Name: Murder on the Orient Express Auditions
Start: 2025-11-09T18:00:00-05:00
Location: Stadium Theatre Performing Arts Centre & Conservatory

By Agatha Christie
Adapted for the stage by Ken Ludwig
Director: Mike Daniels
Auditions: Sunday, November 9th & Monday, November 10th at 6:00 pm. Callbacks Wednesday, November 12th at 6:00 pm, 2025.
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.
As a snowdrift halts the Orient Express in its tracks, Ratchett is found stabbed multiple times in his locked train compartment. Poirot is tasked by Monsieur Bouc to solve the murder, as the killer could still be in their midst. As Poirot investigates, conflicting clues and convoluted alibis lead him to dead ends. Over the course of 48 hours, will Poirot be able to solve the case of the Murder on the Orient Express?
Rehearsals: Monday/Wednesday/Sunday evenings 6-9 pm beginning November 23rd, 2025.
Tech Rehearsals: Sunday, February 1st – Wednesday, February 4th, 2026
Performance dates include:
Thursday, February 5, 2026 @ 7:30 PM
Friday, February 6, 2026 @ 7:30 PM
Attendance is required for all tech week dates and performance dates set forth. For more information, contact Amanda Menard at [email protected].
Auditions will be held at the Stadium Theatre Performing Arts Centre, located at 28 Monument Square in Woonsocket, Rhode Island, on Sunday, November 9th & Monday, November 10th at 6:00 pm. Callbacks will be on Wednesday, November 12th at 6:00 pm, 2025, if needed. Please register to audition no later than Friday, November 7th. Once registered, you will receive a confirmation email.
Please bring an actor resume and headshot to be submitted to the production team. All those auditioning should prepare a one minute dramatic monologue. Actors should also be prepared to explore cold reads with sides from the show. Actors 16+ are encouraged to audition.
Stadium Theatre & Conservatory is dedicated to celebrating and cultivating a culturally diverse, equitable, and inclusive environment. We acknowledge that this process is a journey and that our commitment is essential and ongoing. Actors of all abilities, ages, ethnicities, genders, races, and sexual orientations are welcome to audition for any role that they are interested in playing.
Please be advised in order to enter the Theatre during auditions all individuals over 18 must provide a license or ID. Individuals under 18 must provide a license, school ID or parent's license. For all individuals entering the building bags will be checked by security.