March 14-16
Murder on the Orient Express
Murder on the Orient Express is undoubtedly one of Agatha Christie’s greatest mystery novels.
Just after midnight, a snowdrift stops the Orient Express in its tracks. 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, detective Hercule Poirot must identify the murderer – in case he or she decides to strike again!
Directed by Elisabeth Markman Gallagher
Assitant director Rebecca Mitchell
Stage manager Pia Russo
Costume designer Amethyst Fanning
Assistant costume designer Megan Morrow
Prop design Isabella Rose Hopkins
Prop design Liz Jaros
Lighting design Sarah Witmer
Set construction Harmonie Baker
Sound design Sam Gallagher
Adapted by Ken Ludwig
Run time 100 minutes (includes student talkback)
Appropriate for ages 10+
Meet your production crew
Elisabeth Markman Gallagher
Director
Elisabeth Gallagher is a Minnesota transplant who found her home in Milwaukee. She has been in the theatre scene for 20+ years on and off the stage as an actor, director, costume designer and crew hand. She graduated from UW-Milwaukee with a Bachelor in Fine Arts with an emphasis in Performance and began working in the Milwaukee school system. She has worked with kids from K3 through high school. She enjoys helping students find new discoveries about themselves and the world through theatre. When not at the theatre she enjoys traveling and hanging out with her pups, Dory, Tavie and Nova.
Rebecca Mitchell
Assistant Director
Pia Russo
Stage Manager
Liz Jaros
Prop Design & Build
Liz Jaros is a writer, landscape designer, and mother of three (mostly) grown children. Her production background includes behind-the-scenes roles in school and community theater, where she enjoyed cutting, painting, sewing, and gluing together many shows.
Harmonie Baker
Set Construction
Harmonie Baker is a graduate of UW-Milwaukee’s Theatre Production program. She has 25 years of theatre experience from singing to acting, stagecraft to directing. Harmonie has worked with Milwaukee-area high schools and community theatres in costume design and construction since 2013. She also has a background in arts education with the MPS Rec Department and literacy instruction with Wisconsin Reading Corps. She and her family have been Milwaukee residents for over 25 years. They live in the Pigsville neighborhood in the Menomonee Valley.
Sarah Witmer
Light Designer
Sarah is new to the MKE area and is excited to be joining MYT! She is a lifelong thespian and has participated in several theater education programs both as a student and as a teaching artist. Her journey in lighting design began at St. Olaf College, where she earned her BA in Theater and Art Management. Currently, she works for Blizzard Lighting as a Customer Service Rep. Outside of the theater she loves spending time with her family, experimenting with arts & crafts, and traveling to new places.
Amethyst Fanning
Costume Designer
Amethyst recently graduated from Southern Illinois University with a BFA in Musical Theatre. Amethyst takes pride in their work as a teaching artist and a theatre generalist, and when they’re not stage managing, you can find them directing, choreographing, costuming, and performing.
Sam Gallagher
Sound Designer
Isabella Rose Hopkins
Prop Design & Build
My name is Isabella, but I usually go by Bella. I’m currently a senior at UWM studying theater production with a focus on props and special effects. When I’m not in school I am a preschool teacher in South Milwaukee where I have been working for six years now!
Megan Morrow
Assistant Costume Designer
Megan is a graduate of UW Milwaukee with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Painting and Drawing. In addition to painting, she has spent time working in photography, printmaking, jewelry making, woodworking, and sewing. She has been a volunteer in costume construction for multiple MYT productions. Her daughter is active in theater throughout Milwaukee. She is thankful for this, because it has given her a community with whom to share creative expression.