Murder on the Orient Express
by Playhouse 2000

Jun. 20 - Jun. 21 (2021)

Ms. Christie did not write a stage version of “Orient Express,” only a novel. The show had only been adapted for a movie before the uber-talented Ken Ludwig took it on, creating a fast-paced, highly stylized show that melds his and Christie’s talents perfectly.

 

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Auditions: June 20, 2021 at 2:30, June 21, 2021 at 6:30.

P2K is proud to announce AUDITIONS for the amazing Ken Ludwig adaptation of Agatha Christie’s Murder On The Orient Express on June 20 and 21.Amy Goodyear will once again helm a play by The Queen of Thrillers, though this one is quite different from And Then There Were None or Witness For The Prosecution.

Auditions are Sunday, June 20 at 2:30 and Monday, June 21 at 6:30 in the Werlein Annex Studio (the building immediately to the right of The Cailloux Theater – enter under the covered porch) No advance preparation is needed, and you need only attend one audition or the other (though you’re welcome at both.)

Roles are available for at least 6 men and 5 women. They include (note that all ages are flexible):

Hercule Poirot – 30s-40s – Belgian private detective, suave, calm, meticulous, brilliant;

Colonel Arbuthnot – 30s – Scottish, handsome, matter-of-fact

Miss Debenham – 20s, English beauty, sad and anxious

Mrs. Hubbard – 50s, American, well-dressed, flamboyant

Hector McQueen – 30s, American, strained and beleaguered look

Bouc – 20s-30s – Belgian, good humored

Michel the Conductor – 40s-50s, French, quiet, grave sense of humor

Princess Dragomiroff – 70s, Russian, extremely wealthy and exquisitely dressed

Greta – 30s, Swedish, plain, frightened, sheep-like

Samuel Ratchett – 30s-40s, American, brusque, unforgiving, threatening

Countess Andrenyi – 20s, brilliantly beautiful, impeccable, warm smile – a fairytale

Head Waiter – may double with another character

The show will run from August 6 through 21, 2021 on The Cailloux Theater stage.

Rehearsals will begin on June 28. Tech Week is August 1 through 5.

This show will also need a large back-stage crew to manage the set being designed by Judd Vermillion. If that role interests you, we encourage you to attend an audition to let us know, or contact Amy by email.