Theatre Arlington Inc
Arlington, TX

DESCRIPTION

Notice: Audition Call Type: EPA

AUDITION DATE

Thursday, November 20, 2025

10:00 AM - 6:00 PM (C)

No break scheduled.

APPOINTMENTS

To schedule an audition appointment, please contact Steven D. Morris at: [email protected] OR 817-261-9628, Mondays-Fridays 10:30am-5:30pm. In-person auditions only.

CONTRACT

SPT

$333 weekly minimum (SPT 1)

SEEKING

Equity actors for roles in MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS (See breakdown).

PREPARATION

Please be prepared to cold read from the script - preselected Sides. Sides will be available on the website Nov. 7th by 5pm ET at: https://theatrearlington.org/a... . Please arrive 15 minutes before your appointment time with your headshot and resume stapled together.

LOCATION

Theatre Arlington - Admin and Education Building

316 West Main St.

Arlington, TX 76010-7115

Located across the street from the theatre.

PERSONNEL

Written by Agatha Christie

Adapted by Ken Ludwig

Expected to attend:

Directed by Steven D. Morris and Bryan Stevenson

OTHER DATES

Rehearsals begin: March 30th, 2026

Performances: May 1st -17th, 2026

Rehearsals Schedule: M-F evenings 6:30pm-10:00pm and Saturday Mornings

Performance Schedule: Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30pm; Sundays at 2:00pm

OTHER

www.theatrearlington.org

An Equity Monitor will not be provided. The producer will run all aspects of this audition.

Equity’s contracts prohibit discrimination. Equity is committed to diversity and encourages all its employers to engage in a policy of equal employment opportunity designed to promote a positive model of inclusion. As such, Equity encourages performers of all ethnicities, gender identities, and ages, as well as performers with disabilities, to attend every audition.

Always bring your Equity Membership card to auditions.

BREAKDOWN

MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS

SYNOPSIS: Just after midnight, a snowstorm stops the Orient Express in it’s tracks. The luxurious train is surprisingly full for the time of year, but by morning it is one passenger fewer. An American tycoon lies dead in his compartment, stabbed eight times, but the door locked from the inside. Isolated and with a killer in their midst, the passengers rely on detective Hercule Poirot to identify the murderer in case he or she decides to strike again.

SEEKING:

COLONEL ARBUTHNOT – Scotsman, mid 30s, very matter of fact. Doubles as SAMUEL RATCHETT - Middle-aged American businessman, brusque, unforgiving. With a threatening demeanor and whiplash of a voice.

MARY DEBENHAM – an English beauty, late 20s

HELEN HUBBARD – an outspoken American 50s, well dressed with a touch of flamboyance

HECTOR MCQUEEN – a nervous young American, 30s, a strained, rather beleaguered face

MONSIEUR BOUC – Belgian, middle-aged man of good humor

MICHEL THE CONDUCTOR – Frenchman, 40s, quiet, almost grave sense of humor. Doubles as HEAD WAITER

GRETA OHLSSON – Swedish, 30s and plain, a frightened, sheep-like quality about her

COUNTESS ANDRENYI – 20s, brilliantly beautiful and dressed to the nines in furs and diamonds, a warm smile that wins you over immediately.

THESE ROLES ARE CAST:

HERCULE POIROT – CAST. world famous Belgian detective

PRINCESS DRAGOMIROFF – CAST. Russian, 70s, expensively dressed and heavily bejeweled

SALARY

SPT $333 weekly minimum (SPT 1)

UNION

AEA