Photos: Beef & Boards Opens 2025 Season With Agatha Christie's MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS

Beef & Boards Dinner Theatre gets on track for its 2025 Season with its premiere  production of Agatha Christie’s fast-moving Murder on the Orient Express. Now on stage, this clever  adaptation of the celebrated novel includes glamour, intrigue, and suspense – and a dose of humor. Check out photos from the show. 

Just after midnight, a snowdrift stops the Orient Express in its tracks. The luxurious train is surprisingly full for  the time of the year, but by the morning it is one passenger fewer. An American tycoon lies dead in his  compartment, stabbed eight times, his door locked from the inside.  

As it happens, the famous detective Hercule Poirot had booked a first-class compartment on the train, which is  run by his former friend and colleague, Monsieur Bouc. Among the others on board are an aging Russian  princess, her Swedish companion, a Hungarian countess, a Minnesota housewife, a Scottish colonel, an English  governness, and the tycoon’s anxious secretary. 

Isolated and with a killer in their midst, the passengers rely on Poirot to identify the murderer – in case he or she  decides to strike again. With all of its twists and turns, Murder on the Orient Express is a wild ride! 

Andrew Kindig, last seen in The Music Man at Beef & Boards, stars as the detective Hercule Poirot, with Eddie  Curry as Monsieur Bouc. Making their Beef & Boards debuts are Madison Pullins as Mary Debenham, Bailey  Blaise as Countess Adrenyi, and Trey DeLuna as Colonel Arbuthnot. Returning to the Beef & Boards stage and  rounding out the cast are Suzanne Stark as Princess Dragomiroff, Devan Mathias as Greta Ohlsson, Lanene  Charters as Helen Hubbard, Scot Greenwell as Hector MacQueen, Jon McHatton as Samuel Ratchett, Ben  Asaykwee as Michel the conductor, and Jaddy Ciucci as the head waiter. 

Murder on the Orient Express is rated PG and is on stage for 39 performances through Feb. 9 in the intimate  space of Beef & Boards Dinner Theatre. Due to strong demand, an evening performance on Jan. 22 has just  been been added. Tickets range from $57 to $85 and include Chef Larry Stoops’ dinner buffet and select  beverages. Children under age 3 are not admitted. 

To see the complete performance schedule and to purchase tickets online, visit beefandboards.com. Tickets are  also available by calling the Beef & Boards Dinner Theatre Box Office at 317.872.9664. Discounts are  available to groups of 20 or more. Call the Group Sales department at 317.872.0503, or email  groups@beefandboards.com for details.

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