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Southland theater company presents Murder On the Orient Express.

The Drama Group begins its 93rd yearapprox Season of Agatha Christie's crime thriller MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS, directed by MaryEllen Fawk; originally brought to the stage by Ken Ludwig.

Show times for MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS are from Friday October 4th, 5th, 10th, 11th and 12th at 7:30 p.m.; ADDED: Saturday matinee, October 12, at 2:00 p.m. and Sunday matinee, 2:00 p.m., October 6 and 13.

Drama Group has an online ticket service – BookTix ticketing and live streaming. All tickets are available on The Drama Group BookTix website where you will be asked to set up your account with The Drama Group-BookTix Box Office. Alternatively, you can always call our box office at 708-755-3444.

MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS

It is the winter of 1934. The great Orient Express is traveling through Europe when its journey is interrupted by a large snowdrift that blocks the tracks. Passengers aboard the opulent Orient Express awaken to terrible news: overnight, one of the passengers, an American business mogul, was found stabbed to death in his bed behind his locked compartment door. Luckily, the elegant detective Hercule Poirot is on board the train and involved in the case. He immediately begins questioning suspects, securing alibis and developing theories about the killer, who remains at large and could be closing in on the next victim. As the plot thickens and the travelers become uneasy knowing they are suspects, Poirot presents two viable scenarios as to who murdered the mogul and why, taking the audience on an extremely glamorous crime-solving journey.

The Drama Group is a member of Southland Arts with 26 local arts organisations. at southlandarts.org. “A bridge to a colorful, happy world.”

The Drama Group thanks the Illinois Arts Council Agency for their support. This program is supported in part by an Illinois Arts Council Agency grant from federal funds from the National Endowment for the Arts.

The Chicago Heights-based Drama Group is “one of the oldest volunteer community theaters in the country” and “has been bringing Broadway to the south suburbs since 1931.”

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