This February, CP has everything a mystery lover could want. We have one of the most popular mystery writers of all time. We bring their most famous character to the stage, in arguably their most recognizable adventure. It would be a crime to miss Agatha Christie’s MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS.
Tickets are on sale now for this classic whodunit. Performances are Feb. 10-12, 17-19.
The Orient Express is the height of glamour and luxury as it travels through Europe in the 1930s. The train is populated with passengers who boast fortunes, royal blood, and ambition. When a snowstorm strikes, however, murder becomes the new destination. Unfortunately for the killer, world-famous detective Hercule Poirot happens to be aboard as well. Can the quick-thinking sleuth unravel the tangled web of lies and treachery, or will the crime go unpunished?
“Agatha Christie’s story reminds me that we’ve always been fascinated by crime. The magic of ‘Murder on the Orient Express’ is that the audience sees one of the world’s most famous fictional detectives go all the way down the rabbit hole with this case, like a 1930s true crime podcaster,” Rachele Stoops, the show’s director, said.
Playing Poirot is Scott Clark, technically making his second appearance as the Belgian detective on the CP stage, but appearing in his first CP production. Clark played the character in the 2018 Lincoln Community Playhouse production of BLACK COFFEE. That show was part of a pair of joint productions, with CP staging the Miss Marples mystery A MURDER IN ANNOUNCED The two theatres exchanged shows during their respective runs.
MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS features a cast of ten with a mix of new and familiar actors.
Stoops, who directed one of our COVID readers theatre productions “12 Incompetent Jurors,” directs the show. Beth Anne Viessman is the stage manager, and Sterling Johnson is the assistant stage manager.
“If you enjoy a classic murder mystery, this one checks all the boxes,” Stoops said. “There are clandestine meetings and secrets and coincidences and snow, and of course, a murder. But MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS goes so much deeper than that! Our cast will make you chuckle one minute and choke up the next - and you may leave the theater with some complicated feelings about right and wrong, and the purpose of justice.”
This script is adapted by Ken Ludwig, most known for his comedies, but also in recent years his adaptations of classic stories, including last season’s THE THREE MUSKETEERS.
Get your ticket and board the Orient Express for an unforgettable mystery.
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