Agatha Christie's Murder on the Orient Express at Weathervane Playhouse, Akron

AGATHA CHRISTIE’S MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS
Adapted for the stage by Ken Ludwig
September 28 – October 15, 2023
Directed by Fred Gloor
Stage Managed by Ayron Lord

The time: 1934. The place: aboard the Orient Express as it travels from Istanbul to Western Europe. Just after midnight, a snowdrift stops the Orient Express in its tracks. The luxurious train is surprisingly full for the time of the year, but by the morning it is one passenger fewer. An American tycoon lies dead in his compartment, stabbed eight times, his door locked from the inside. Isolated and with a killer in their midst, the passengers must rely on detective Hercule Poirot to identify the murderer – in case he or she decides to strike again! Agatha Christie’s Murder on the Orient Express is presented through special arrangements with Concord Theatricals.

CAST
Hercule Poirot
Adam C. Alderson

Monsieur Bouc
Lukas Frey

Mary Debenham
Samaria Murry

Hector MacQueen
Brandon Alexander-Smith

Michel the Conductor
Mason Shuman

Princess Dragamiroff
Barbara Howitt

Greta Ohlsson
Katelyn Frey
Allison Cirner

Countess Andrenyi
Lauren Koleszar

Helen Hubbard
Amanda Vigneault

Colonel Arbuthnot
Jarrod Vullo

Samuel Ratchett
Steve Brown

Marcel the Head Waiter
James Rizopulos

Daisy Armstrong
Violet Knoblock

CREATIVE TEAM
Director
Fred Gloor

Stage Manager
Ayron Lord

Set/Sound Designer/Technical Director
Richard Morris, Jr.

Costume Designer
Jasen J. Smith

Lighting Designer
Micah Harvey

Intimacy Director
Brooke Larkin

Assistant Stage Manager
Makenna Bird

Assistant Director
Patrick Michael Dukeman