intermission
Content Warning: Simulated firearms, vapor-based smoke effects, and flashing lights used in this production.
SEPTEMBER 4 – 27
Performances
7:30 pm, WED + THU
8:00 pm, FRI + SAT
3:00 pm, SAT + SUN
Preview Performances
September 4 @ 7:30 pm + 5 @ 8:00 pm
Champagne Opening
Saturday, September 6 @ 6:00 pm
Artist Talk Backs
September 13 + 20 @ 5:30 pm
Pre-show Coffee Break w/ Artistic Director Rebecca Bradshaw
September 14 @ 2:00 pm
Critical Praise for Gloucester Stage’s Ms. Holmes & Ms. Watson – Apt. 2B
“Right out of the gate, the play is funny, corny, eccentric and vaudevillian.”
“High drama, high stakes, high fun.”
“Gloucester Stage’s production is a well-acted, well-directed, and sharp commentary on modern media.”
“Sharp, fast-paced comedy that’s equal parts mystery, satire, and character study.”
Trailers and Behind the Scenes videos for Ms. Holmes and Ms. Watson- Apt 2b
Meet the Creative Team
Kate Hamill (she/her) / Playwright
Kate Hamill is an actor and playwright. Kate has been one of the most-produced playwrights in America from 2017-2023 and is the most-produced playwright in the country for 2024/25 (tied with Rajiv Joseph). Wall Street Journal Playwright of the Year, 2017; Einhorn Award, 2023. 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), The Light & The Dark (the life and times of Artemisia Gentileschi) at CTC / Primary Stages (originated Artemisia), Mansfield Park at Northlight, Little Women at Primary Stages & the Jungle, Dracula at Classic Stage Company (originated Renfield), Ms. Holmes & Ms. Watson, Apt. #2B at KCRep, The Little Fellow (or: the Queen of Tarts Tells All) at Cygnet Theatre, Emma at the Guthrie; BadAssGalBoss at Primary Stages; The Scarlet Letter at Two River; The Odyssey at A.R.T. Other plays include Scrooge for Senate, The Piper (O’Neill Finalist, PlayPenn Fellow), In the Mines (Sundance Finalist), and Murder Play (or: The Aristocrats!). www.kate-hamill.com
Rebecca Bradshawº (she/her) / Director
Rebecca Bradshaw is in her third season as Gloucester Stage’s Producing Artistic Director. Directing credits at Gloucester Stage: Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike and The Ding Dongs. Other directing credits: Witch (Huntington Theatre Company), Dial M for Murder (Penobscot Theatre Company), The Ding Dongs, Do You Feel Anger?, and Hurricane Diane (Kitchen Theatre Company), The Treasurer (Lyric Stage Company), Photograph 51 (The Nora), Our Dear Dead Drug Lord (Off the Grid Theatre), Familiar (A.R.T. Institute), Stupid F*cking Bird and Mrs. Warren’s Profession (Emerson Stage), Big Love (Brandeis), The Earth Room and Fire on Earth (Fresh Ink Theatre), The Tempest and The Secret in the Wings (Weston Drama Workshop), Speech and Debate (Bad Habit Productions), Oleanna and Red (The Umbrella Center for the Arts), Luna Gale (Greater Boston Stage Company), Bad Jews (SpeakEasy Stage), among others. She is a part of the Affiliated Faculty of Emerson College teaching directing/producing and a proud member of Stage Directors and Choreographers Society.
Meet the Cast
Eryn O’Sullivan / Ms. Sherlock Holmes
Eryn is an actor and professional gardener originally from Georgia and living in Gloucester. She is a graduate of Boston University’s College of Fine Arts and the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, where she majored in Acting. Since moving to Gloucester, she has performed with Lanes Coven Theatre Co in A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Helena), The Importance of Being Earnest (Gwendolen), Romeo & Juliet (Mercutio), Macbeth (Witch 1/Malcolm) and most recently as Rosaline in Love’s Labor’s Lost. Last year, she worked with Rebecca for the first time on Vanya, Sonia, Masha, and Spike (Cassandra), and had an absolute blast. She also has an all-female theatre company called Don, Pat & Tom. They make new, multidisciplinary work. Their most recent project, a film entitled “Epinephrine,” is playing in festivals all over the US and Europe.
Breezy Leigh* / Dr. Joan Watson
Is blessed and thrilled to be working at Gloucester Stage Co. again! New York: Push Party (world premiere, The Hearth); Where Women Go (world premiere, Tent Theater Company); Le Blanc (People’s Improv Theater); A Sketch of New York (The Producers’ Club Theater). Regional: The Snow Queen, Clyde’s (Portland Stage Company); Stew (regional premiere, Gloucester Stage Company); Joy & Pandemic (world premiere, Huntington Theatre Company); Superstitions (OKC Rep); Oedipus Rex/ Symphony of Psalms (SF Symphony); Animals Out Of Paper (Chautauqua Theater Company). Film: “Step Into My Office” (BRIC TV); “Baby Mama Drama” (Chela Films). Education: MFA, American Conservatory Theater; Honors BA, University of Virginia. www.breezyleigh.com | @itsbreezyleigh_
Stephen Shore* / Inspector Lestrade, Elliot Monk, & Others
Is honored to be back at Gloucester Stage Company. Previous GSC Credit: “Victor Prynne” in Private Lives. Select NE Credits: Airness (Vermont Stage), Hundred Days and Constellations (Middlebury Acting Co), Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead (Huntington), Once (SpeakEasy), Big River and Our Town (Heartwood Rgnl Thtr Co). Select Regional Credits: I Do! I Do! (Judson Thtr Co); Treasure Island (Fulton), Million Dollar Quartet (Encore Musical Thtr Co), Taming of the Shrew (TX Shakes), Cymbeline (VA Shakes), Illyria: A Twelfth Night Musical (GA Shakes), Of Mice And Men (Cardinal Stage), and The Rocky Horror Show (Roxy Rgnl Thtr Co). TV Credits: “Dope Thief” (Apple TV) and “The Food That Built America” (History Channel). Proud UNCSA grad. Stephen would like to thank Barbara Hughey, Thomas Davis, and Ambioris Florian for their love and support. For Dad. To Gracie: I love you more every day. www.StephenTShore.com
Grace Experience* / Irene Adler, Mrs. Hudson, & Others
Noises Off, The Book of Will, The Thanksgiving Play, The Wolves (Lyric Stage Company of Boston), The 39 Steps (Greater Boston Stage), The Jump Shot (The Windhover), Miracle on South Division Street and Centennial Casting (Penguin Rep), Grounded ( Off Broadway at 59E59th), I Do, I Do (Judson Theatre Co), The Club (George Street Playhouse), Constellations (MACo), Beauty and the Beast (Berkshire Theatre Group), Beardo (Pipeline) and Cinderella (St. Michael’s Playhouse). Grace tours with multiple ABBA Tribute Bands and is an award winning audiobook narrator for Audible and Penguin Random House Audio. She can be seen on screen in “Zodiac” and “The Flight Attendant” on HBO Max. Grace is delighted and honored to be working on this fabulous play with this amazing cast and crew! For Barbara who makes the world a better place, and for Stephen, my favorite clown. Website: GraceExperience.com
Meet the Production Team
Marley Bjornstad & Sofiia Shyroka / Prop Designers + Apprentices
Marley Bjornstad is theatre technician originally from St. Paul, MN who recently graduated from Pacific Lutheran University with a BFA in Technical Theatre/Design. He has worked as a stage manager, lighting designer, electrician and scenic technician on a wide range of productions. His recent credits include Sherwood: The Adventures of Robin Hood (Stage Manager), The Prom (ASM), It’s A Wonderful Life (Co-Lighting Designer), and Antigone (Co-Stage Manager). His full portfolio is available online at marleybjornstad.com. He is incredibly excited to be spending the summer at Gloucester Stage!
Born and raised in Lviv, Ukraine, Sofiia recently graduated from Kenyon College with a degree in Drama and Biology. Always striving to learn and grow, she has cut her artistic tooth across all aspects of live performance, from directing and acting to design and production management. She has worked on projects in Lviv, Columbus, London, and New York, and is now excited to join Gloucester Stage as a 2025 Production/Technical Apprentice! She looks forward to contributing her global perspective and a blend of creativity and analytical skills to help ensure smooth production runs, transform challenges into powerful art, and connect audiences across borders.
Julian Crocamo / Sound Designer
Julian Crocamo is a composer, audio engineer and sound designer based in Portland, ME. His work has appeared at The Kitchen Theatre Company in Ithaca, NY (The Thanksgiving Play, The Chinese Lady), in The Huntington Theatre Company’s audio play Sherlock in the Fog. He is happy to be back with Gloucester Stage again, after 2023’s The Ding Dongs and last year’s The Hombres
Colby Hairston / Assistant Stage Manager + Apprentice
Colby Hairston is a stage manager from Melrose, MA, who recently graduated from Fitchburg State University With a B.S. in Technical Theatre. In recent years, he has worked in the booth and backstage on shows such as The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (Stage Manager), A Game (Stage Manager), 35MM: A Musical Exhibition (Stage Manager), and It’s A Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play (Stage Manager). Colby has done work as stage manager and treasurer for his university’s Musical Theatre Club, aiming to bring the performing arts back in a big way to the university. He is looking forward to working with Gloucester Stage Company this summer and getting to deepen his love for and knowledge of theater through this opportunity!
Tara Hightower* / Production Stage Manager
Tara is delighted to be returning to GSC for another show! With Gloucester Stage: Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike & A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Select Stage Management credits include: Topdog | Underdog, Loves Labour’s Lost, The Servant of Two Masters, Romeo & Juliet, and Macbeth (Lanes Coven Theater Co.); Too Fat for China, Tuck Everlasting, The Tempest, Sam & Jim in Hell (Lost Nation Theater); and The Nutcracker (Brass City Ballet). She is a proud graduate of Central Connecticut State University (B.F.A) and a member of the Stage Managers’ Association of the United States. She would like to thank her family, partner, and dog River for their love and support through her education and career. IG:@tarajhightower
Chelsea Kerl / Costume Designer
Chelsea Kerl is a Boston based freelance artist and educator; she received her MFA in Costume Design from Boston University and previously attended the University of Maryland. Previous designs at Gloucester: No Child…,The Hombres, Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, Tall Tales From Blackburn Tavern, Grand Horizons, Mr. Fullerton Between the Sheets, Tiny Beautiful Things, Native Gardens, Ben Butler, Madame Defarge, To Kill a Mockingbird, Man in Snow, Every Christmas Story Ever Told (And Then Some!), A Measure of Normalcy, and Gloucester Blue. Chelsea is the costume shop manager and costume design professor at Wellesley College; she also teaches at Bridgewater State University and previously worked in the costume shop of the American Repertory Theatre. Select recent designs include- Huntington Theatre Company: Witch (Elliot Norton Award Winner, Outstanding Design: Large Theatre), Wheelock Family Theatre at BU: Willy Wonka; SpeakEasy Stage Company/Front Porch Arts Collective: Pass Over; Company One/American Repertory Theatre: Greater Good. More of her work can be seen at www.chelseakerl.com
Kristin Loeffler / Scenic Designer
The Hombres; Vanya & Sonya & Masha & Spike; Tiny Beautiful Things (Elliot Norton Outstanding Production), Gloucester Stage Company. Bat Boy; Stupid Kids, SpeakEasy Stage Company. Our Dear Dead Drug Lord, Off the Grid. Photograph 51, Central Square Theater. Popcorn Falls, Greater Boston Stage Company. No Victors, No Vanquished, Punctuate4 Productions. Thumbelina, A Little Musical; Assistance; Familiar, Harvard/ART. Moby Dick (IRNE Award); Tartuffe, New Rep Theatre. Ms. Loeffler has also designed sets and costumes for Lyric Stage, Boston Playwrights’ Theatre, Centastage, The Theatre Offensive, Barrington Stage, Sugan Theatre, Pittsburgh Playhouse, American Living Room@HERE, NYC, and New Georges, NYC. Education: BA, English and Studio Art, Stanford University; MFA, Set Design, Carnegie Mellon University.
Deb Sullivan^ / Lighting Designer
Boston based lighting designer. Gloucester Stage: Happy Days, Our Son’s Wedding, Hilary and Monica-the Winter of Her Discontent. Boston: Lyric Stage-Urinetown, Trouble in Mind; Actors’ Shakespeare Project- Emma, Romeo and Juliet (Norton Award nomination), Midsummer Nights’ Dream, Hamlet; Moonbox, Speakeasy, the Huntington, New Rep, Greater Boston Stage. Nearby: Shakespeare and Company, Dorset Theatre. Regional: Off-Broadway, Trinity Rep, Actors’ Theatre of Louisville, Alliance Theatre, The Public Theater. Upcoming: Our Town (Lyric), Lizard Boy (Speakeasy), Little Women (ASP). A member of USA local829 dlsullivanld.com
*Member of Actors’ Equity Association (AEA)
ºThe Director is a member of Stage Directors and Choreographers Society (SDC)
^Represented by United Scenic Artists, Local USA-829 of the IATSE
MS. HOLMES & MS. WATSON – APT. 2B is presented by special arrangement with Theatre Rights Worldwide.