The Hound of the Baskervilles

“The real fun is that the audience is in collusion with the actors from the start... sets out with Watson (an excellent Bruce Warren) to find the only surviving heir of Baskerville Hall... the cast masters this difficult art.”

-Barbara Haas, Syracuse New Times

“As Sherlock’s sidekick, the befuddled and aptly perplexed Dr. Watson, Bruce Warren (“Little Shop’s” unforgettable demonic dentist)... The chief pleasure of this comedy is watching actors being actors, to delicious excess. In both plot and portrayal, the goofy, the grotesque, and the gross mix with verbal wit, cleverness, sight gags and pure farce to produce a comic free-for-all.”

-Barbara Adams, The Ithaca Journal

“Although the cast warns us early on that we're in for a frightening evening, the only danger is that some patron might laugh himself to death... The most successful hijinks are reminiscent of the sublime nonsense of the Marx Brothers. At other times, the physical humor is more like the low clowning of the Three Stooges; the ingratiating Domingues, Pacek, and Warren, along with inventive director Mark Shanahan are clearly knocking themselves out for us.”

-Len Fonte, Syracuse.com

“The fluttering between actor-selves and roles feels most like the Reduced Shakespeare Company. As with that troupe, the play depends most on a series of sight gags, verbal play (particularly excruciating puns) and lightning changes in character and costume... Warren doubles once (as another Scots farmer), mainly holding center as the affable and much put-upon Watson. Nary a false step.”

-Ross Haarstad, Ithaca Times

“Watson is played by Bruce Warren, and this is played with a lovely reverence for both the source material as well as the show’s version of the character. Warren shows some wonderful forced concentration, alert to all that is around him and is really the driving force in much of the second act. I loved every second of his thoughts on puzzles and I thought it was a perfect delivery for a character that tends to get bogged down with one thought.”

-Jeff Seneca, AltDaily.com