Ticket Pricing:
Adults: Section A (orange) $22; Section B (blue) $19
Students/Military: Section A (orange) $19; Section B (blue) $16.50
All Section C (pink): $15
Reader’s Theatre Presentation
By Katie Forgette
October 4-5, 2025
Saturday at 3 pm
Sunday at 3 pm
Director: Sofia Carfaro
Approximate Run Time: 2 hours, 15 minutes
Rating: G (ideal for ages 11 and up).
The wit of Oscar Wilde meets the cunning of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle when Wilde brings his dear friend, Lillie Langtry, to Baker Street. Someone has stolen the highly intimate letters Lillie exchanged with the Prince of Wales, and now she is being blackmailed. Only Holmes can solve the case, going so far as to disguise himself as an early version of Lady Bracknell from Wilde’s latest play, The Importance of Being Forthright. At the same time, Watson falls head-over-heels for the Jersey Lily, and a wicked professor attempts to bring the Crown to its knees.
The cast of Murder on the Orient Express:
Mike Yow – Hercule Poirot
Arleen Black* – Helene Hubbard
Kailey Blasius – Mary Debenham
Kip Brown – Monsieur Bouc
John Adams – Colonel Arbuthnot
Rick Forrester* – Samuel Ratchett
Mark Reeves* – Hector McQueen
Natalie Broadway – Greta Ohlsson
Joan Rinchisen– Countess Andrenyi
River Spade – Michel the Conductor
Jorja Ursin – Princess Dragomiroff
*Making their Hendersonville Theatre debut