By NICK GOSNELL
Hutch Post
HUTCHINSON, Kan. — The Family Community Theater is proud to present Agatha Christie’s Murder on the Orient Express. The 1934 novel has been made in to two movies, adapted for television, and in 2017 was adapted for the stage.
"It's been a great rehearsal process," said director Skye Colaw. "Everyone who is in the cast has been involved in community theatre in Hutch or McPherson or even out of state, so it's been great to work with everybody."
The Orient Express is travelling through Europe when its journey just after midnight is halted by a snowdrift. 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 a dozen times, his door locked from the inside. Isolated and with a killer in their midst, the passengers rely on the famous detective Hercule Poirot, who happens to be on his way back to London from Istanbul, to identify the murderer.
"You really get a chance to see the characters and what they are going through as you're kind of questioning this whole whodunit mystery that maybe you know," Colaw said. "Maybe you know what happened because you read the Agatha Christie book or you've seen the movie that recently came out, but it just draws you in."
On Thursday, June 17, The Family Children’s Theatre will be conducting their annual half price season ticket sale at the Flag Theatre from 9:00a.m. until 5:00 p.m.
Performances are June 24-27 Thursday, Friday, Saturday at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday at 3:00 p.m.