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Girl on a Train'
Above: Michael Pray (Tom Watson) and Robyn Spain (Rachel Watson). Top right: Robyn Spain (Rachel Watson) and Samantha Romero (Anna Watson). Right: Robyn Spain (Rachel Watson) and Sonya Richards (D.I. Gaskill).  Photos by Ty Collige.


PUTNAM — In a change of pace, The Theatre of Northeastern Connecticut at the Bradley Playhouse presents the trilling murder mystery The Girl on the Train. It will keep you on the edge of your seat, as a young woman who watches life pass by on a train, finds her fantasy come alive in a way she never expected. The show opens Feb. 24 and runs for two weekends.
This show continues the 2023 season theme “Stage and Screen”; a celebration of plays that were also made into motion pictures.
Performances are:  7:30 p.m. Feb. 24, 25 and March 3. 4 and at 2 p.m. Feb. 26 and March 5. Tickets are $23 for adults and $20 for seniors, students, veterans and first responders.
Due to content and language, The Girl on the Train is recommended for mature audiences.
Tickets:  www.thebradleyplayhouse.org or 860-928-7887.
The TNECT production is directed by Joshua Raymond. Robyn Spain appears as Rachel Watson. Elizabeth Decasse is Megan Hipwell, the woman who disappears, and Greg Glanville is her husband, Scott Hipwell. Rachel’s ex-husband, Tom Watson, is played by Michael Pray and his new wife, Anna Watson, is portrayed by Samantha Romero.
 The cast is completed by Sonya Richards as D.I. Gaskill and Joseph Sawyer as Kamal Abdic.
The script for The Girl on the Train is adapted by Rachel Wagstaff and Duncan Abel. It is based on the best-selling novel by Paula Hawkins and the Dream Works film.
Rachel Watson longs for a different life. Her only escape is the perfect couple she watches through the train window every day, happy and in love. Or so it appears. When Rachel learns that the woman she’s been secretly watching has suddenly disappeared, she finds herself as a witness and even a suspect in a thrilling mystery in which she will face bigger revelations than she could ever have anticipated.

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