Casting Teens for "Murder on the Orient Express"
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.
11 roles
World famous detective from Belgium.
Poirot's Belgian friend and a director of the Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lits.
An American gangster who kidnapped and murdered three-year-old Daisy Armstrong.
The American actress Linda Arden, who is also revealed to be Daisy Armstrong's maternal grandmother.
An English governess returning from Baghdad and was formerly Daisy Armstrong's governess.
Colonel Armstrong's English best friend who is in love with Mary Debenham.
A Russian princess who is ultimately revealed to be Sonia Armstrong's godmother.
Ratchett's American secretary and translator, whose father was the Armstrongs' lawyer.
Sonia Armstrong's sister, notable as the only one of the thirteen suspects who did not participate in the murder.
A Swedish missionary who was formerly Daisy Armstrong's nurse.
The French train conductor and father of Daisy Armstrong's nursery maid, Susanne, who killed herself after being falsely accused of aiding Cassetti.