Photo Flash: First Look at Todd Waite & More in Alley Theatre's SHERLOCK HOLMES AND THE ADVENTURE OF THE SUICIDE CLUB

Alley Theatre presents Sherlock Holmes and the Adventure of the Suicide Club. Based on Robert Louis Stevenson's "The Suicide Club" and featuring beloved characters created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Jeffrey Hatcher (Mrs. Mannerly, 2010) crafts a smart new Sherlock Holmes mystery. Having played Sherlock Holmes in The Crucifer of Blood (2009) and Sherlock Holmes (2003), Alley Theatre Company Artist Todd Waite will again play the iconic and illustrious detective in a spectacular, lavish production. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast in action below!

While Doyle and Stevenson never met, on April 5, 1893 Sir Arthur Conan Doyle received a letter from Robert Louis Stevenson. Stevenson complimented his "very ingenious and very interesting adventures of Sherlock Holmes." The correspondence sparked a friendship and the two planned to meet the following year. Doyle and Stevenson never met, but playwright Jeffrey Hatcher brings Doyle's timeless heroes into Stevenson's ingenious situations, permitting the authors, through their creations, to come together in the Alley Theatre's production of Sherlock Holmes and the Adventure of the Suicide Club.

In Sherlock Holmes and the Adventure of the Suicide Club, co-directed by Mark Shanahan and Gregory Boyd, dark forces may be manipulating the deaths of prominent men in a plot so far reaching that the fate of Europe is at stake. It is up to the brilliant Detective Holmes and his old friend Dr. Watson to uncover the chilling secret of the "suicide club." Mature themes; General audiences.

Sherlock Holmes and the Adventure of the Suicide Club features Resident Company Members Jeffrey Bean as Mr. Henry/A.C. Crosse, James Belcher as Mr. George/Inspector Micklewhite, James Black as Mr. Richards/Mycroft Holmes, Elizabeth Bunch as Christiane, Melissa Pritchett as Mrs. Hudson/Lucy O'Malley, Emily Neves as Woman #3, and Jay Sullivan as Mr. Charles/Nikita Starlov.

Sherlock Holmes and the Adventure of the Suicide Club also features Josie de Guzman as Club Secretary, Mark Price as Mr. Williams/Mr. Roundy, Laurel Schroeder as Woman #1, Rebekah Stevens as Woman #2 and Sidney Williams as Dr. John Watson.

Sherlock Holmes and the Adventure of the Suicide Club features scenic design by Hugh Landwehr and costume design by Alejo Vietti. Lighting design is by Paul Gallo with music composition and sound design by Rob Milburn and Michael Bodeen and projection design by Clint Allen. Illusion design is by Jim Steinmeyer with dialect coach Stephen Gabis, sleight of hand coach Geoff Sobelle and Assistant Director Brandon Weinbrenner.

Sherlock Holmes and the Adventure of the Suicide Club, by Jeffrey Hatcher and based on "The Suicide Club" by Robert Louis Stevenson and characters created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, directed by Mark Shanahan and Gregory Boyd, begins performances May 25, opens officially Wednesday, May 29, and runs through June 23, 2013 on the Hubbard Stage.

Tickets to Sherlock Holmes and the Adventure of the Suicide Club start at $26. All tickets to Sherlock Holmes and the Adventure of the Suicide Club are available for purchase at alleytheatre.org, at the Alley Theatre Box Office, 615 Texas Avenue, or by calling 713.220.5700. Groups of 10 or more can receive special concierge services and select discounts by calling 713.220.5700 and asking for the group sales department.

Photo Credit: John Everett

James Black as Mr. Richards and Jeffrey Bean as Mr. Henry

Josie de Guzman as Club Secretary

Elizabeth Bunch as Christiane

Todd Waite as Sherlock Holmes

James Black as Mycroft Holmes and Todd Waite as Sherlock Holmes

Todd Waite as Sherlock Holmes and James Black as Mycroft Holmes

Todd Waite as Sherlock Holmes

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