About Murder on the Nile


We're back with another Agatha Christie murder mystery based off of her 1937 book Death on the Nile.

Kay Ridgeway has led a charmed life. Blessed with beauty, enormous wealth, and a new husband, she embarks on a honeymoon voyage down the Nile. Fatal circumstances await when the idyllic surroundings are shattered by a shocking and brutal murder. Under scrutiny is a multitude of memorable passengers, all with a reason to kill. The tension and claustrophobia builds, as a shocking and audacious conspiracy is laid bare. 


The Old Barn Community Theatre

It was Christmas in 1998 that The Old Barn Community Theatre first opened its doors.  The very first production was “The Best Christmas Pageant Ever”.   Now it has been over 20 years since that first show.  For many wonderful years, and in over 100 unique productions, talented individuals, too numerous to count, have donated energy, time and financial assistance to this incredible project.

In that time we have taken our audience to the Midwest prairies and to the Austrian Alps.  We have traveled along the Yellow Brick Road and up the Mississippi River.  We have flown with Peter, danced with Cinderella and played the trumpet with a band of boys.  We have experienced the intensity of a jury room and the laughter of a beauty parlor.  We’ve traveled to ancient Egypt, the tunnels of New York, and to places and lands of pure imagination.  We have spent time in lonesome mountain cabins, enchanted castles and in homes seeing real life at work .  We have looked at families, both rich and poor, laughed with them and cried with them.  We have sung the songs of Disney, laughed at the stories of Dr. Seuss and felt the joy as Scrooge redeems himself.  On our stage we have danced in the rain, sung in the snow, and bounced in our seats as we were taken back in time with music from days gone by.

Our goal, for 23 years, has been to take you to a different time and place with each visit.  We have wanted to be a theatre where you could bring your family and for two hours or so,  leave “life” behind and travel with us to someplace new.  Next to a river, in an Old Barn, in the middle of nowhere, that is sometimes too cold and sometimes too hot and where we always pray the bathrooms will work, we have tried to bring a taste of Broadway—a taste of live theatre to you.  We hope you have found our attempts successful.

Now we begin what we hope will be many more years  of fun, laughter and memories.  Wherever our talented directors, actors and technicians choose to take you—COME ALONG—and enjoy the journey.  It wouldn’t be nearly as fun without  YOU, our wonderful and supportive patrons.  We want you to feel that The Old Barn Community Theatre is YOUR theatre.   Thank you once again.  Together, let’s see the magic that lies ahead.