Agatha Christie’s
Murder on the Orient Express
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Since the electric company is not turning off the electric next week, Murder on the Orient Express auditions will be held at the Guild in the Rehearsal Hall.
Audition Dates & Info:
June 27 and 28 @ 7 PM, Parkersburg Art Center, 725 Market Street, Parkersburg (NOTE: The Guild is closed this week due to scheduled electrical work.)
Auditions will consist of prepared monologues provided in the auditions materials and readings from other selected scenes.
Pre-Audition Accent Workshop:
June 11 and 12, 2-4pm, Wood County Society, 317 8th Street, Parkersburg
We will be holding a free Accent Workshop prior to auditions with Bobby Holland, the Dialect Coach for our production. This workshop will feature multiple accents that will be used in this production as well as others in AGP’s 2022-2023 season. See “AGP Accent Workshop” document for more details.
Mandatory/Performance Dates:
TECH WEEK: The week of September 11th
DRESS WEEK: The week of September 18th
PERFORMANCES: September 23rd 8pm, September 24th 8pm, September 30th 8pm, October 1st 8pm, October 2nd 2:30pm, October 7th 8pm, October 8th 8pm
STRIKE: October 9th Time TBD
Production Staff:
Director – Dixie Showalter
Assistant Directors – Pam Piggott and Nicole Raber
Production Assistant – Nora Corra
Technical Director – John Gradwohl
Stage Manager – Gracie Parks
Dialect Coach – Bobby Holland
Advisor – Charlie Matthews
Overview
Board the exotic and mysterious Orient Express as the luxurious passenger train takes off into the opulence and grandeur of the 1930s, traveling from Istanbul to Western Europe before it is stopped in its tracks…with a murder! A tycoon lies dead in a compartment, stabbed a dozen times, with the door locked from the inside. A train full of suspects, each with a motive and an alibi. It’s the perfect mystery for Agatha Christie’s beloved detective Hercule Poirot as his vacation is interrupted and he battles the clock to figure out “whodunit”.
Character List (See Character Descriptions document for details)
Hercule Poirot
Monsieur Bouc
Mary Debenham
Hector MacQueen
Michel the Conductor
Princess Dragomiroff
Greta Ohlsson
Countess Andreyni
Helen Hubbard
Colonel Arbuthnot
Samuel Ratchett
Head Waiter
NOTES
Our goal is to have the production cast no later than Wednesday, June 29th. We will discuss our casting process in more detail at auditions.
Read Thru is scheduled for Thursday, June 30th at 6:30pm.
This production will be seeking people to join our technical crew or to volunteer in other aspects. Contact a member of the production staff for more information.
This play is a period piece from the 1930s. The set, props, costumes, jewelry, hair and makeup must all conform to the desired 1930s style. If a cast member of the production has hair, jewelry, and/or body art that do not meet this style, the cast member will be expected to work with production staff to find solutions to meet the style requirements.
Audition Dates & Info:
June 27 and 28 @ 7 PM, Parkersburg Art Center, 725 Market Street, Parkersburg (NOTE: The Guild is closed this week due to scheduled electrical work.)
Auditions will consist of prepared monologues provided in the auditions materials and readings from other selected scenes.
Pre-Audition Accent Workshop:
June 11 and 12, 2-4pm, Wood County Society, 317 8th Street, Parkersburg
We will be holding a free Accent Workshop prior to auditions with Bobby Holland, the Dialect Coach for our production. This workshop will feature multiple accents that will be used in this production as well as others in AGP’s 2022-2023 season. See “AGP Accent Workshop” document for more details.
Mandatory/Performance Dates:
TECH WEEK: The week of September 11th
DRESS WEEK: The week of September 18th
PERFORMANCES: September 23rd 8pm, September 24th 8pm, September 30th 8pm, October 1st 8pm, October 2nd 2:30pm, October 7th 8pm, October 8th 8pm
STRIKE: October 9th Time TBD
Production Staff:
Director – Dixie Showalter
Assistant Directors – Pam Piggott and Nicole Raber
Production Assistant – Nora Corra
Technical Director – John Gradwohl
Stage Manager – Gracie Parks
Dialect Coach – Bobby Holland
Advisor – Charlie Matthews
Overview
Board the exotic and mysterious Orient Express as the luxurious passenger train takes off into the opulence and grandeur of the 1930s, traveling from Istanbul to Western Europe before it is stopped in its tracks…with a murder! A tycoon lies dead in a compartment, stabbed a dozen times, with the door locked from the inside. A train full of suspects, each with a motive and an alibi. It’s the perfect mystery for Agatha Christie’s beloved detective Hercule Poirot as his vacation is interrupted and he battles the clock to figure out “whodunit”.
Character List (See Character Descriptions document for details)
Hercule Poirot
Monsieur Bouc
Mary Debenham
Hector MacQueen
Michel the Conductor
Princess Dragomiroff
Greta Ohlsson
Countess Andreyni
Helen Hubbard
Colonel Arbuthnot
Samuel Ratchett
Head Waiter
NOTES
Our goal is to have the production cast no later than Wednesday, June 29th. We will discuss our casting process in more detail at auditions.
Read Thru is scheduled for Thursday, June 30th at 6:30pm.
This production will be seeking people to join our technical crew or to volunteer in other aspects. Contact a member of the production staff for more information.
This play is a period piece from the 1930s. The set, props, costumes, jewelry, hair and makeup must all conform to the desired 1930s style. If a cast member of the production has hair, jewelry, and/or body art that do not meet this style, the cast member will be expected to work with production staff to find solutions to meet the style requirements.