Ken Ludwig’s The Game’s Afoot, or Holmes for the Holidays
Ken Ludwig
Opening Date:
November 28, 2014
Closing Date:
December 20, 2014
At Christmas, a Broadway star famous for playing Sherlock Holmes invites fellow actors to his Connecticut castle, where a murder turns a holiday gathering into a comic mystery. Ken Ludwig’s fast-moving whodunit mixes theatrical intrigue and holiday mayhem.
Cast & Crew
Production Notes
Production History
Advertised as the Oklahoma City premiere, CST’s production of The Game’s Afoot closed the company’s 2014 calendar year.
CST Connections
Rhonda Clark previously directed Ken Ludwig’s The Fox on the Fairway (2011).
Bob Cross served as stage manager and light technician for Clark’s The Drawer Boy (2006).
Lana Henson previously appeared in The Elephant Man (1988) and Stepping Out (1992).
CST returned to The Game’s Afoot in 2024 at its Reno Avenue theatre, again directed by Clark. Henson returned in that production as Inspector Goring. Carpenter Square opens its 41st season
Press and Photography
Supplemental research identifies a John Brandenburg review reportedly published December 11, 2014, titled “OKC theater review: Carpenter Square’s ‘The Game’s Afoot’ an entertaining holiday mystery.”
Acknowledgments
Season Sponsors — Continental Resources; Crown Heights Florists; Ed and Janet Bucknell
Opening-Night Party Sponsors — Edward and Vivian Hasbrook
Costume Sponsor — Laurel Van Horn Jaworsky
Supported in part by the Oklahoma Arts Council, National Endowment for the Arts and Allied Arts.
Licensing
Licensed through Concord Theatricals, currently listed as Ken Ludwig’s The Game’s Afoot.