SYRACUSE, N.Y. (NCC News) – The Syracuse Stage is hosting Murder on the Orient Express during March. The play, directed by Bob Huff, explores a murder mystery on a train called the “Orient Express.”
“This is something that people may or may not have read recently but they know it’s going to be, for lack of a better term, a page turner,” Joanna Penalva, the director of marketing and communications at Syracuse Stage, said. “(It’s going to be) something that’s going to keep them excited and on the edge of their seat waiting to find out whats going to happen next.”
Ticket sales have been going strong ahead of the opening production on March 13, Penalva said.
The production has been going on for about six months. Costume designer Tracy Dorman and the most of the production crew is uniting at the theater this weekend to complete the final preparation. The next steps are to finalize the lighting and sounds while working with the cast.
Dorman, who is in her 23rd year working at the Syracuse Stage, is excited to be apart of the 50th anniversary of the theater. In connection with the storyline of the play, Dorman is trying to create a unique feeling with the costumes she is making.
“You want it to feel that it has a sense of it being a little otherworldly and that sorta leads to the mystery,” Dorman said. “I think that we want to convey that sense of mystery and a little bit of danger that it has.”
Before the first show, the cast is holding its final costume fitting this weekend and the designers are meeting to workout any final changes.
