Drury Lane Theatre announces casting for Murder on the Orient Express

Jun 20, 2022
Murder on the Orient Express at Drury Lane- Oakbrook

Drury Lane Theatre continues its 2022/2023 season with Agatha Christie's famous mystery Murder on the Orient Express, adapted for the stage by Ken Ludwig, directed by Jessica Fisch. Murder on the Orient Express runs August 31- October 23, 2022, at Drury Lane Theatre, 100 Drury Lane in Oakbrook Terrace.

Just after midnight, a snowdrift stops the Orient Express in its tracks. The next morning, an American tycoon lies dead in his compartment, stabbed a dozen times, his door locked from the inside. Isolated and with a killer in their midst, the passengers rely on famed detective Hercule Poirot to identify the murderer before they strike again.

The cast features: Larry Yando (Hercule Poirot), Karmann Bajuyo (Michel/Head Waiter, u/s Bouc), Sean Blake (Monsieur Bouc), Sam Boeck (Hector MacQueen), Janet Ulrich Brooks (Princess Dragomiroff), Diana Coates (Countess Andrenyi), Robin DaSilva (Helen Hubbard), Ryan Imhoff (Colonel Arbuthnot), Keith Kupferer (Samuel Ratchett, u/s Poirot), Sarah Lo (Mary Debenham), Leah Morrow (Greta Ohlsson), with Caron Buinis (u/s Dragomiroff, Hubbard), Leah Casey (u/s Countess, Greta, Mary), Loren Jones (u/s Arbuthnot, Ratchett) and Grant Lewis (u/s Michel/Waiter, Macqueen)

The creative team includes Andrew Boyce (Scenic Designer), Jessica Pabst (Costume Designer), Paul Toben (Lighting Designer), 2022 Tony Award winner Mikhail Fiksel and Jeffrey Levin (Composer/Sound Designer), Anthony Churchill (Projection Designer), David Blixt (Violence Choreographer), Eva Breneman (Dialect Coach), Larry Baker (Production Stage Manager).

Tickets are available by phone at (630) 530-0111 or online at www.drurylanetheatre.com.