The 39 Steps

Ames Center
12600 Nicollet Ave. Burnsville

This clever comic stage adaptation of Alfred Hitchcock's thriller The 39 Steps turns a handful of actors into more than 150 zany characters with a mix of film-noir panache, spy-novel thrills and more than a touch of Monty Python-esque absurdity. The two-time winner of both Tony and Drama Desk Awards, The 39 Steps is a fast-paced and funny whodunit about a man accused of a murder he didn't commit, who flees from the authorities and encounters a string of hair-raising adventures, as well as an unlikely love connection. Join just four talented actors from the Chameleon Theatre Circle as they reenact the entire story on the black-box theater stage at the Ames Center, gleefully portraying the many spies, villains and other intriguing characters that inhabit this action- and laugh-packed world.