Westminster Dramat had audiences laughing throughout its lively production of the melodrama “The 39 Steps, ” which ran Nov. 6-8 in the Werner Centennial Center. The spy story takes place in 1930s England and Scotland.
“I cannot say enough about how proud I am of how everyone pulled together to make this production something unique and spectacular,” said Director of Theater A-men Rasheed, who welcomed everyone to the play by impersonating Alfred Hitchcock onstage.
The play was adapted from the 1915 novel by John Buchan and the 1935 film by Alfred Hitchcock. The original concept and production of a four-actor version of the story was by Simon Corble and Nobby Dimon, with Patrick Barlow rewriting this adaptation in 2005.
The Dramat cast and production staff included:
Cast
Richard Hannay: Duncan Kellogg ’15
Anabella Schmidt/ Ensemble: Shelby Gamble ’15
Compere/Ensemble/ Mrs. Jordan: Alaina Bisson ’15
Mr. Memory: Tiger Zhang ’17
Milk Man: Jordan Clapprood ’18
Pamela: Emma Alfeld ’16
Margaret/Ensemble: Jewel Brown ’15
Two Men: Alexa Green ’17, Ellen Gyasi ’16
Mrs. Higgins: Olivia Durham ’15
Crofter: Ellen Gyasi ’16
Professor Jordan: Rebecca Ryan ’16
Ensemble: Abby Hovey ’18, CC Lynch ’15, Jeremy Mason ’16, Shanntal Morel ’17, Katie Savage ’15, Unique Shakoor ’15
Production Staff
Production Stage Manager: Hyeon Jo Jeong ’17
Assistant Stage Manager: Taina Cotto ’16
Light Board Operator: Eunice Lee ’16
Audio: Joyce Cheng ’16
Technical Director/ Foley Sound Design: Bill Liebert
Sound Design: A-men Rasheed
Musak version of Bernard Hermann’s “Prelude”: David Chrzanowski.
Costume Pieces: Vivian Lamb
Production Crew: Sarah Alibrahimi ’16, Sarah Burstein ’15, Joyce Cheng ’16, Cam Gould ’17, Anissa Joseph ’17, Eunice Lee ’16, Ethan Puhala ’18, A-men Rasheed, Kareum Skovron-Rasheed, Kailin Wright ’16, Nornia Xu ’17
Foley Artists: Sarah Alibrahimi ’16, Jewel Brown ’15, Jordan Clapprood ’18, Shelby Gamble ’15, Anissa Joseph ’17, Ethan Puhala ’18, Tiger Zhang ’17