FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Douglas
Morrisson
Theatre
22311 N. Third St.
Hayward, CA
(510) 881-6777
www.dmtonline.org
Mailing address:
Theatre, c/o H.A.R.D.
1099 E Street
Hayward, CA
94541
Media contact: George Ledo, Susan E. Evans
Media phone: (510) 881-6777
Email: [email protected]; [email protected]
DOUGLAS MORRISSON THEATRE PRESENTS
“SHERLOCK HOLMES: The Final Adventure”
Winner of the 2007 Edgar Award for Best Mystery Play
December 31, 2012 – The Douglas Morrisson Theatre opens its 2013-14 Season of
Mystery & Romance with a bang in February with Sherlock Holmes: The Final
Adventure by Steven Dietz. The play, based on the original 1899 script by William
Gillette and Arthur Conan Doyle, won the 2007 Edgar Award for Best Mystery Play.
Directed by Kendall Tieck, the play features an ensemble of Bay Area performers
including Craig Dickerson as Sherlock Homes, Scott G. Hartman as Dr. Watson,
Steve Schwartz as Moriarty, J. Geoffrey Colton as The King of Bohemia, Sarah
Klaren as Irene Adler, Brian O'Connor as James Larrabee, Eve McElheney as Madge
Larrabee and Bruce Kaplan as Sid Prince.
Sherlock Holmes: The Final Adventure previews on Thursday, February 14, opens
February 15 at 8:00 p.m., and runs through March 10, 2013, at the Douglas Morrisson
Theatre, 22311 N. Third Street, in Hayward. There will be a special Saturday matinee
on March 2, 2013, at 2:00 p.m., followed by a talkback session with the director and
cast. The Douglas Morrisson Theatre is a program and facility of the Hayward Area
Recreation and Park District.
“Dietz’s genius here is in creating both story and dialogue that could pass for
Doyle’s own. The playwright ... has created a gleeful whodunit that’s both
deeply original and an expert homage to all things Holmesian” ~ Phoenix New
Times.
Combining two of Arthur Conan Doyle’s stories, ‘The Scandal in Bohemia’ and ‘The
Final Problem,’ award-winning playwright Steven Dietz’s fast-paced thriller packs a
punch. Hot on the trail with their latest case, the world’s greatest detective and his
able sidekick Doctor Watson tangle with a temptress only to find themselves in the
clutches of Sherlock’s longtime adversary, the malevolent Professor Moriarty.
ABOUT THE PLAYWRIGHT
The Douglas Morrisson
Theatre is a program
and facility of the
Hayward Area
Recreation and Park
District
Steven Dietz is one of America's most prolific and widely-produced
contemporary playwrights. His more than 30 plays have been seen at over one
hundred regional theatres in the United States, as well as Off-Broadway and
internationally. In addition to winning the 2007 Edgar Award® for Drama,
Mr. Dietz is a two-time winner of the Kennedy Center Fund for New
American Plays Award and a recipient of the PEN USA West Award in
Drama (for Lonely Planet). He has received new play commissions from the
Guthrie Theater, Steppenwolf Theater, Actor's Theatre of Louisville and ACT
Theatre (Seattle), among others. His plays include Shooting Star, Inventing
Van Gogh, God's Country, Private Eyes, The Nina Variations, Trust, Rocket
Man, Halcyon Days, Ten November, Foolin' Around with Infinity and More
Fun Than Bowling and a stage adaptation of Bram Stoker’s Dracula. Mr.
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Dietz also has extensive directing credits at many leading regional theatres,
including San Jose Repertory Theatre in the Bay Area. He served as resident
director for ten years at the Playwrights' Center in Minneapolis, as well as
artistic director of Midwest PlayLabs. Mr. Dietz teaches playwriting and
directing at the University of Texas at Austin and regularly directs at the
University’s ZACH Theatre where his newest commissioned work, Mad Beat,
will premiere in April 2013.
ABOUT THE DIRECTOR
Kendall Tieck has produced, designed, directed and acted in West Coast theatre for
35 years. Among his directing credits are Carousel, Oklahoma! (DMT-2003; TriValley Repertory- 2012), A Few Good Men, I Hate Hamlet, The Man who Came to
Dinner, A Flea in Her Ear, Move over Mrs. Markham, Harvey, Blithe Spirit and A
Christmas Carol. Kendall has been fortunate to collaborate with his brother, Don
Tieck, an accomplished Bay Area composer/sound designer on numerous
productions, most notably for Kendall’s adaption of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas
Carol. Following graduation from Whitman College, Kendall spent seven years with
American Conservatory Theatre, San Francisco, where he supervised production at
the Geary and Marines Memorial Theatres.
ABOUT THE DOUGLAS MORRISSON THEATRE
The Douglas Morrisson Theatre is located at 22311 N. Third St. in Hayward, next to
the Senior Center and the Japanese Gardens. The Box Office is open Tuesday through
Friday, 12:30 to 5:30 and can be reached at (510) 881-6777. Information is also
available at www.dmtonline.org.
The Douglas Morrisson Theatre is owned and operated by the Hayward Area
Recreation and Park District, and is funded by the property taxes of the people who
live in the Hayward, Castro Valley, and San Lorenzo areas, as well as other portions
of unincorporated Alameda County. First named “The Little Theatre” at its dedication
on November of 1978, the theatre opened its doors in January of 1979 with a
production of the Rodgers and Hammerstein classic, The King and I. The theatre
operated under The Little Theatre name until 2003 when it was renamed the Douglas
Morrisson Theatre.
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CALENDAR INFORMATION ON SHERLOCK HOLMES: The Final
Adventure:
WHO: Douglas Morrisson Theatre presents
WHAT: Sherlock Holmes: The Final Adventure by Steven Dietz. The world’s
greatest detective Sherlock Holmes and his able sidekick Doctor Watson square off
against evil genius Professor Moriarty. Directed by Kendall Tieck. Featuring (in
alphabetical order): J. Geoffrey Colton, Craig Dickerson, Scott G. Hartman, Bruce
Kaplan, Sarah Klaren, Eve McElheney, Brian O’Connor and Steve Schwartz.
DATES:
Thursday, February 14, 2013, Preview @ 8:00 p.m.
Friday, February 15: OPENING RECEPTION
THROUGH March 10
SHOWTIMES: February 14, 2013 – March 10, 2013
Thursday February 14 (preview) and Thursday March 7 @ 8:00 p.m.
Fridays and Saturdays @ 8:00 PM
Saturday March 2, 2013 @ 2:00 PM and 8:00 PM
Sundays @ 2:00 PM
CLOSES: March 10
WHERE: Douglas Morrisson Theatre, 22311 N. Third St., Hayward, CA 94546
Special Events:
POST-PLAY DISCUSSION: Saturday matinee March 2
TICKETS:
$10 Preview
$29 Thurs. eve, Fri. eve, Sat. matinee, Sat. eve., Sun. matinee
Discounts available for seniors, students, TBA, KQED members, and groups (10+)
BOX OFFICE: (510) 881-6777; www.dmtonline.org
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