Onstage at Osceola Arts in Kissimmee, the stuffed-to-the-brim-with-ideas “Ms. Holmes & Ms. Watson: Apt. 2B” reimagines the classic British detective and associate as two women in contemporary times, who begrudgingly share a London flat. Sherlock — don’t call her Shirley — Homes remains aloof in her genius, a lover of classical music and a user of illicit drugs. Dr. Watson is more decidedly re-envisioned — as an American divorcee who presents Holmes with a mystery of her own. Why does the doctor faint at the sight of blood?

Playwright Kate Hamill , who has had great success with sparkling contemporary takes on classic novels such as “Pride & Prejudice” and “Sense & Sensibility,” here perhaps overcomplicates things. She seems to want the play to be a legitimate mystery. And a farce. And

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