Now - August 24, 2025
Miss Marple, Agatha Christie's iconic sleuth, takes center stage in this gripping, glamorous mystery. When the filming of a star-studded movie in a quaint village leads to a chilling murder, everyone becomes a suspect. Miss Marple untangles a web of jealousy, ambition, and hidden truths. Can you solve who is behind it all?
In this new adaptation of the Christie's whodunit, audiences can expect a murder, depictions of violence, language, and mentions of self-harm. Flashing Lights, Haze, Gunshots, and Loud Noises will be used during the performance.
The run time is 2 hours and 15 minutes, including one intermission.
Elizabeth Bunch
Marina Gregg
Elizabeth Bunch has appeared in over 100 productions at Alley Theatre. Favorites include Misery, Seared, Noises Off, Little Comedies, Servant of Two Masters, Clue, Dead Man’s Cell Phone, 1984, Constellations, As You Like It, Grounded, Othello, The 39 Steps, Hand to God, Pygmalion, August Osage County, Clybourne Park, Lieutenant of Inishmore, Doubt, Proof, and Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? NYC and Regional: Playwrights Horizons, Guthrie, Denver Center, Bread Loaf Acting Ensemble, Keen Company, and The Flea. @Its_Elizabeth_Bunch
Michelle Elaine
Dolly Bantry/ Crew Member
Michelle Elaineis a Resident Acting Company Member. Michelle originated the role of Miss Scarlet in the First National Tour of Clue: A New Comedy. Favorite Alley Theatre credits: Agatha Christie’s The Mirror Crack’d, Primary Trust, Noises Off, A Christmas Carol, Clue, Dead Man’s Cell Phone, Sense and Sensibility, Sweat, and Quack. Michelle was awarded the Houston Press Awards Best Supporting Actress for her role as the title character in Clyde’s at The Ensemble Theatre. Stages: POTUS. Check out Michelle’s web series @castmedammit on YouTube! @michelleelaineofficial
Ashlyn Evans
Ella Zielinsky
Ashlyn Evans holds a BA in Theatre from Texas A&M University–Corpus Christi and is new to the Houston area. She is thrilled to be working with Alley Theatre for the first time and deeply grateful to her family for their unwavering support and to Jesus Christ for opening this incredible door.
Dylan Godwin
Chief Inspector Dermot Craddock
Dylan Godwinis a Resident Acting Company Member and recently appeared in Alley Theatre’s Dear Alien, The Importance of Being Earnest (Algernon Moncrieff), The Da Vinci Code (Rémy), Agatha Christie’s The Mirror Crack’d (Chief Inspector Dermot Craddock), Ken Ludwig’s Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery (Actor 2), The Glass Menagerie (Tom). National Tour: Fiddler on the Roof. Regional: Born with Teeth (Guthrie Theatre and Asolo Rep); Miller, Mississippi (Dallas Theatre Center).
Brandon Hearnsberger
Understudy
Brandon Hearnsberger 27 Alley Theatre productions, including Dear Alien, The Body Snatcher, Ken Ludwig’s Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery, Dial M for Murder, Cowboy Bob, The Servant of Two Masters, Ken Ludwig’s Lend Me A Soprano, Othello, The Farnsworth Invention, and The Lieutenant of Inishmore. More at brandonhearnsberger.com.
Chris Hutchison
Jason Rudd
Chris Hutchison His time at the Alley stretches back to 2004 when he appeared opposite Elizabeth Bunch in Proof. They have shared the stage countless times since then. Some of the highlights at Alley: Constellations, Good People, Lieutenant of Inishmore, As You Like It, Twelfth Night, Dead Man’s Cell Phone, Agatha Christie’s The Mirror Crack’d, Orson’s Shadow, Agatha Christie’s Death on the Nile, Dracula, All My Sons, 1984, Medea (Video). Elsewhere they have appeared together in Big Love, Museum, Midsummer Night’s Dream, Arcadia, Romeo & Juliet, and as Stanley and Stella in A Streetcar Named Desire.
Susan Koozin
Miss Jane Marple
Susan Koozinreturns to Alley Theatre after appearing as Miss Marple in Agatha Christie’s The Mirror Crack’d, Agatha Christie’s And Then There Were None, Jane Eyre, Pictures from Home, Agatha Christie’s The Murder of Roger Ackroyd, Cowboy Bob, Ken Ludwig’s Lend Me A Soprano, Clue, and Agatha Christie’s Murder on the Orient Express. Recent Houston performances include The Foreigner (A.D. Players), Winter Solstice (Rec Room), and Mary Poppins (TUTS).
Julia Krohn
Understudy
Julia Krohn Original Las Vegas company of Jersey Boys (Lorraine); NYC Credits: ABBA’s Kristina (pre-Broadway workshop), Joy (Off-Broadway); Regional: Beauty and the Beast (Belle), Mack and Mable; TUTS: The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Ugly X-MAS Sweater Musical, A Chorus Line, Sweet Potato Queens, All Shook Up, Camelot, Spamalot; Alley Theatre: Cowboy Bob, Three Musketeers, Quack, A Christmas Carol, Sherlock Holmes, Freaky Friday; Main Street Theater: Memoriam; 4th Wall: The Father.
Melissa Molano
Lola Brewster
Melissa Molano is a Resident Acting Company Member. Recent Alley shows include The Importance of Being Earnest, The Da Vinci Code, Agatha Christie’s The Mirror Crack’d, Noël Coward’s Private Lives, The Glass Menagerie, Noises Off, and Agatha Christie’s And Then There Were None. Other previous roles include: The River Bride (Belmira), Man of La Mancha (Antonia), I and You (Caroline), The Book of Maggie (Maggie). She’s also a voice and film actor featured on streaming platforms HiDive, Netflix and Prime. Instagram/X: @melissacmolano.
David Rainey
Cyril Leigh/ Crew Member
David Rainey is in his 25th season as a Resident Acting Company Member and his 106th production for the Alley. He’s also performed on Broadway with The National Actors Theatre, and nationally with the Guthrie Theater, Steppenwolf Theatre Company, Manhattan Theatre Club, Berkeley Rep, Hartford Stage, Dallas Theater Center, among others. He received the Juilliard Drama Division’s highest honor, the Michel and Suria Saint-Denis Prize, and he also owns Studio for Actors Houston.
Jamie Rezanour
Heather Leigh/ Assistant Director
Jamie Rezanour is delighted to be back at the Alley. Alley Theatre: Agatha Christie’s The Mirror Crack’d. Select credits: The Twelve Dates of Christmas, The Hispanic Vote Play (Stages); Real Women Have Curves (Dallas Theater Center); Henry V (Hartford Stage); Our Town (Milwaukee Rep); Native Gardens (Vermont Stage). TV Credits: Blue Bloods, Matlock, The Blacklist. Training: MFA at SMU. @jamierezanour
Christopher Salazar
Giuseppe Renzo
Christopher Salazaris a Resident Acting Company Member. Alley Theatre credits include Seared, The Importance of Being Earnest, Agatha Christie’s The Murder of Roger Ackroyd, Ken Ludwig’s Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery, Noises Off, 72 Miles to Go…, and The Servant of Two Masters. Select regional credits include: three seasons with the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, and the world premieres of The Copper Children, The Way the Mountain Moved, and Off the Rails; 11 productions at The Old Globe. On TV: Robert Torres on Jane, The Virgin. MFA: Old Globe Theatre/ USD, BA: UNC-Chapel Hill. Love always to Amy.
Alexandra Szeto-Joe
Cherry Baker/ Crew Member
Alexandra Szeto-Joe Alley Theater: Agatha Christie’s The Mirror Crack’d. Other Credits: Capital Repertory Theatre: Becky Nurse of Salem; Classical Theatre Company: Three Sisters; Stages: The Heart Sellers, POTUS; Catskill Mountain Shakespeare: As You Like It; Tapestry Players: The Summer’s Tale; Main Street Theater: Christmas at Pemberley series (2021-2023). BFA from NYU Tisch. Love to Mommy & Chris! alexandraszeto-joe.com
Teresa Zimmermann
Understudy
Teresa ZimmermannAlley Theatre: Dial M for Murder (Margot Wendice), Amerikin (Michelle), A Christmas Carol (Belle, Ensemble, Swing), Survivors: an Alamo Play (Susanna Dickinson). Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park: Dial M for Murder (Margot Wendice). Theatre Under The Stars: Rent (Maureen Johnson), Rock of Ages (Regina), Jerome Robbins Broadway (Ma, Golde, Elektra), Sweeney Todd (Ensemble, U/S Lovett). Stages: Roe (Norma McCorvey/Jane Roe). Great American Trailer Park Musical (Pickles), Veronica’s Room (Girl).
Alan Brincks
Fight Director & Intimacy Consultant
Alan Brincks Previous Alley credits: The Mirror Crack’d, Clue, Alley All New. Previous Fight Direction/ Intimacy Consulting: 4th Wall Theatre, Main Street Theater, Rec Room Arts, Classical Theatre Company, Rice University, Lamar University, and others. Alan is an Advanced Actor Combatant with the Society of American Fight Directors, an actor, director, and an Assistant Professor of Theatre at Lamar University.
Agatha Christie
Author
Agatha Christie Born in Torquay, England in 1890, Agatha Christie is the best-selling novelist of all time. With over one billion books sold in English and another billion in over 100 languages, she is outsold only by the Bible and Shakespeare. She wrote 80 crime novels and collections of short stories, over 25 plays (including The Mousetrap, the world’s longest running play), and six novels under the pseudonym Mary Westmacott. Her first novel, The Mysterious Affair at Styles, introduced the world to the Belgian detective Hercule Poirot, followed a decade later by the shrewd and often-underestimated Miss Marple.
Amber D. Gray
Assistant Director
Amber D. Gray Amber’s prior credits are the Company Manager at Washington DC’s Arena Stage Theater and the Assistant Line Producer at NY’s Public Theater. Houston credits include: Assistant Director for High School Play: A Nostalgia Fest, A Christmas Carol (Assistant Director 2022/ Associate Director 2023), Agatha Christie’s And Then There Were None, Noises Off, The Glass Menagerie, Ken Ludwig’s Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery and Primary Trust at Alley Theatre and cullud wattah (Assistant Director) and The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (Marcy) at Stages Repertory Theatre. She is also currently the Associate Artistic Director/General Manager for the Black Motherhood and Parenting New Play Festival and Associate Artistic Director/General Manager for Detroit’s Obsidian Theatre Festival. BFA: Rockford University. amberdgray.com.
John Gromada
Original Music & Sound Design
John Gromada Alley: Agatha Christie’s The Mirror Crack’d, Agatha Christie’s The Murder of Roger Ackroyd, Ken Ludwig’s The Three Musketeers, many more. 40+ Broadway productions, including Birthday Candles, All My Sons, Torch Song, The Elephant Man, The Trip to Bountiful (Tony nomination), The Best Man (Drama Desk Award), Clybourne Park, Seminar, Proof, Twelve Angry Men, A Few Good Men. Off-Broadway: Old Hats, Measure for Measure (Delacorte), The Orphans’ Home Cycle (Drama Desk Award, Henry Hewes Award), Shipwrecked! (Lucille Lortel Award), The Skriker (Drama Desk Award), Machinal (OBIE Award), and many more. His television and film credits include a score for the Emmy-nominated The Trip to Bountiful.
Paige Hathaway
Scenic Design
Paige Hathaway is a DC-based scenic designer and is making her Alley Theatre debut! Regionally, she has designed at Arden Theatre Co, Village Theatre, Pioneer Theatre, Writer’s Theatre, and Santa Fe Playhouse. In the DC area, she has designed at Arena Stage, the Kennedy Center, Ford’s Theatre, Signature Theatre, Round House Theatre, Theater J, Woolly Mammoth, and Studio Theatre. Education: University of Maryland, College Park: MFA; University of Oklahoma: BFA. Website: paigehathawaydesign.com Instagram: @paigehathawaydesign
Vivian Majkowski
Dialect Coach
Vivian Majkowski just completed her first year as Associate Professor in Voice & Speech at UH. Prior to this she was at UCF and was resident Voice, Text & Accent Director at Orlando Shakes for five years. She has also coached at the Shakespeare Theatre of NJ, American Players Theatre, A.R.T. & TheatreWorks. Vivian earned her MFA in Voice & Speech Pedagogy from the American Repertory Theater/Moscow Art Theatre School Institute for Advanced Theater Training at Harvard University.
Trinity A. Nobles
Assistant Stage Manager
Trinity A. Nobles Favorites include Alley Theatre: Agatha Christie’s The Mirror Crack’d, Primary Trust, Alley All New Festival 2024: Uhuru and Zero Hour; TUTS: Million Dollar Quartet, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Disney’s Frozen, Cinderella, Ain’t Misbehavin’; Stages: the ripple, the wave, that carried me home, Miss Rhythm: The Legend Of Ruth Brown, Othello: The Remix, Always… Patsy Cline, You Are Cordially Invited to Sit-In; BFA: Stage Management, University of Houston. Always, Nate, Cashew, and Pistachio.
Amy Ramsdell
Stage Manager
Amy Ramsdell National tours: To Kill a Mockingbird, Hamilton, Hello, Dolly!, A Christmas Carol, Les Misérables, Elf, Dreamgirls, Once. Past credits include: In the Heights, Frozen, Little Shop of Horrors, Hamilton (Chicago), Marvin’s Room, God Looked Away (with Al Pacino), Choir Boy, Billy Elliot, First Date, Bad Jews, Barcelona, The Country House. TUTS, Geffen Playhouse, Center Theatre Group, Pasadena Playhouse, The Old Globe, La Jolla Playhouse, Alley Theatre. Always for Chris and Mom & Papa.
Nicole Jescinth Smith
Costume Design
Nicole Jescinth Smith has both a Master’s of Fine Arts (University of Tennessee, ’06) and a Bachelor’s of Fine Arts (University of Miami ’03) in Theatrical Costume Design. She has worked on everything from Broadway to the Met! (Opera). Recently, Ms. Smith was the costume designer on Season 1 of The Chair Company (HBO). She is excited to be back at the Alley after her premiere as the costume designer on Agatha Christie’s The Mirror Crack’d in 2025. Other recent theatrical credits include the world premiere of Godspeed at the Denver Center for the Performing Arts and Deceived at The Old Globe. Nicole continues to further her costume artistry in theatre, commercials and live performance with much anticipated work in the 2026 year including an upcoming television project with Netflix, a world premiere musical and finally taking a vacation.
Delicia Turner Sonnenberg
Director
Delicia Turner Sonnenberg is a San Diego based director whose work has been celebrated for its boldness, creativity, and commitment to diverse storytelling. She is a founder and former Artistic Director of MOXIE Theatre, which she helmed for 12 acclaimed seasons receiving The Des McAnuff New Visions Award for “Risk Taking Leadership” from the San Diego Theatre Critics Circle. Delicia has directed plays for The Old Globe Theatre, La Jolla Playhouse, South Coast Rep, Utah Sakespeare, Theatre Squared, Island City Stage, San Diego REP, Actors Theatre of Louisville, Theatre Calgary, Roundhouse Theatre, Center Rep, and Two River Theatre among others.
Cat Tate Starmer
Lighting Design
Cat Tate Starmer Designs at the Alley Theatre include Agatha Christie’s The Mirror Crack’d, Thornton Wilder’s The Emporium, A Christmas Carol, The Servant of Two Masters, 1984, A Winter’s Tale, and Murder on the Orient Express; Off Broadway: Dirty Laundry (WP Theatre); Georgia Mertching is Dead, (Ensemble Studio Theatre); Hold These Truths, Born with Teeth (Epic Theatre Ensemble); Regional: Kansas City Rep, Two River Theatre, the Old Globe, the Guthrie, TheatreWorks, ACT Theatre, and PlayMakers Rep. Cat has designed at Princeton, Juilliard, Yale, Brown, and Barnard College, lectured at Fordham University, and is currently the Interim Head of Lighting at Rutgers University, Mason Gross School of the Arts.
Rachel Wagstaff
Adaptor
Rachel Wagstaff wrote the book for Flowers for Mrs Harris which transferred to Chichester Festival Theatre, directed by Daniel Evans, after premiering at the Sheffield Crucible. The original production won the UK Theatre Award for Best Musical and the London premiere at Riverside Studios won the WhatsOnStage Award for Best Off West End Production. Her critically acclaimed adaptation of Birdsong opened in the West End, and will be revived for a record-breaking fifth UK tour with Original Theatre in autumn 2024. With Duncan Abel she adapted Dan Brown’s The Da Vinci Code which toured the UK and made its US premiere at the Ogunquit Playhouse in 2023 and Paula Hawkins’ The Girl on the Train, which had a record-breaking UK tour and West End run in 2019 and is now performed across the UK and beyond. Her adaptation of Agatha Christie’s The Mirror Crack’d has enjoyed two UK tours and toured India. She has multiple TV and feature film adaptations in development.