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2025-26 Auditions

MS. HOLMES AND MS. WATSON APT 2B by Kate Hamill

In-Person Auditions September 28 & 29

Email kelseym@summitperformanceindy.com

Submit your design or stage management resume today

Seeking:

AEA (Actors Equity Association) and non-AEA actors
All roles available for May production
Designers should submit their resume to kelseym@summitperformanceindy.com

Dates & Location:

AEA in-person Auditions: Sept 28th 12 - 4P and Sept 29th 5-9P (email for a slot)
Callbacks (invite only): TBD
In-Person Auditions & Callbacks will be held at Phoenix Theatre Cultural Centre (705 N Illinois St, Indianapolis)

Instructions:

In-Person Auditions (AEA first, non-AEA can attend if slots available): Please email kelseym@summitperformanceindy.com for an audition appointment
Include: name, AEA status, location (where are you based)
Also include: Preferred audition day/time, the role(s) for which you would like to be considered

PLEASE PREPARE:

One or more monologues from the script (LINK BELOW)
For the roles of HOLMES, MORIARTY, & IRENE, please prepare a dialect (see character descriptions below)

TO SCHEDULE AN AUDITION:

Email kelseym@summitperformanceindy.com, please include:

AEA status (AEA or non-equity)
Location (where are you based?)
Preferred audition day/time
The role(s) for which you would like to be considered

Audition Monologues

Production Details

'MS. HOLMES AND MS. WATSON APT 2B' by Kate Hamill

CHEERFULLY DESECRATING THE STORIES

OF SIR ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE

Venue: Phoenix Theatre Cultural Centre

Director: Pending

1st Rehearsal: April 7, 2026

Production Dates: May 8-24, 2026

Compensation: AEA SPT 2; Non-AEA weekly stipend

Duration: 7-week contract

AEA and Non-AEA contracts available

About the Play: An irreverent, darkly comic, modern take on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s famous sleuth and sidekick. This fast-paced romp re-examines the world’s most famous detective story with a bold new feminist lens. In this highly theatrical, small-cast escapade, oddball female roommates Sherlock (yes, it’s also a girl’s name—wait, is it a girl’s name? Is it even a name?) Holmes & Joan Watson join forces to emerge from pandemic fog as a deeply codependent, quasi-dysfunctional Odd Couple adventure duo—solving mysteries and kicking butts, until they come face to face with a villain who seems to have all of the answers.

Character Descriptions

SHERLOCK HOLMES / (any race/ethnicity, 30s-40s): female. (Possibly British, but not necessarily. Not American.) A once-in-a-generation genius. Eccentric. Focused, to a fault. Can be less-than-sensitive. Always playing psychological 3-D chess; operating on a totally different level than civilians. Like many geniuses, has a megalomaniac streak. Gets bored easily; likes applause; sometimes accused of being unfeeling. LOVES costumes and drama.

DR. JOAN WATSON / (any race/ethnicity, 30s-40s): female. American. Formerly type-A high-achiever. Recently divorced; struggling to find herself, feels broken. Reflexively defensive. Once had great bedside manner. Sometimes accused of being a loser; is not a loser. Wry. Smart.

IRENE ADLER / MRS. HUDSON / MRS. DREBBER / (any race/ethnicity, late 20s-40s): female.

Irene Adler: (British) a whip-smart, super-charming sex worker finding success at the highest levels. Always playing psychological 3-D chess; operating on a totally different level than civilians. Has incredible charm, confidence, and wit, and she knows it—uses it without mercy. You may want to be Irene, or you may want to be with Irene; but you can’t ignore her.
Mrs. Hudson: (British) Holmes & Watson’s long-suffering landlady.
Mrs. Drebber: (British) seemingly an ordinary housewife. Somebody you would be very wise not to underestimate.

MORIARTY / LESTRADE / ELLIOT MONK / (any race/ethnicity, 30s-50s): male.

Moriarty: (Cockney accent) a criminal so great you’ve never heard of him. A master blackmailer; know just when to play his cards. Always playing psychological 3-D chess; operating on a different level than civilians. Wears many masks. A professional. Amoral, but you’d like him.
Lestrade: (British, not a Cockney accent) an inspector new to his position at Scotland Yard. Not very imaginative. Often says the wrong thing.
Elliot Monk: an amoral tech billionaire from Texas.

***While character descriptions may adhere to traditional gender binaries, we encourage submissions from actors of all gender identities, including gender non-conforming, genderqueer, transgender, and non-binary individuals.