Murder on the Orient Express

The Duluth Playhouse presents Ken Ludwig’s stage adaptation of one of the most popular mysteries of all time, Agatha Christie’s< em>Murder on the Orient Express. Performances run Jan. 26 to Feb. 4. The show is directed by Julie Ahasay and features a completely local cast.

Mike Pederson stars as the world-famous detective Hercule Poirot, who embarks on a transcontinental voyage aboard the luxurious Orient Express. Just after midnight, a snowstorm stops the train in its tracks, and an American tycoon is murdered, stabbed eight times in his locked compartment. Poirot is called upon to solve the greatest case of his career, interviewing the unlikely assembly of possible suspects, among them a colonel, a princess and a countess, all armed with an alibi. As the plot thickens and the travelers grow restless, Poirot uncovers a complex web of secrets, taking the audience on a wildly glamorous crime-solving ride.

The ensemble cast includes Ellie Martin as Princess Dragomiroff, Christa Schulz as Helen Hubbard, Sarah Blossom as Countess Andrenyi, Michael Kraklio as Monsieur Bouc, Rylee Kuberra as Mary Debenham, Eric Elefson as Colonel Arbuthnot, Shinedala Berg as MacQueen, Kendra Carlson as Greta Ohlsson, Antony Ferguson as Michel, and Joe Meichsner as Samuel Ratchett.