The reviews are in for David Foubert’s return to the Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey stage in Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery and audiences are thrilled with this ambitious caper and the versatile supporting cast including David as Actor 2. This is a significant and meaningful personal milestone for David since leaving the area over a decade ago and moving to periodic out of town appearances (Henry VIII, Red Velvet, A Midwinter Night’s Dream) – he is thrilled and honored to be returning to his theatrical home at STNJ. Explore the trailer, gallery, and review highlights here in this roundup.
Teaser Trailer
Review Highlights
Mentions for David:
“Directed by STNJ’s Artistic Director, Brian B. Crowe, this production has everything patrons have come to expect from comedies at this venerable venue: First-rate performers, high-speed hijinks, and innovative sets, lighting and sound… As Actor Two, David Foubert (A Midwinter Night’s Dream, Henry VIII, The Complete Works of William Shakespeare [Abridged]) wears so many hats that at one point, Holmes/Pedersen actually holds one for him to dash beneath, alternating characters as if competing in the lightning round of an improv contest. His Henry gets some Texas-sized laughs. … This STNJ production of Ken Ludwig’s Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery isn’t really a whodunnit. It’s a wowdunnit!
Kevin Coughlin, “Elementary? Yes! ‘Baskerville’ is gloriously goofy fun in Madison,” MorristownGreen.com, July 20 2026
“As the story unfolds, Jones remains Watson and Pedersen remains Holmes, but David Foubert, Janiah-Camile Francois, and Nicholas Wilder juggle costumes, props, and accents to fill out the story’s large cast, often with plenty of self-awareness about the playfulness involved. Foubert assumes a hammy Southern drawl to portray an American relative to the Baskervilles while Wilder plays scenes on his knees with a squeaky cockney accent when he must play a young boy. Francois bounces between an impressive array of costumes and accents to play a variety of roles. Together, the three character-shifters do well to capture the play’s goals by never taking themselves or their characters too seriously.”
Patrick Maley, “‘Baskerville’ review: A funny, frustrating Sherlock Holmes play that can’t escape its own story,” NJ.com, July 23 2026
General praise for the production:
“Even the hellhound gets laughs… There’s no two ways about it: Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery is a ditzy, funny no-brainer of an evening. If this is your cup of Earl Gray tea, I highly recommend seeing Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery!”
Allan Neuner, Out in NJ, July 25 2026
“I am not saying that this comedic take on the super-sleuth is as consistently funny as Brooks at his best. But its madcap irreverence is very much in the spirit of Brooks, and it even has some homages to “Young Frankenstein” (a “walk this way” gag, an accent that recalls Cloris Leachman’s Frau Blücher). “Baskerville” is an energetic and wildly imaginative comedy, and that’s enough. You don’t go to “Young Frankenstein” expecting to be genuinely frightened, after all.”
Jay Lustig, ‘Ken Ludwig’s Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery’ presents classic tale in a new way,” NJArts.com, July 24 2026
Behind the scenes:
“While Christian Pedersen plays Sherlock Holmes and Brandon Jones plays Dr. Watson throughout the production, the other three cast members cycle through 42 roles using rapid costume changes and a seemingly endless supply of accents. But those transitions aren’t something the production tries to hide. Rather, it invites audience members in on the joke. François, a Harvard and Yale graduate, is the only woman in the cast. Unlike fellow multi-role actors David Foubert and Nicholas Wilder, she has never done a production like this.
“The real mystery of STNJ’s Baskerville? How the cast changes characters before your eyes,” Morristown Green, July 27 2026
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