Photo of a man and woman in old timey clothes on a stage acting for a play
Jun. 24, 2026

The Virginia Theatre Festival kicked off its 52nd season by showcasing the literary world’s most famous detective as you have never seen him before in Ken Ludwig’s Moriarty: A New Sherlock Holmes Adventure, performed in the Ruth Caplin Theatre from June 20-28, and UNLV Assistant Professor Christina Watanabe was the lighting designer! 

Photo credits: Xavier Markey-Smith as Sherlock Holmes and Rina Dutter as Irene Adler. Photo by Nicolas Minas.