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The Orinda Starlight Village Players present

the BAY AREA PREMIERE of

THE MURDER OF ROGER ACKROYD

by Agatha Christie - Adapted for the stage by Mark Shanahan

Directed and Designed by MATT CARDIGAN-SMITH

OrSVP will open its 43rd season with a thrilling new stage adaptation of the novel that changed the mystery genre forever when it was first published 100 years ago (1926).  The Murder of Roger Ackroyd is set in the tiny English village of Kings Abbot where gossip is the local currency.  When the wealthiest man in town, Roger Ackroyd, is found dead shortly after his fiancé, Mrs. Ferrars', suicide  the village explodes with rumor and speculation.  The local police inspector is quick to place the blame, but the village has a new resident - world famous detective Hercule Poirot - who is not satisfied with the inspectors assessment.  Poirot engages his "little grey cells" and sets out to discover the truth and solve The Murder of Roger Ackroyd!

Award winning Director and Designer, Matt Cardigan-Smith returns to OrSVP after the hit 2025 production of Murder on the Orient Express as does bay area favorite, Patrick Atkinson, who returns as Hercule Poirot.  The cast also includes Wayne Goodman as Dr James Sheppard, Mimi Hamilton as Caroline Sheppard, Isaac Arriaga as Ralph Patton, Tom Reilly as Roger Ackroyd, Kelsey Bye as Miss Hellen Russell, Nikolas Greene as Parker, Alice Lee as Flora Ackroyd, Jessica Schild as Ursula Bourne, Maya Rath as Gertrude Ackroyd, Christopher Fabro Smith as Major Hector Blunt and Matt Hess as Inspector Raglan.

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