Written by PATRICK BARLOW
Directed by JAMIE TORCELLINI
December 11-22, 2024
ASL Interpreted Performance: Wednesday, December 18 at 2 p.m.
SINGLE TICKETS ARE ON SALE NOW
“THE 39 STEPS is a most original and truly hilariously entertaining comedy that plays out unlike anything you’ve ever experienced” (Tom Wilson).
COACHELLA VALLEY REPERTORY continues its 2024-2025 Season with Patrick Barlow’s two-time Tony® Award and Drama Desk Award-winning hysterically funny parody of John Buchan’s 1915 novel, Alfred Hitchcock’s 1935 whodunit film masterpiece, and Simono Corble and Nobby Dimon’s 1966 stage adaptation – along with a generous dash of Monty Python zaniness. THE 39 STEPS is packed with nonstop laughs, more than 150 madcap characters played by an absurdly talented cast of four, an onstage plane crash, handcuffs, missing fingers, and romance. THE 39 STEPS stars the award-winning actors MATTHEW FLOYD MILLER*, LOUIS LOTORTO** as Man #1, CHRISTOPHER SHAW* as Man #2, and ASHLEY MORTON as the Woman. CVRep’s production of THE 39 STEPS is being directed by veteran Broadway actor, director and choreographer JAMIE TORCELLINI.
In THE 39 STEPS, Richard Hannay, a dashing Canadian visiting England, meets Annabella, a beautiful British spy. An enemy espionage ring is pursuing Annabella because she has incriminating information about the group, known as The 39 Steps. She shares this with Hannay while hiding in his flat overnight. In the morning, he finds that she has been murdered. Hannay flees the scene of the crime dressed as a milkman with the police posse and members of the spy ring in pursuit. During his search for an alibi and Annabella’s murderer. Hannay escapes the police posse by kissing the beautiful Pamela on a train to Scotland, hides overnight in the home of an old farmer and his lusty young wife, Margaret, and meets Professor Jordan, who is missing a finger and shoots Hannay but misses. And so forth until Hannay saves the day and, perhaps, England and the world.
Tickets are available now for all shows remaining in CVRep’s 2024-2025 Season – THE 39 STEPS, THE LIGHT IN THE PIAZZA, JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR, and OTHER DESERT CITIES. Information about the world premiere work from the CVRep Origins New Works Program will be announced after the first of the year. Single ticket prices are $55-$125 (opening nights). They can be purchased online at www.cvrep.org, by calling (760) 296-2966, ext. 0, or at the CVRep box office located at 68510 East Palm Canyon Dr., Cathedral City. Box office hours are Wednesdays-Saturdays 10 a.m.-4 p.m. and one hour prior to performances. In order to better serve audiences, patrons requesting accessibility assistance are encouraged to speak to a ticket representative while purchasing their season subscriptions. In order to better serve audiences, patrons requesting accessibility assistance are encouraged to speak to a ticket representative while purchasing their season subscriptions. The Wednesday, December 18 matinee at 2 p.m. will be ASL interpreted.
