INDIANAPOLIS — The Indiana Repertory Theatre dives into the mysterious pages of the world’s best-selling author for its next production, Agatha Christie’s Murder on the Orient Express. Adapted by Ken Ludwig, this ultimate whodunit runs March 3 – 29 on the OneAmerica Mainstage and is a co-production with Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park.
Originally published in 1934, Murder on the Orient Express has been adapted into multiple radio plays, films, and television programs, but this version by Ken Ludwig — writer of Lend Me a Tenor and The Game’s Afoot — is the first stage adaptation. While the IRT has done multiple Agatha Christie mysteries over the years, Ludwig’s take will only be the IRT’s second play that features the Belgian master detective Hercule Poirot; the first was Black Coffee in 1989.
Inspired by Christie’s own time stranded on the Orient Express in Turkey during a mudslide and the international news of the 1932 Lindbergh kidnapping, her story weaves well-known history, cosmopolitan characters, moral complexities, and a shadowy murder into a spell-binding, thought-provoking, and intricate detective mystery.
Tickets and performance schedule are available at IRTlive.com or by calling 317-635-5252. Tickets start at $25.
