Bloomington Civic Theatre presents Alfred Hitchcock's The 39 Steps
Feb 22, 2012

Bloomington Theatre and Art Center is excited to announce Alfred Hitchock's The 39 Steps, a Bloomington Civic Theatre production taking place in the Black Box Theater March 16- April 7, 2012.

Mix a Hitchcock masterpiece with a spy novel, add a bit of farcical comedy and you have a fast-paced whodunit packed with nonstop laughs, and a cast of four playing over 150 characters reenacting the entire movie on stage, complete with train chases, plane crashes, shadowy murders, beautiful spies, dastardly villains, and some good old-fashioned romance! The 39 Steps stars notable Twin Cities actors Eric Webster, Emma Gochberg, David Gangler, and Sam Landman. Zach Curtis directs.

The 39 Steps is adapted by Patrick Barlow from the John Buchan novel and subsequent Alfred Hitchcock film. This award winning play was given the Tony Awards for Best Lighting Design and Best Sound Design, and nominated for four other Tonys: Best Play, Best Direction of a Play, Best Scenic Design of a Play and Best Costume Design of a Play. The 39 Steps also received the Drama Desk Award for Unique Theatrical Experience and Outstanding Lighting Design, and the Lawrence Olivier Award for Best New Comedy.

Director Zach Curtis returns to BCT's Black Box Theater after staging The Prisoner of Second Avenue and 12 Angry Men in past seasons. He recently completed a six year run as the Artistic Director of the Paul Bunyan Playhouse in Bemidji; Minnesota's longest running summer stock theater. In a previous life, he was Artistic Director for Fifty Foot Penguin Theater in Minneapolis. He has directed over 75 professional productions, including the Actors Equity Showcase of A Streetcar Named Desire, the area premiere of Debbie Does Dallas: the Musical, and the recent staging of Chicago at the Paramount Theater in St. Cloud. As an actor, Curtis has appeared at the Guthrie, Children's Theater, Park Square and 10,000 Things, among others, including the lead role of Dave in The Full Monty in 2009 for Theater Latte Da at the Ordway.

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