FREE MOVIE is always the 3rd Thursday of each month at 6:30PM! Sponsored by Tommy O’Dowd of the Dudum Reak Estate Group * Seating is first come, first seated * *** NO Tickets required *** Find the free movie of the month here: Orinda Theater

OrSVP will open its 43rd season with the Bay Area premiere of  Agatha Christie’s The Murder of Roger Ackroyd.  This new adaptation, by playwright Mark Shanahan will celebrate the novel’s 100th anniversary from its original publication date. The novel changed the mystery genre forever with its twists and turns and audiences will be taken on a journey that is “to die for!” In a small English village, where rumors are the residents’ currency, the most prominent man in town is found murdered.  When rumors and motives begin to circulate the local police are stumped.  But the villages newest resident happens to be world famous detective Hercule Poirot, who takes on the case and will discover the truth. Award winning director and designer, Matt Cardigan-Smith, returns after dazzling audiences with last seasons production of Murder on the Orient

The Village District lends a unique charm to the Orinda Farmers’ Market located on Orinda Way in front of Rite Aid and the Community Park.

OrSVP will open its 43rd season with the Bay Area premiere of  Agatha Christie’s The Murder of Roger Ackroyd.  This new adaptation, by playwright Mark Shanahan will celebrate the novel’s 100th anniversary from its original publication date. The novel changed the mystery genre forever with its twists and turns and audiences will be taken on a journey that is “to die for!” In a small English village, where rumors are the residents’ currency, the most prominent man in town is found murdered.  When rumors and motives begin to circulate the local police are stumped.  But the villages newest resident happens to be world famous detective Hercule Poirot, who takes on the case and will discover the truth. Award winning director and designer, Matt Cardigan-Smith, returns after dazzling audiences with last seasons production of Murder on the Orient

OrSVP will open its 43rd season with the Bay Area premiere of  Agatha Christie’s The Murder of Roger Ackroyd.  This new adaptation, by playwright Mark Shanahan will celebrate the novel’s 100th anniversary from its original publication date. The novel changed the mystery genre forever with its twists and turns and audiences will be taken on a journey that is “to die for!” In a small English village, where rumors are the residents’ currency, the most prominent man in town is found murdered.  When rumors and motives begin to circulate the local police are stumped.  But the villages newest resident happens to be world famous detective Hercule Poirot, who takes on the case and will discover the truth. Award winning director and designer, Matt Cardigan-Smith, returns after dazzling audiences with last seasons production of Murder on the Orient

The Village District lends a unique charm to the Orinda Farmers’ Market located on Orinda Way in front of Rite Aid and the Community Park.

OrSVP will open its 43rd season with the Bay Area premiere of  Agatha Christie’s The Murder of Roger Ackroyd.  This new adaptation, by playwright Mark Shanahan will celebrate the novel’s 100th anniversary from its original publication date. The novel changed the mystery genre forever with its twists and turns and audiences will be taken on a journey that is “to die for!” In a small English village, where rumors are the residents’ currency, the most prominent man in town is found murdered.  When rumors and motives begin to circulate the local police are stumped.  But the villages newest resident happens to be world famous detective Hercule Poirot, who takes on the case and will discover the truth. Award winning director and designer, Matt Cardigan-Smith, returns after dazzling audiences with last seasons production of Murder on the Orient

FREE Tour of the Historic Orinda Theatre with Film Critic and Author, Matías Bombal About the Orinda Theatre: The Modern Baroque Orinda Theatre was designed by architect Alexander Aimwell Cantin for Donald Rheem who opened it December 27, 1941. Notable among its appointments were auditorium wall and lobby ceiling murals by Anthony Heinsbergen with pioneering use of UV pigments in the paint which made the murals glow under “black’ light. A developer bought the property in 1984 with plans to demolish the theatre to build a shopping center.  A grass-roots movement sprung up to convince the community at large of the value of saving it; after many struggles the shopping center was built around the theatre, which was renovated and re-opened in 1989.  A new “movie palace wing” was added in 1996 with two more screens in vintage-style auditoriums.

Orinda Theatre’s Classic Movie Matinee, hosted by Film Critic, Matías Bombal (last Tuesday of each month) Find the monthly matinee classic here: Orinda Theater