Synopsis Of The Play 'The 39 Steps'

Do you like spoofs over very serious and scary movies? If so then The 39 Steps is the play for you. The 39 Steps is a fantastic show that takes all of the Alfred Hitchcock movies and makes fun of them. It was performed by the Wimberley Players at the Wimberley Playhouse from 9/18/15-9/20/15. This play had so many great things about it but a few of the highlights were the costumes, the believability of the actors, and the great usage of such a small amount of props.
In this comedy we follow our hero Richard Hannay (Danny Mosier) as he tries to prove himself innocent of a crime that was made by a pack of spies. As we follow Richard Hannay we meet some unusual and corky characters. With a cast of four the actors were fantastic at portraying multiple
This actress blew my mind away with all of the characters she portrayed with very different personalities from sneaky spy, to down hold country wife, to a stubborn woman even though all these characters are very different Elisabeth Anne Jean made the audience fall in love with every single character. Another fantastic actor who in my opinion should be a comedian in large productions is David Bisett. This talented actor portrayed Crofter, Mr. Memory, Professor Jordan’s wife, and so many more little characters. My eyes were drawn to him every time he was on the stage. He made you want to look at him because you never knew what he would next. The cast in whole was fantastic and played off of each other well. Comedy is not an easy thing to accomplish and these actors did it with a breeze. The lead of our show Danny Mosier was a phenomenal actor. I could not see another person play this character he had all the right moves and
The costumes captured each characters personalities very well. It went with the time period that all of the Alfred Hitchcock movies were set in. I loved how they would change Richard Hannay costumes throughout the play because at the beginning of the play he is in this very nice robe to show his rank in the world, but as the story goes on he changes into lower and dirtier types of clothing. I thought it was a very creative to show us another way of what the character has faced in his journeys. The costume changes between the two clowns of the stories was clever and comedic. There is one scene when they are at the rail station and the only difference between the characters was their hats. They actors were talented to enough to change everything in their postures, accent, and the pitch in their voice but the only true difference is the hats. One of the actors was very smooth with their constant costumes changes on stage was Kortnee Mcdowell she was the female clown, professor Jordan, and an unlimited amount of other characters that the show simply would not have been as amazing without. She was on top of what props and outfits were where and what time. You could tell by just watching her she had a very precise technique that helped slip in and out of the costumes without fumbling over