Our exciting 2023 season continues …
NOW PLAYING – AGATHA CHRISTIE’S MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS

with your passport to an around-the-world tour of all of the emotions, whether that be by steamship
train, chariot, or 707.  Join us and share in the joy, laughter, tears, and hope of our season.

Showtimes are Thursday, Friday, and Saturday at 7:30pm and Sunday at 3:30pm

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Agatha Christie’s Murder On The Orient Express
September 21 – October 8

Directed by Eric Jordan
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by Agatha Christie
Adapted by Ken Ludwig
Presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Samuel French, Inc. www.concordtheatricals.com

The exotic Orient Express is about to go off the rails.  Just after midnight, a snowdrift stops the Orient Express in its tracks with a train full of remarkable suspects and an alibi for each one. An American tycoon lies dead in his compartment, stabbed eight times, his door locked from the inside. Isolated and with a killer in their midst, the passengers rely on detective Hercule Poirot to identify the murderer – in case he or she decides to strike again. So wax your mustache and hold onto your passport for what has now become the most highly produced comedy-mystery in the world.

THE CAST OF MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS
Hercule Poirot : Ryan Orlando
Monsieur Bouc : Zack Poster
Princess Dragamiroff : Mark Sickler
Michel / Head Waiter : Seth Ferguson
Hector MacQueen : Grayson Smith
Samuel Ratchett : Bill Knolla
Colonel Arbuthnot : Joe Borsody
Mary Debenham : Coco Brochu
Countess Andrenyi : Bella Kemper
Greta Ohlsson : Alicia Tirey
Helen Hubbard : Barbara Plonski

 

What The Constitution Means To Me
October 26 – November 5

Directed by Christopher Bellis


by Heidi Schreck

Playwright Heidi Schreck’s boundary-breaking play breathes new life into our Constitution and imagines how it will shape the next generation of Americans. Fifteen-year-old Heidi earned her college tuition by winning Constitutional debate competitions across the United States. In this hilarious, hopeful and achingly human new play, she resurrects her teenage self in order to trace the profound relationship between four generations of women and the founding document that shaped their lives.

THE CAST OF WHAT THE CONSTITUTION MEANS TO ME
Heidi: Christine Thompson
Legionnaire/Mike: Eddie Bennett
Student debater: Sherie Bellis-Bennett

 

A Christmas Carol – A Ghost Story of Christmas
November 30 – December 17

Directed by Siobhan Stevens
Audition Dates September 24 & 25, 2023 – Click here for audition details >>


By Charles Dickens
Adapted for the stage by Michael Wilson

This theatrical and spirited version puts the phantasmagoric qualities of Charles Dickens’ classic tale center stage.  A swirling, dancing chorus of ghosts that weave through this uplifting holiday story of redemption, magic, and hope.  This version has been performed for almost a million people over the years and the New York Times heralds it as “…rousing and crowd pleasing”.  The Hartford Courant says “the adaptation of Dickens’ classic tale of Ebeneezer Scrooge distills the essence of the holiday spirit in a series of sights, sounds and splendors that all but guarantee audiences leave bursting with a feeling of Christmas”.

 

PAST SHOWS OF THE 2023 SEASON

Becky Shaw – Jan 19 – 29
Directed by Eric Jordan

The Secret Garden – February 23 – March 19
Directed by Mark Sickler

Les Liaisons Dangereuses – April 13 – 23
Directed by Stacy Sand

Boeing Boeing – May 18 – 28
Directed by Christopher Bellis

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum – June 22 – July 16
Directed by Mark Sickler

Fun Home – August 31, September 1, 2, 3
Directed by Clayton Phillips