Adapted by

James Lavender

Directed by

Desiree Sanchez Meineck

CAST & CREATIVES

Bruce Dean (Holmes) has appeared on a National tour, off-Broadway, and in many regional productions. Some memorable roles include - Tevye in Fiddler on the Roof, Aldolpho in The Drowsy Chaperone, Harry McAfee in Bye Bye Birdie, Franz Liebkind in The Producers, Wilbur Turnblad in Hairspray, Moonface Martin in Anything Goes, The Monster in Young Frankenstein, Don Kirshner in Beautiful. Bruce has appeared in several short films, being nominated, and winning Best Actor awards. He has also worked in episodic television, radio & TV commercials and industrials. Bruce sharpened his funny bone doing Stand Up, Improv & Roast comedy.

Joel Trinidad (Watson) is a theater professional from the Philippines, whose body of work has granted him Permanent Residency status in the US (aka a Green Card). He has performed in over 75 plays and musicals, including the Asian Premieres of Avenue Q and The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (Philippines and Singapore); Something to Crow About (La MaMa Theater); and Proof (opposite Tony and Olivier Award-winner Lea Salonga). On screen, he has acted alongside the likes of Bob Hoskins (in Noriega: God’s Favorite), Connie Nielsen (in The Great Raid), Jeff Fahey (in Crash Point), and Christian Kane (in the Amazon series Almost Paradise), among many others. A prolific writer as well as an actor, Joel has penned a dozen original librettos, all of which have been successfully produced not just in his home country, but all over the world (and most of which he directed himself). These shows include Breakups& Breakdowns (music by Rony Fortich); After Ever After (story by Nicky Triviño, music by Jon Meer Vera Perez); Guadalupe: The Musical (music by Ejay Yatco); and Fairy Tale Rescue (music by Reggie Tan and Onyl Torres), to name but a few. He’s also written more than a hundred short plays (many of which have been produced in NYC). His latest musical (created with composer Lucas Hal-Jones) is the two-person comedy A Tale of Two (based on the novel by Charles Dickens), which premiered in London in July 2024.

Devin Gately (Production Stage Manager) hails from Massachusetts and is the most excited Stage Manager you have ever met! As a lover of adapting and re-imagining classic works, he is over the moon to be joining Aquila for The Hound of the Baskervilles. On top of working as a Stage Manager, he is always looking for a new book, a great cocktail, and the most delicious donut he can find! Select credits include: Heaux Church (Ars Nova), The Tempest (The Public), Collective Rage (Brown/Trinity), and A Christmas Carol (Trinity Repertory Company). 

Peter Meineck PhD (Lighting Designer & Road Technician)holds the endowed chair of Associate Professor of Classics in the Modern World at New York University, where he specializes in ancient performance, cognitive science applied to antiquity, and mythology. But this year he is on sabbatical and delighted to return to his roots as Aquila’s lighting designer and road technician. Peter founded Aquila Theatre in London in 1991 and worked extensively in London theatre as a technician including at the National Theatre, the Royal Opera House, many West End theatres, and the Almeida and Bloomsbury Theatres. He has a new book coming out in February, published by William Morrow (Harper Collins), Tony Stark, Odysseus and the Myths Behind Marvel: Ancient Heroes in the Modern World, which shows how the Marvel Universe is a new American mythology with deep roots in the myths and legends of the ancient world. He has also just completed another scholarly book for Routledge, entitled Catharsis: Performing an Ancient Therapy. Peter also volunteers as a Firefighter, Rescue Technician and EMT at home in New York. But none of that is nearly as exciting as getting a show up in multiple venues in many, many towns and cities throughout the United States. Peter is proud to be back on the road with his wife, Aquila’s Artistic Director, Desiree Sanchez, and can think of no better way of spending their 21 st year together than bringing great theatre across America. Hopefully somebody remembers to feed the dog. https://as.nyu.edu/faculty/peter-meineck.html

Alex Duncker (Production Consultant) hails from beautiful Jackson Hole, Wyoming, and began her love affair with the performing arts at her local western dinner theatre. After progressing from showgirl to stage manager, she ventured east to pursue a Theatre degree from the University of Vermont. Since moving to New York in 2016, Alex has dabbled in film, managed several inventive new theatrical works (Meshahnye, Late Night at the Serpent, Codependent, Cartography), helped keep the arts alive in 2020-21 working on adaptive outdoor theatre through the streets of Greenwich Village (Voyeur), and produced a pop-up theatre (Destiny Manifests) in a repurposed storefront in Chelsea that presented Sam Shepard’s Fool for Love alongside original poetry, dance, live music, visual and performance art. After four years touring to over 70 different venues across the country as Production Stage Manager for Aquila, and as its Company Manager she continues her career of working with women-led artistic endeavors in her current role as Production Manager at Ars Nova.