About half of the performers do not project their voices (and some do not enunciate their words clearly either) and a lot of the initial introductions of who’s who gets lost.

Because of the acoustics of the space and the fact that the performers are not mic’d, sound becomes an issue. This is where some of the more technical hiccups come into play. In addition to being the show’s director, Jason Crawford doubles up as the show’s Sound Designer and co-designs the show’s lighting.

Bonvegna keeps the setting simple, but not without including the necessaries- a fully-loaded alcoholic sideboard and the fireplace upon which the ‘ten little soldier’ figurines are mounted and above which the disturbing poem hangs. For this show, Set Designer Theresa Bonvegna has given us the typical Christie-setting: a front sitting room or parlor room of the aforementioned guest house, appropriately furnished and themed for the indeterminate time in merry old England’s recent past. It’s Christie’s well-known ability to spin thrill and suspense out of these repetitive circumstances that keeps us coming back for more. Cozy little guest house, or elaborate guest mansion, tucked away someplace remote- in this instance a secluded island off the coast of Devon- and inevitably a storm takes out either the power or the phone lines (sometimes both) and essentially cuts off the players from communication with the outside world and also from escape. If you’re not familiar with the stage works of Agatha Christie, after a while, with the exception of the ones that take place on the train, they all start to look similar. Directed by Jason Crawford, this eerie mystery has some thrills and chills (well, not so much chills for opening weekend as the venue had some air-conditioning issues) for local audiences all over Charm City.

Currently appearing on Just Off-Broadway’s main stage, as a kickoff to their ‘return-to-live-in-person-theatre’ and the start of their 2022 season, JOB is presenting Agatha Christie’s And Then There Were None, a suspenseful thriller that sees ten strangers invited to a remote island where they then become trapped and much like the poem, start disappearing into a murder most foul. This is the one with the creepy little poem about how people get plucked off one by one… And Then There Were None.

And then there were none emily brent