Performers Needed for "Murder On The Orient Express" Play
ONLY LOCAL TALENT WILL BE ACCEPTED. Seekng performers for Agatha Christie's "Murder On The Orient Express" play. More details are below. About the play: "Agatha Christie’s infamous suspense thriller is populated with a colourful array of characters, and in Ken Ludwig’s clever adaptation, the play requires a powerful ensemble of players who can move between hair-raising suspense and sharp-witted comedy. Additional information: Looking for strong comic actors, who have ability with accents, and an appetite for bold and outrageous characterization. Applications received until: MARCH 30, 2025 (11:59pm). If you're interested, please apply.
11 roles
He/him, Belgian accent). BOUC is a middle-aged man of good humour, and youthful vitality. He is the owner of Wagon-Lit, Orient Express. He is the consummate host, and professional.
(She/her, British accent). Miss DEBENHAM is a governess with a certain sadness around her eyes. Anxious but determined, she is having a secret affair with Colonel Arbuthnot.
(He/him, American accent). HECTOR is the personal assistant to American businessman, Samuel Ratchett. He is nervous with a strained, rather beleaguered nature about him.
(He/him, French/Turkish accents). MICHEL is the conductor for the first-class carriages of the Orient Express. A competent and hard-working professional, with a quiet, almost grave sense of humour. The character doubles as MARCEL, a pompous Head Waiter of the Tokatilian Hotel in Istanbul.
(She/her, Russian accent) A powerful, opinionated and somewhat impatient woman of Russian nobility. She is expensively dressed, heavily bejeweled and enters a room “like a galleon in full sail”.
(She/her, Swedish accent). A missionary and pediatric nurse, she is a devout Christian. Inherently odd, there is a frightened, sheep-like quality about her.
(She/her, Hungarian accent) A charming, intelligent, and self-possessed woman, the Countess was a physician before her marriage to the Count. Dressed to the nines in furs and diamonds, with impeccable hair and makeup, she has a warm smile that wins you over immediately.
(She/her, American accent) She presents as an outspoken, even obnoxious woman but perhaps she is not what she seems. Welldressed with a touch of flamboyance, she has been married multiple times. She must be able to sing.
(He/him, Scottish accent) The COLONEL is a charismatic military man. He is confident, matter of fact, and has a bit of a temper. In a secret relationship with Mary Debenham. May double with Samuel Ratchett.
(He/him, American accent). SAMUEL is a middle-aged businessman, brusque, unforgiving, with a threatening demeanor and a whiplash of a voice. May double with Colonel Arbuthnot.
Performing and/or Non-Performing, may be engaged for this production. Please indicate in your application whether you’d like to be considered for an Understudy track.
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