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Holmes for the Holidays at Ivoryton Playhouse

On Wednesday, Nov. 1, the Ivoryton Playhouse will continue the Halloween season with a murderously funny thriller set in William Gillette’s Connecticut Castle, Ken Ludwig’s The Game’s Afoot.

It is December 1936, and Broadway star William Gillette, admired the world over for his theatrical portrayal of Sherlock Holmes, has invited his fellow cast-members to his Connecticut castle for a weekend of revelry. But when one of the guests is stabbed to death, the festivities in this isolated house of tricks and mirrors quickly turn dangerous. Then it’s up to Gillette himself, as he assumes the persona of his beloved Holmes, to track down the killer before the next victim appears.

In the vein of the best “whodunit” murder mysteries, the plot takes many twists and turns.

“From the intriguing opening mini play within a play to the surprise last scene a split second before final curtain, The Game’s Afoot gives you everything you love about great live theater. Billed as a comedy thriller, you [sic] will find yourself swept along for a wild and funny ride,” wrote the critic in the Cleveland Examiner in a recent review.

The Game’s Afoot is directed by Playhouse Artistic Director Jacqueline Hubbard and features Ivoryton favorites Erik Bloomquist, Victoria Bundonis, Katrina Ferguson, Michael Iannucci, Maggie McGlone Jennings, and Beverley J. Taylor, as well as Craig McDonald, making his Playhouse debut as William Gillette and Molly Densmore as the beautiful Aggie. Set design is by Daniel Nischan, lighting design by Marcus Abbott, sound by Tate R. Burmeister and costume design by Kathleen T. Gephart.

The Game’s Afoot runs through Sunday, Nov. 19. The Playhouse is located at 103 Main Street in Ivoryton.