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The game is afoot! Master sleuth Sherlock Holmes and trusty sidekick Dr. Watson unlock the mystery of “The Hound of the Baskervilles” this summer at Central Square Theater, directed by Thomas Derrah of the American Repertory Theater. Featuring three actors taking on more than a dozen roles, this laugh-out-loud farce, by Steven Canny and John Nicholson, was a hit in both London and Lenox (with Shakespeare & Company).
The Hound of the Baskervilles plays at Central Square Theater from Thursday, July 22 through Sunday, August 22, 2010.
The “Hound of the Baskervilles” is a hilarious spoof of the classic Sherlock Holmes novel by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, which tells the tale of an attempted murder inspired by the legend of a phantom hound.
In this comedic retelling of the famous detective story, Remo Airaldi, Bill Mootos, and Trent Mills tackle the roles of 16 characters, both male and female! Sprinkled with visual and verbal gags, pratfalls and gaffs, it is a fast paced send up of Sherlock, Dr. Watson and the Victorian literary genre.
Remo Airaldi (Sherlock Holmes) has been a member of the American Repertory Theatre Resident Acting Company since 1993 and has appeared in more than 60 productions, including Romance, “Endgame,” “The Seagull,” “Julius Caesar,” “Donnie Darko,” “The Tempest,” “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” and “Waiting for Godot.” He has performed with Commonwealth Shakespeare Company, La Jolla Playhouse, Geffen Playhouse, American Conservatory Theater, Moscow Art Theatre and The Taipei International Arts Festival. He received the 2006 Best Actor in a Large Company Award from The Independent Reviewers of New England for his performance as Arlequin in Marivaux’s Island of Slaves at American Repertory Theater.Bill Mootos (Dr. Watson) has worked with a number of Boston area theaters, most recently with Wheelock Family Theatre in “A Tale of Two Cities.” He has appeared in countless area productions over the past decade, at the Huntington
Theatre Company, The Publick Theatre, Metropolitan Playhouse of New York City, Manhattan Theatre Source, North Shore Music Theatre, the Vineyard Playhouse, Gloucester Stage Company, The Lyric Stage Company of Boston, Merrimack Repertory Theatre, Boston Playwrights’ Theatre, Foothills Theatre and many others. Bill’s film credits include “The Company Men,” “Locked In,” “Hard Luck” and “Easy Listening.”Trent Mills (Sir Henry Baskerville) is a rising senior at the Boston Conservatory of Music as a musical theatre major. Last season, he was seen in Actors’ Shakespeare Project’s, “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.” His Boston Conservatory credits include: “Killer Joe,” “Falsettos,” “Machinal,” “Romeo and Juliet,” and “Cloud 9.”
The Hound of the Baskervilles plays at Central Square Theater, 450 Mass. Ave. in Cambridge, Thursday, July 22 through Sunday, August 22.
Performances are Wednesdays and Thursdays at 7:30 p.m., Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m. with matinees on Sundays at 2 p.m. Tickets, priced at $40; $30 for seniors (ages 60+); $25 for students with a college ID; and $15 for youths (ages 12-18); can be purchased by calling 866-811-4111, online at www.centralsquaretheater.org, or at the Central Square Theater box office. For box office hours, group discounts, and more info call 617-576-9278 x210.
