Fringe Festival 2025 at Centenary Stage Company begins with Watson: The Final Problem, an old soldier with a few bruises and a cracking story to tell.
Written by Bret Coules and Tim Marriott, who stars as Watson, the scene opens with a man alone after his wife and friend Sherlock Homles are gone. It’s 1894 and London seethes with false reports and rumor and it’s time to set the record straight.
Watson tells his tale, one of long buried secrets, betrayal, and death, for there is a shadow in the gutters of London. A spider's web of poisonous intrigue lies across the city. Someone is playing a long game and Holmes and Watson face their greatest ever challenge. But as Watson unravels the story, is the game really over?
Tickets are $25 – $27.50 for adults with discounts available for Students & Children on select performances. Thursday evening performances also feature “Buy One Get One” ticket night starting at 5pm in person at the box office.
Performances run November 6 - 16 and take place in the Kutz Theatre located in the Lackland Performing Arts Center of the Centenary University campus at 715 Grand Ave. Hackettstown.
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The 2025-26 Season of Performing Arts events at the Centenary Stage Company is made possible through the generous support of the NJ State Council on the Arts, the Shubert Foundation, the Blanche and Irving Laurie Foundation, the Sandra Kupperman Foundation, the John and Margaret Post Foundation, The New Jersey Theatre Alliance, the CSC corporate sponsors, including Heath Village, Visions Federal Credit Union, Explore Warren, and Fulton Bank, and Centenary Stage Company members and supporters.
Watson, The Final Problem at CSC
Centenary Stage Company opens its Fringe Festival with Watson, an old soldier with a few bruises and a cracking story to tell. It's 1894 and Watson is alone. His beloved wife Mary and the great Sherlock Holmes are both gone. But London seethes with false reports and rumors. It is time to set the record straight and Watson is telling his tale of long buried secrets, betrayal, and death. Someone is playing a long game and Holmes and Watson face their greatest ever challenge.