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Casting Teens for "Murder on the Orient Express"

Trussville, AL, United States
ID: 587657Exp: 7/15/2025
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Seeking performers ages 16 and up for "Murder on the Orient Express" Play. Please see the details below. ONLY LOCAL TALENT WILL BE ACCEPTED. About the project: Famous detective Hercule Poirot is called back from Istanbul to London on urgent business. He intends to book a first-class compartment on the Orient Express, run by his former friend and colleague, Monsieur Bouc. The train is surprisingly full, but Bouc manages to secure Poirot a spot in the first-class cabin. While aboard the Orient Express, Poirot meets a host of peculiar characters: an aging Russian princess, her Swedish companion, a Hungarian countess, a Minnesota housewife, a Scottish colonel, an English governess, a French conductor, a disagreeable American businessman, and his anxious secretary. While aboard the train, the angry businessman, Samuel Ratchett, corners Poirot and demands Poirot to investigate a series of ominous letters that have been sent to Ratchett, threatening his life. Additional info: Shows are September 19-28. If interested, please apply.

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11 roles

Hercule PoirotMale16-18 y.o.All ethnicities

World famous detective from Belgium.

Monsieur BoucMale16-18 y.o.All ethnicities

Poirot's Belgian friend and a director of the Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lits.

Samuel Ratchett/CassettiMale16-18 y.o.All ethnicities

An American gangster who kidnapped and murdered three-year-old Daisy Armstrong.

Mrs. Caroline HubbardFemale16-18 y.o.All ethnicities

The American actress Linda Arden, who is also revealed to be Daisy Armstrong's maternal grandmother.

Mary DebenhamFemale16-18 y.o.All ethnicities

An English governess returning from Baghdad and was formerly Daisy Armstrong's governess.

Colonel John ArbuthnotMale16-18 y.o.All ethnicities

Colonel Armstrong's English best friend who is in love with Mary Debenham.

Princess Natalia DragomiroffFemale16-18 y.o.All ethnicities

A Russian princess who is ultimately revealed to be Sonia Armstrong's godmother.

Hector MacQueenMale16-18 y.o.All ethnicities

Ratchett's American secretary and translator, whose father was the Armstrongs' lawyer.

Countess Helena AndrenyiFemale16-18 y.o.All ethnicities

Sonia Armstrong's sister, notable as the only one of the thirteen suspects who did not participate in the murder.

Greta OhlssonFemale16-18 y.o.All ethnicities

A Swedish missionary who was formerly Daisy Armstrong's nurse.

Pierre MichelMale16-18 y.o.All ethnicities

The French train conductor and father of Daisy Armstrong's nursery maid, Susanne, who killed herself after being falsely accused of aiding Cassetti.