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Meet The Creative Team of

MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS

JESSICA FISCH

NORA GEFFEN

ANDREW BOYCE

JESSICA PABST

HANNAH FERNANDEZ

PAUL TOBEN

MIKHAIL FIKSEL

JEFFREY LEVIN

ANTHONY CHURCHILL

CASSY SCHILLO

DAVID BLIXT

LARRY BAKER

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JESSICA FISCH (Director)is thrilled to be back at Drury Lane where she previously directed another Agatha Christie mystery, And Then There Were None. Recent credits: Dear Jack, Dear Louise (Northlight Theatre), Athena (Writers Theatre), Every Brilliant Thing (Windy City Playhouse, #2 Chicago Tribune “Top 10 Productions of 2019”, Chicago Sun-Times “Best of the Decade”), Cry It Out ( Northlight Theatre, #8 Chicago Tribune “Top 10 Productions of 2018”), I Wanna F*#%ing Tear You Apart, The Firebirds Take The Field (Rivendell Theatre Ensemble), You Across From Me (Actors Theatre of Louisville, Humana Festival), Straight White Men (Associate Director, Steppenwolf Theatre), The Rosenkranz Mysteries: An Evening of Magic (Royal George Cabaret). In addition to her theatre work, Jessica, with her co-creator Grace McLeod, is the co-writer and director of the original scripted podcast series Two Truths and a Lie. Jessica is a proud member of SDC and a mom to two awesome kids. MFA: Northwestern University. Jessicafisch.com

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NORA GEFFEN (Assistant Director) is a director and theatre-maker living and working in Chicago. She graduated from Northwestern University this June with a BA in Theatre and Creative Writing, where she directed The 79th Annual Dolphin Show, the country’s largest student-produced musical. Recent credits include Cowboy Bob at Northwestern’s American Music Theatre Project (Assistant Director) and Eurydice dir. Hamid Dehghani (Loud Stone). She is a proud member of SAG-AFTRA, and is

thrilled to be working with Drury Lane for the first time. www.norageffen.com

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ANDREW BOYCE (Scenic Design) Drury Lane: And Then There Were None. Chicago credits include An American Dream (Lyric Opera); Dana H; Another Word For Beauty; Lady In Denmark (@ Goodman Theater), Lady From The Sea (@ Court Theater); In Every Generation; Dhaba on Devon; If I Forget; Lettie (Victory Gardens); Cry It Out (Northlight Theater); Mystery of Love & Sex (Writers).  Broadway: Dana H. Off-Broadway credits include Lincoln Center Theater, Roundabout Theater Company, Atlantic Theater Company, New York Theater Workshop, Vineyard Theater, Primary Stages, Playwrights Realm.  Regional credits with most major regional theaters across the U.S. MFA: Yale School of Drama. Assistant Professor of Design at Northwestern. www.andrewboycedesign.com

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JESSICA PABST (Costume Design) With Drury Lane, Steel Magnolias, And Then There Were None, Chicago credits include Roe, (Goodman Theatre), Broadway:  Cost of Living (Upcoming) Marvin’s Room starring Lili Taylor, The Heidi Chronicles starring Elisabeth Moss.  New York productions include world premieres at Playwrights Horizons, Manhattan Theatre Club, Lincoln Center, Second Stage, The Public Theatre, The Atlantic Theatre Company. Regional theatre credits include productions with Actors Theatre of Louisville, Williamstown Theatre Festival, Long Wharf, Two River, Dallas Theatre Center, Children’s Theatre Company, and Center Theatre Group. Jessica was the recipient of the 2013 Lucille Lortel Best Costume Design for The Whale by Samuel D. Hunter. Drama Desk, Henry Hewes Nominations.

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HANNAH FERNANDES (Intimacy Director) is so grateful to be back again at Drury Lane, this time as part of the production team! Her most recent Intimacy Direction credits include The Pajama Game and Lysistrata at Viterbo University, where she also taught acting. NOTABLE CREDITS: LYRIC OPERA OF CHICAGO- Fiddler on the Roof (Hodel u/s, September 17-October 7th 2022; DRURY LANE- King & I (Anna u/s), Steel Magnolias (Shelby/Annelle); MTWichita- Carousel (Carrie); Lyric Theatre of Oklahoma- Disney’s When You Wish (Jasmine). EDUCATION: Wichita State University, Maggie Flanigan Studio, IDC Professionals. Many thanks to the original inhabitants of this land, the Indigenous tribes: Kiikaapoi, Peoria, Kaskaskia, Bodwéwadmi, Myaamia, Hoocąk, and Očhéthi Šakówiŋ. All my love and gratitude to the team at Drury for having me back! HANNAHLFERNANDES.COM

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PAUL TOBEN (Lighting Designer)

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MIKHAIL FIKSEL (Co-Sound Designer and Composer)

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JEFFREY LEVIN (Co-Sound Designer and Composer) is a composer, sound designer, and musician based in Chicago. Jeffrey has contributed original music and sound designs for over 150 productions for many theatre and live event companies in Chicago and around the country. Jeffrey also has created sound designs for several nationally touring immersive productions for Fever Originals. Awards and recognitions for work in theatre several Joseph Jefferson Award wins and nominations for Sound Design and Original Music as well as the Edes Award for Emerging Artists. Masters of Music DePaul University and Bachelors of Music Columbia College Chicago.

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ANTHONY CHURCHILL (Projection Design) is excited to be working on his first show at Drury Lane.  He has recently collaborated with FeverUp Productions, Chicago Shakespeare Theatre, Strawdog Theatre, Marriott Theatre, Grand Rapids Civic Theatre, the U.S. State Department, Rivendell Theatre, Raven Theatre, The Cher Show, Q Brothers, Porchlight Music Theatre, Silk Road Rising, and the Museum of Broadcast Communications.  Tony has been nominated for seven Jeff Awards for Projections, and awarded one. When not working on media, he enjoys sculpting tiny astronauts in peril, and exploring with his beautiful wife Sara, and rescuing pitbulls Cheetoh and Douglass. www.artlabchicago.com

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CASSY SCHILLO (Props Design Supervisor and Warehouse Manager) is thrilled to be with the Drury Lane family.You may have recently seen her work on DL’s An American in Paris, Disney and Cameron Mackintosh’s Mary Poppins, The Color Purple,And Then There Were None, Matilda,Mamma Mia!,Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, Little Shop, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, South Pacific, Joseph…, 42nd Street, Rock of Ages, The Gin Game, Chicago, Saturday Night Fever,Crazy for You, Smokey Joe’s Cafe, Hazel, or her Jeff Nominations on DL’sDeathtrap,or First Folio’sSalvage.Designs in the Midwest include theaters: Marriott in Lincolnshire, Theatre Wit, Theatre at the Center, Light Opera Works, Theo Ubique,Griffin, BoHo, Stage Left, Porchlight, Northwestern Opera, Piccolo, Sideshow, Black Ensemble, Mammals.BFA from University of Wisconsin-Whitewater & training at Tisch School of theArts.Founding member of To the Point, a theatrical combat troupe that specializes in sword fighting & storytelling.

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DAVID BLIXT (Violence Choreographer) is delighted to be on the team for his first show at Drury Lane. An Artistic Associate of the Michigan Shakespeare Festival and A Crew Of Patches Theatre Company, David has designed violence for Steppenwolf, The Goodman, Writer’s Theatre, the Shakespeare Theatre of Washington D.C., First Folio Shakespeare, Artistic Home, Chicago Children’s Theatre, Rivendell, and Lifeline, among many others. Twice nominated for Joseph Jefferson Awards for Fight Direction, David is the resident Stage Combat Instructor at the Chicago High School For The Arts. The author of a dozen novels, David lives in Evanston and describes himself as “Actor, author, father, husband—in reverse order.”

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LARRY BAKER (Production Stage Manager)Taking a break from the musicals, Larry is here to celebrate his nonmusical credits: Bermuda Avenue Triangle at the Promenade Theatre in NYC, Party at the Henry Fonda Theatre in LA, After Play at the Canon Theatre, Dogman’s Last Stand at Victory Gardens, Wally’s Café & Same Time Next Year at Drury Lane South. Deathtrap, Cat On A Hot Tin Roof, And Then There Were None (directed by Jessica Fisch) at Drury Lane Oakbrook.