Sherlock’s is an official 501c3 Not-For-Profit Theatre. All contributions are tax deductible.
Sherlock’s is a division of the Chattahoochee Theatre Ensemble (CTE). CTE was founded in 2005 and has had several successful productions including I DO! I DO! at the former Human Experience Theatre and several children's theatre shows including The Brothers Wright at RiverCenter for the Performing Arts in 2005, and The Frog Prince and The Invisible Dragon for the Wonderful Wednesdays education program for The Columbus Museum in 2006.
Sherlock’s features local professional actors throughout the area and scripts written by JJ and his wife Dr. Kate Musgrove.
MEET THE UNUSUAL SUSPECTS:
Producer/Director/Playwright - Dr. Kate Musgrove is an Associate Professor of Theatre at Columbus State University. Kate received her B.A. in theatre from CSU before moving on to earning her MFA in Directing from the University of Virginia and her PhD in Interdisciplinary Studies/Directing at Texas Tech University. Kate has directed nearly 100 shows in both professional and academic settings in Georgia, Texas, Ohio, Iowa, and Virginia. Some of her favorite shows include Lonely Planet at Graceland University in Iowa, On The Verge at UVA (with Tina Fey), Keely and Du at Texas Tech, A Tuna Christmas at the Barter Theatre in Virginia
Producer/Director/Playwright - JJ Musgrove has acted in productions throughout the south and the midwest and holds a BA in Theatre from Graceland University in Iowa and a MA in Theatre from the University of Central Missouri. He has been seen at the Springer Opera House in Dinner With Friends, Cat On A Hot Tin Roof, On Golden Pond, Man of La Mancha, and The Odd Couple. Some of his favorite roles have been “Rick” in The Nerd, “Benedick” in Much Ado About Nothing, “Danny” in Baby and “Gooper” in Cat On A Hot Tin Roof. His one-act play :30 Minutes has been produced in Universities in Iowa, Missouri and Illinois and he brings his writing talents to the Murder Mystery Genre. He is currently the Executive Director of the Columbus Symphony Orchestra.
Actor - Haley Rice has a BA in Acting from UGA and a MFA in Acting from Illinois State University. A student of dialects and improvisational comedy, Haley has appeared as "Lady Macbeth" at the Illinois Shakespeare Company, "Hermia" in A Midsummer Night's Dream and "Juliet" in Romeo and Juliet at The Arts Lane Theatre in Chicago, "Catherine" in The Foreigner and "Jody" in Quilters at the Vermont Stage, and as "Ginny" in Whom the Southern Belle Tolls for the Thalian Blackfriars. Most recently she has been featured at the Springer Opera House as "Lotty" in Enchanted April and "Janice" in The Member of the Wedding. Haley continues to pursue acting as a career and is delighted to be in Columbus, dying over and over again. She is currently an adjunct instructor of theatre at CSU.
Actor - Adam Archer returned to Sherlock's in their 2009 production of Mafia Murders. Adam was last seen in the first production of Sherlock's Murder Myster Dinner Theatre An Inheritance of Murder. Adam is a graduate of Columbus State University where he earned his BSED in Theatre. Since then Adam has performed in several shows at the Springer Opera House including The Big Friendly Giant; at the Rose of Athens Theatre in Athens, Georgia, in A Midsummer Night’s Dream; and also at The Barter Theatre in Abingdon, Virginia, and CLIMB Theatre in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Stage
Manager - Cherwanda (CJ) Tookes - graduated from CSU in 2006 with a B.B.A.
in CISM & a minor in Technical Theatre. She freelances
as a stage manager, lighting designer, theatrical
electrician & carpenter. She served as a stage manager
for CTE’s productions of The Brothers Wright, The Invisible
Dragon,
& The Frog
Prince. CJ has
also designed and built scenery for the Liberty Theatre.
More recently, she was stage manager for Chattahoochee
Shakespeare Company’s Measure for
Measure.. In
addition, she currently works as a stagehand
(electrician/props) for the Rivercenter and coordinates the
Media Ministry at her church. She would like to thank her
family for their infinite love & support.
Costumes
Provided by - Sandra Dawson of Columbus’ Creatively
Yours.
Pictured At Top is Adam Archer and
Haley Rice in An Inheritance of Murder, Spring 2008
Second Picture is Amber Dickerson as “Virginia Ham” in Dial
‘S’ For Santa, Christmas 2008
Below is Haley Rice as “Elizabeth Zuckerman” in Murder:
Take Two, Spring 2009
