New Sherlock Holmes Play Comes to Placer Rep in April

Placer Repertory Theater will complete its 2025-2026 season of “Corruption & Obsession” with a brand-new adaptation Sherlock Holmes: The Strange Case of Miss Faulkner, which is based upon the 1899 play Sherlock Holmes: A Play by William Gillette & Conan Doyle. This is Placer Repertory Theater’s tenth family-friendly production of works featuring Sherlock Holmes. In total, they originated or adapted four stage plays and six screenplays. The opening run of Placer Rep’s Sherlock Holmes: The Strange Case of Miss Faulkner performs April 15 to April 25 in Rocklin, Lincoln, Roseville and Auburn, then is available for booking.

In Placer Rep’s Sherlock Holmes: The Strange Case of Miss Faulkner, audiences will experience the clash of two masterminds in a battle for the soul of London. The obsessed Master detective Sherlock Holmes and his faithful companion Dr. Watson are drawn into a web of blackmail and intrigue when they take on the case of the beautiful and determined Alice Faulkner. As Miss Faulkner withholds incriminating letters that could topple a royal family, the corrupt crime syndicate boss, Professor Moriarty, and his agents attempt to get them at any cost. With the fate of a nation in the balance, Holmes must outwit his greatest enemy in a high-stakes showdown that will keep you on the edge of your seat in this thrilling drama punctuated with comedic flare. Adapter T. S. Forsyth said, “This is a brand-new script! We’re excited to further develop and harden this adaptation through patron response to this lively on-script performance.”