Photos: Beef & Boards Opens 2025 Season With Agatha Christie's MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS
Other titles announced for the season include Jersey Boys, Waitress, and The Little Mermaid.
Beef & Boards Dinner Theatre gets on track for its 2025 Season with its premiere production of Agatha Christie’s fast-moving Murder on the Orient Express. Now on stage, this clever adaptation of the celebrated novel includes glamour, intrigue, and suspense – and a dose of humor. Check out photos from the show.
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.
As it happens, the famous detective Hercule Poirot had booked a first-class compartment on the train, which is run by his former friend and colleague, Monsieur Bouc. Among the others on board are an aging Russian princess, her Swedish companion, a Hungarian countess, a Minnesota housewife, a Scottish colonel, an English governness, and the tycoon’s anxious secretary.
Isolated and with a killer in their midst, the passengers rely on Poirot to identify the murderer – in case he or she decides to strike again. With all of its twists and turns, Murder on the Orient Express is a wild ride!
Andrew Kindig, last seen in The Music Man at Beef & Boards, stars as the detective Hercule Poirot, with Eddie Curry as Monsieur Bouc. Making their Beef & Boards debuts are Madison Pullins as Mary Debenham, Bailey Blaise as Countess Adrenyi, and Trey DeLuna as Colonel Arbuthnot. Returning to the Beef & Boards stage and rounding out the cast are Suzanne Stark as Princess Dragomiroff, Devan Mathias as Greta Ohlsson, Lanene Charters as Helen Hubbard, Scot Greenwell as Hector MacQueen, Jon McHatton as Samuel Ratchett, Ben Asaykwee as Michel the conductor, and Jaddy Ciucci as the head waiter.
Murder on the Orient Express is rated PG and is on stage for 39 performances through Feb. 9 in the intimate space of Beef & Boards Dinner Theatre. Due to strong demand, an evening performance on Jan. 22 has just been been added. Tickets range from $57 to $85 and include Chef Larry Stoops’ dinner buffet and select beverages. Children under age 3 are not admitted.
To see the complete performance schedule and to purchase tickets online, visit beefandboards.com. Tickets are also available by calling the Beef & Boards Dinner Theatre Box Office at 317.872.9664. Discounts are available to groups of 20 or more. Call the Group Sales department at 317.872.0503, or email groups@beefandboards.com for details.
Photo Credit: Beef and Boards Dinner Theatre
Andrew Kindig, Bailey Blaise, Eddie Curry
Mary Debenham and Colonel Arbuthnot
Andrew Kindig and the Cast of Murder on the Orient Express
Andrew Kindig, Madison Pullins
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