Photos: TheatreWorks Silicon Valley Kicks Off 53rd Season with the West Coast Premiere of Heidi Armbruster's MRS. CHRISTIE
Artistic Director Giovanna Sardelli helms this madcap mystery investigating the unsolved 1926 disappearance of the queen of mystery novels herself, Agatha Christie.
TheatreWorks Silicon Valley kicks off its 53rd Season with the West Coast Premiere of Heidi Armbruster’s Mrs. Christie. TheatreWorks’ Artistic Director Giovanna Sardelli helms this madcap mystery investigating the unsolved 1926 disappearance of the queen of mystery novels herself, Agatha Christie. See photos of the production.
Almost a century later, Christie superfan Lucy unveils a clue about the author’s highly publicized 11-day vanishing and resolves to crack the case. In parallel storylines that blend past, present, and Poirot, Lucy discovers the power of finding oneself by disappearing.
This imaginative and speculative romp’s World Premiere directed by Sardelli at Dorset Theatre Festival was called “a most entertaining mélange of biography, sparkling with magical realism and theatrical wit” by Berkshire On Stage. BroadwayWorld lauded the work as “sophisticated, smart, funny, heartbreaking, and hopeful. Whether you're an Agatha Christie aficionado or you just like great art, this play has the power to move you. It is a love letter to writing, to theatre, to the mysterious and indomitable human spirit.”
Mrs. Christie will be presented October 4-29, 2023 (press opening: October 7) at Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts, 500 Castro Street, Mountain View. For tickets (starting at $30) and more information the public may visit TheatreWorks.org or call (877)-662-8978.
Photo Credit: Kevin Berne
The world of Agatha Christie (background, l to r: Aldo Billingslea, Jennifer Le Blanc, Max Tachis, Lucinda Hitchcock Cone, William Thomas Hodgson, Elissa Beth Stebbins, Kina Kantormm, Nicole Javier
Elissa Beth Stebbins, Anubis, Kina Kantor, Aldo Billingslea, Jennifer Le Blanc
Jennifer Le Blanc, Elissa Beth Stebbins
Aldo Billingslea, Jennifer Le Blanc
Jennifer Le Blanc, William Thomas Hodgson
Aldo Billingslea, Max Tachis, Jennifer Le Blanc, Elissa Beth Stebbins, Kina Kantor
Kina Kantor, Nicole Javier, Lucinda Hitchcock Cone
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