'The 39 Steps' launches Cortland Rep summer season
Play adapted by Patrick Barlow from novel by John Buchan and movie by Alfred Hitchcock.
Cortland Repertory Theatre will kick off its 46th annual summer season at the Little York Pavilion in Preble with the spy comedy "The 39 Steps" from June 7-17.
The award-winning play was adapted by Patrick Barlow from the novel by John Buchan and the movie by Alfred Hitchcock.
In the play, a man with a boring life meets a woman who says she's a spy. When she is murdered, a mysterious organization called "The 39 Steps" is hot on his trail in a nationwide manhunt. A cast of 150 characters is played by a cast of four, bringing to live an on-stage plane crash and train chase, missing fingers, numerous hats and old-fashioned romance.
"The 39 Steps" is directed by Dustin Charles, whose previous CRT directing credits include "Boeing Boeing" and "I'll Be Back Before Midnight," as well as assistant directing and dialect coaching "1776," "The Ladies Man" and "The Unexpected Guest." Longtime CRT attendees will remember Charles as an actor in CRT's "Unnecessary Farce,"" The Hollow," "Rumors," "Brigadoon" and more.
The cast includes four returning CRT actors. Playing the dashing Richard Hannay is James Taylor Odom, who was seen as Sherlock Holmes in "Sherlock Holmes and the West End Horror" and Col. McKean in "1776". Portraying all the women in Hannay's life is Leah Gabriel, seen in CRT's "Miracle on South Division Street," "Boeing Boeing" and "The Unexpected Guest." Playing over 100 other characters are Jason Shipman, seen in CRT's "Cards on the Table," "The Kitchen Witches" and "Miracle on South Division Street"; and Nicholas Wilder, from CRT's "Rumors" and "The Ladies Man."
Performances are at 7:30 p.m., with 2 p.m. matinees on June 9, 11 and 14. Purchase tickets by calling 800- 427-6160, at the CRT box office (24 Port Watson St. in Cortland) or online at www.cortlandrep.org. The Little York Pavilion is located at 6799 Little York Lake Road in Preble.
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