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