BroadwayWorld has announced the upcoming production of The Victorian Ladies’ Detective Collective at Central Works.
Central Works season of new plays continues this spring with a “cheeky” thriller written by the local award-winning playwright Patricia Milton, The Victorian Ladies’ Detective Collective, opening May 4 running through June 2 (previews 5/2 & 3); world-premiere # 63, from the Central Works Writers Workshop. The production, directed by Gary Graves, is the fifth writer/director comic collaboration between Central Works’ resident playwright and its company co-director. In Victorian London it seems Jack the Ripper may be at it again where sisters Loveday and Valeria run a boarding house for Single Ladies.
When a series of gruesome murders terrorizes the neighborhood, they appeal to the police for protection. But Scotland Yard is no help at all. The bodies are piling up on their doorstep! So the women join with an American ex-pat to bring the killer to justice on their own. Last season’s CW production of Bamboozled by Patricia Milton won both TBA awards in the Outstanding Performer slots for Stacy Ross & Chelsea Bearce (now in this production), along with Entire Ensemble and Outstanding Production.
Written by Patricia Milton, The Victorian Ladies’ Detective Collective is directed by Gary Graves with a cast featuring Chelsea Bearce, Alan Coyne, Stacy Ross (member AEA), and Jan Zvaifler; with costume design by Tammy Berlin, lighting design by Gary Graves, prop design by Debbie Shelley and sound design by Gregory Scharpen.
Photo: Chelsea Bearce as Katie Smalls, photo by J. Norrena.