And Then There Were None Creative

Director

Cynthia S. Ross

Originally from Sunbury Pennsylvania, she attended Susquehanna University as music major and a theater minor. An active participant in theater for over 45 years she has worked with theaters in PA and NJ including, Valley Players, Williamsport Community Players, Community Theater League, Harmony Theater, Seton Hall Theater in the Round, Montclair Operetta Club, Cherry Tree Productions, Livingston Community Players, Studio Players, The Strollers, InterAct Productions, The Barn, Nutley Little Theater, Ground Level Theater, Cranford Dramatic Club, Dreamhouse Theater, Sommerset Valley Players, Carteret Community Theater, Off-Book Productions, WhatCo and The Elizabeth Playhouse. She has performed in dramas, melodramas, farces, comedies, mysteries, musicals, and children’s theater. Production highlights include Of Human Bondage, The Wild Duck, ’night Mother (Perry nomination), August: Osage County, Doubt, Company, Oliver, Cinderella, and Sister Act. Her last on-stage performance was an ensemble member in The Great Gatsby: A Radio Play. She has directed theater throughout PA and NJ and her last directorial project was Night Watch. Upcoming directorial projects include Night Watch for Old Library Theater in Fairlawn, and All My Sons for Trilogy Rep in Basking Ridge.

Stage Manager

Jasmine Viera

Jasmine is a Sophomore at Kearny High School. She has been involved with the WHATCo Education program for several years, appearing as Kassim in Aladdin, Jr., and as Rizzo in Grease. She was in the cast and a stage manager for the recent KHS production of Shrek. Jasmine was excited to be a part of WHATCo's (and her!) first ever Shakespeare production in the summer of 2023, and was the Assistant Sound Designer for The Best Christmas Pageant Ever. After high school she hopes to attend Boston University and study law.

Producer

Brandi-Leigh Miller

Producer

Amanda Castro-Conroy

Set Designer/Builder

Brian Sullivan

Brian, WHATCo's Scene Shop Manager, is excited to work with us for another season! His prior building credits include set design and construction for Little Shop of Horrors, Rhinoceros, and Bat Boy the Musical with 20 Cent Fiction Theatre Company. His prior work with WHATCo includes You're a Good Man Charlie Brown, The Great Gatsby, and A Midsummer Night's Dream. Outside of theatre, Brian enjoys weekly donut trips with his wife, Samantha, and exploring with their dog, Winston.

Sound Designer

Frankie Perez

Lighting Designer

Rayyan ElDana

Technical Director

Jim Miller

Props

Anne Hennessey

Props

Francesca Stokes

Costumer

Samantha Egge

Costumer

Roman Koster

Crew/Dresser

Holly Stefanik

Crew/Effects

Alyssa Schirm

Makeup advisor

Maria Ruppert

Original Creative Team

Agatha Christie is known throughout the world as the Queen of Crime. Her books have sold over a billion copies in English with another billion in foreign languages. She is the most widely published author of all time and, in many languages, outsold only by the Bible and Shakespeare. She is the author of 66 crime novels, 150 short stories, over 20 plays, and six novels written under the name Mary Westmacott. Her work includes Murder on the Orient Express, Death on the Nile, and the genre-defining And Then There Were None.

Agatha Christie’s first novel, The Mysterious Affair at Styles, was written towards the end of the First World War, in which she served in the VAD. In it she created Hercule Poirot, the little Belgian detective who was destined to become the most popular detective in crime fiction since Sherlock Holmes. It was published by Bodley Head in 1920.

In 1926, after averaging a book a year, Agatha Christie wrote her first masterpiece. The  Murder of Roger Ackroyd was the first of her books to be published by Collins and marked the beginning of an author-publisher relationship that lasted for 50 years and well over 70 books. Ackroyd was also the first of Agatha Christie’s books to be dramatized – under the title Alibi – and to have a successful run in London’s West End.

By 1930, Agatha had introduced a new character to act as detective. When she created Miss Marple, Agatha did not expect her to become Poirot’s rival, but with The Murder at the Vicarage, Miss Marple’s first full-length outing, it appeared she had produced another popular and enduring character.

The Mousetrap, her most successful play of all, opened in 1952 and is the longest-running play in history.

Agatha Christie was made a dame in 1971. She died in 1976.

Agatha Christie Limited (ACL) has been managing the literary and media rights to Agatha Christie's works around the world since 1955, working with the best talents in film, television, publishing, stage and on digital platforms to ensure that Christie’s work continues to reach new audiences in innovative ways and to the highest standard. The company is managed by Christie’s great grandson James Prichard.

Visit www.agathachristie.com for more information.

'And Then There Were None' © 1939, 1943 Agatha Christie Limited All rights reserved. 'AGATHA CHRISTIE' and the Agatha Christie Signature Mark are trademarks of Agatha Christie Ltd.. All rights reserved. The rights to this play are controlled by Agatha Christie Ltd.. For further information about this play, others by Agatha Christie and about other stage adaptations of her stories, please visit: http://www.agathachristie.com