“The Murder of Roger Ackroyd” will open on Friday, Oct. 13 featuring Vallivue High School’s very own Mr. Joseph Stevenson in the lead role. The story is one of Agatha Christie’s numerous murder mystery stories featuring Hercule Poirot, the best detective of his time.
Poirot is a Belgian detective who can spot any little item out of place in a room. Being the excellent detective he is, he feels he must come out of retirement when a dear friend of his is murdered. Stevenson, the theater teacher at VHS, tried out for the play this August after learning his friend was directing it. While Stevenson doesn’t typically participate in plays outside of school during the school year, he felt he couldn’t pass up this opportunity. He commented that he usually gets home around 10 p.m. after a long day of teaching, producing “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” for the school play and then driving to Boise for his own rehearsal.
Starting from his senior year in high school, Stevenson has been in and helped produce so many plays that he had to guess he’d been in upwards of 20 plays, not including plays he’s produced for VHS. His long and successful history with being in plays makes him the perfect choice for the role of Poirot.
The screenplay was written by Doug Goheen and is one of many adaptations of “The Murder of Roger Ackroyd.” Tickets are available now for $20 at Boise Little Theater’s Box Office, and showings will be held at the Boise Little Theater at 100 E Fort St., Boise.
