Holiday chills & thrills at Everyman
As a savory option to contrast the barrage of typical holiday sweets, Baltimore’s Everyman Theatre is presenting another in their ongoing tradition of murder mysteries to liven up our winter playgoing. This time, it’s a classic locked-room whodunit by the Queen of Crime herself, Agatha Christie’s And Then There Were None–as originally adapted for the stage in 1939 by Christie herself.
The production runs through January 5th in downtown Baltimore, with plenty of time to take visiting family, send unwitting guests, or just escape yourself for some brain-teasing, pulse-pounding fun.
Christie’s spine-tingling saga begins with 10 strangers gathering for a what appears to be a romantic, frolicsome, relaxing holiday on an otherwise deserted isle, only to have everything go dreadfully (and dead-fully) awry before the ice has cooled their cocktails.
Amid repartee and suspicious glares, the party turns into a period escape room endeavor, as the guests must muster their wits and deductive skills to solve the mystery on their own. While all the while their numbers grow steadily fewer and their ranks thinner, all to the haunting refrain of a traditional nursery rhyme.
Company member, and longtime Everyman stalwart, Bruce Randolph Nelson spoke with me about the theater’s murder mystery tradition, about the perils and pleasures of the production, and about why these stories seem to offer such enduring appeal. You can hear the extended version of our conversation here
and get tickets and more information for the production here https://everymantheatre.org/
Happy–and safe–holidays to all!
