2015 Season

The 39 Steps

Comedy January 22-February 14, 2015

The 39 Steps

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by Patrick Barlow

directed by Scot Whitney

Comedy January 22-February 14, 2015

Cast & Creative

Director Scot Whitney

Scot Whitney

In 26 seasons and 76 shows at Harlequin:

A Man for All Seasons (Director) A Midsummer Night's Dream (Director) A Rock 'n' Roll Twelfth Night (Director) A Rock N' Roll Twelfth Night (Director) American Buffalo (Director) Antony & Cleopatra (Director) As You Like It (Director) Baltimore Waltz (Director) Clybourne Park (Director) Cymbeline (Director) Cyrano de Bergerac (Director) Dancin' in the Aisles (Director) Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde (Director) Dracula (Director) Enrico IV (Director) Fighting Over Beverley (Director) Frozen (Director) Gloucester Blue (Director) Hamlet (Director) Hapgood (Director) Henry V (Director) Let the Good Times Roll! (Director) Letters from Waldo (Director) Macbeth (Director) Mating Dance of the Werewolf (Director) Measure for Measure (Director) Murder in the Cathedral (1st Tempter/1st Knight) My Old Lady (Director) Or, (Director) Orphans (Director) Recent Tragic Events (Director) Reckless (Director) Richard III (Director) Rock 'n' Roll Twelfth Night (Director) Romeo and Juliet (Director) Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead (Director) She Stoops to Conquer (Director) Shining City (Director) Sins of the Mother (Director) Six Hotels (Director) Sixteen Words for Water (Director) Soul on Fire! (Director) Talking With (Co-Director) Ten Seconds in the Life of Fenwick Green (Director) The 39 Steps (Director) The American Pilot (Director) The Dumbwaiter (Director) The Elsinore Diaries (Director) The Lady's Not for Burning (Director) The Language Archive (Director) The Life and Death of King John (Director) The Life and Times of Leonardo da Vinci (Director) The Lonesome West (Director) The Love List (Director) The Misanthrope (Director) The Real Thing (Director) The Rocky Horror Show (Director) The Seafarer (Director) The Taming of the Shrew (Director) The Tempest (Director) The Two Gentlemen of Verona (Director) The Understudy (Director) The Weir (Director) The Winter's Tale (Director) The Woman in Black (Director) Two Gentlemen of Verona (Director) Under a Mantle of Stars (Director) Unexpected Tenderness (Director) Vanya & Sonia & Masha & Spike (Director) Waiting for Godot (Co-Director) What I Did Last Summer (Lighting Designer)

Scenic Designer Jeannie Beirne

Jeannie Beirne

Jeannie Beirne is the Resident Scenic Designer for Harlequin Productions. She has also enjoyed working with The Olympia Family Theatre, Saint Martin’s University, and South Puget Sound Community College. In Missouri, she has designed Urinetown and The Music Man with Missouri Western State University, and The Drowsy Chaperone, She Loves Me, and Damn Yankees for Tent Theater. In Arizona, Jeannie designed Mama and Jack Carew and the world premiere of Suocera by Hal Corley at the Theatre Artists Studio and Big Love with Kim Weild at Arizona State University.

In 10 seasons and 36 shows at Harlequin:

A Christmas Carol (Scenic Design) A Doll's House (Scenic Design) August: Osage County (Scenic Design) Building Madness (Scenic Design) Cabaret (Scenic Design) Every Brilliant Thing (Scenic Design) Falsettos (Scenic Design) Fighting Over Beverley (Scenic Designer) First Date (Scenic Design) Fun Home (Scenic Design) Hedda Gabler (Scenic Designer) Hedwig and the Angry Inch (Scenic Design) Hundred Days (Scenic Design) I Ought To Be In Pictures (Scenic Designer) Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill (Scenic Design) Little Shop of Horrors (Scenic Designer) Love and Information (Scenic Design) Man of La Mancha (Scenic Design) Middletown (Scenic Designer) Noises Off (Scenic Design) Present Laughter (Scenic Design) Pride and Prejudice (Scenic Design) Ruthless (Scenic Designer) Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Christmas Carol (Scenic Design) Sweeney Todd (Scenic Design) Tenderly (Scenic Design) The 1940s Radio Hour (Scenic Designer) The 39 Steps (Scenic Designer) The Highest Tide (Scenic Design) The Language Archive (Scenic Designer / Video Designer) Three Days of Rain (Scenic Design) To Kill a Mockingbird (Scenic Designer) Until the Flood (Scenic Design)

Costume Designer Lucy Gentry

Lucy Gentry

In 12 seasons and 17 shows at Harlequin:

And a Nightingale Sang (Costume Co-Designer) Cyrano de Bergerac (Costume Designer) Enrico IV (Costume Designer) Fighting Over Beverley (Costume Designer) Forever Stardust (Costume Designer) Hedda Gabler (Costume Designer) Inspecting Carol (Costume Designer) Macbeth (Costume Designer) Rabbit Hole (Costume Designer) Recent Tragic Events (Costume Designer) Sins of the Mother (Costume Designer) Stardust for Christmas (Costume Designer) The 39 Steps (Costume Designer) The Art of Racing in the Rain (Costume Design) The Constant Wife (Asst. Costume Designer) The Misanthrope (Costume Designer) Three Days of Rain (Costume Design)

Lighting Designer Amy Chisman

Amy Chisman

In 6 seasons and 22 shows at Harlequin:

A Rock N' Roll Twelfth Night (Lighting Designer) August: Osage County (Lighting Design) Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (Lighting Designer) Clybourne Park (Lighting Designer) Cymbeline (Lighting Design) Fighting Over Beverley (Lighting Designer) Gloucester Blue (Lighting Designer) Hedda Gabler (Lighting Designer) Henry V (Lighting Designer) I Am My Own Wife (Video Design) Jesus Christ Superstar (Lighting Designer, Video Designer) Or, (Lighting Designer) Present Laughter (Lighting Design) Recent Tragic Events (Asst. Lighting Designer) Sixties Chicks Too (Lighting Designer) The 39 Steps (Lighting Designer) The Last Five Years (Video Designer) The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe (Lighting Designer) The Stardust Christmas Commotion (Lighting Designer) To Kill a Mockingbird (Lighting Designer) Two Gentlemen of Verona (Lighting Designer) Vanya & Sonia & Masha & Spike (Lighting Designer)

Properties Designer Jeff Leigh

Jeff Leigh

In 7 seasons and 31 shows at Harlequin:

A Christmas Survival Guide (Properties Designer) August: Osage County (Properties Design) Clybourne Park (Properties Designer) Dry Powder (Properties Designer) First Date (Properties Design) Five Women Wearing the Same Dress (Properties Designer) Gloucester Blue (Properties Designer) Hedda Gabler (Properties Designer) Henry V (Properties Master) I Am My Own Wife (Properties Design) Jesus Christ Superstar (Properties Designer) Laughter on the 23rd Floor (Properties Designer) My Name is Rachel Corrie (Properties Design) Or, (Properties Master) Philadelphia Story (Properties Designer) Present Laughter (Properties Design) Recent Tragic Events (Properties Designer) Ruthless (Properties Designer) The 39 Steps (Properties Designer) The Language Archive (Properties Designer) The Last Schwartz (Properties Designer) The Stardust Christmas Blizzard (Properties Designer) The Stardust Christmas Dazzle (Properties Designer) The Stardust Christmas Enchantment (Properties Design) The Stardust Christmas Fandango (Properties Design) The Understudy (Properties Design) Three Days of Rain (Properties Design) Time Stands Still (Properties Designer) To Kill a Mockingbird (Properties Designer) Two Gentlemen of Verona (Properties Designer) Vanya & Sonia & Masha & Spike (Properties Designer)

Hair & Wig Designer Darren Mills

Darren Mills

Darren Mills is the Resident Costume Designer for Harlequin Productions. Additional regional credits: La Cage Aux Folles and Angels In America (SPSCC), Equivocation (SMU), and Murder Ballad (Sidecountry Theater). NYC hairdressing credits: Broadway: Phantom, Mamma Mia!, The Music Man. Film: The Stepford Wives, War of the Worlds, Lonesome Jim, The Notorious Bettie Page. TV: The Sopranos.

In 26 seasons and 68 shows at Harlequin:

A Christmas Carol (Costume Design) A Doll's House (Costume Design) A Long Day's Journey into Night (Wig/Makeup Designer) A Rock 'n' Roll Twelfth Night (Hair & Wig Designer) A Rock N' Roll Twelfth Night (Costume Designer) A Streetcar Named Desire (Hair & Makeup Designer) And a Nightingale Sang (Costume Co-Designer) As You Like It (Costume Designer) Assassins (Costume Designer) August: Osage County (Costume Design) Cabaret (Costume, Wig, Hair and Makeup Design) Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (Costume Designer) Dancin' in the Aisles (Costume Designer) Deathtrap (Costume Design, Wig, Hair and Makeup Design) Enchanted April (Costume Designer) End Days (Costume Designer) Falsettos (Costume/Hair/Makeup Design) Forever Stardust (Costume Designer) Hedwig and the Angry Inch (Costume, Hair and Makeup Design) Henry V (Company Dresser) I Am My Own Wife (Costume Design) Intimate Apparel (Costume Designer) La Béte (Hair/Makeup Designer) Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill (Costume Design) Laughter on the 23rd Floor (Costume Designer) Little Shop of Horrors (Costume Designer) Love and Information (Costume Design) Man of La Mancha (Costume Design) Murder in the Cathedral (Costume Designer) My Old Lady (Costume Designer) Noises Off (Costume Design) Operation Stardust (Costume Designer) Philadelphia Story (Costume Designer) Present Laughter (Costume Design) Rock 'n' Roll Twelfth Night (Costume, Wig, Hair & Makeup Designer) Rough Crossing (Costume Designer) Ruthless (Costume Designer / Hair and Wig Designer) Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Christmas Carol (Costume Design) Six Hotels (Costume Designer) Stardust Radio Review (Costume Designer) Sweeney Todd (Costume Design, Wig, Hair and Makeup Design) Swingtime Stardust (Costume, Wig, Hair & Makeup Designer) Sylvia (Costume, Wig, Hair & Makeup Designer) Tenderly (Costume Design) The 39 Steps (Hair & Wig Designer) The Art of Racing in the Rain (Hair/Wig Design) The Constant Wife (Costume Designer) The Elephant Man (Costume Designer) The Glass Menagerie (Costume Designer) The Importance of Being Earnest (Costume Designer) The Ladies of the Camellias (Costume Designer) The Last Schwartz (Costume Designer) The Love List (Costume Designer) The Mystery of Edwin Drood (Costume Designer) The Real Thing (Costume, Hair & Makeup Designer) The Rocky Horror Show (Costume Designer) The Seafarer (Costume Designer) The Stardust Christmas Commotion (Costume Designer) The Stardust Christmas Enchantment (Costume Design) The Taming of the Shrew (Costume Designer) The Twelfth Night of Stardust (Costume Designer) The Understudy (Costume Design) The Women (Costume Design) To Kill a Mockingbird (Costume Designer) Unexpected Tenderness (Costume Designer) Vanya & Sonia & Masha & Spike (Costume Designer)

Choreographer Amy Shephard

Amy Shephard

A long time performer in the Pacific Northwest, Amy holds a BA in Performance from The Evergreen State College and a Master’s Degree in Applied Drama at The University of Exeter. Favorite roles include Charlotte in Charlotte’s Web (Olympia Family Theater), Maria in Twelfth Night or What You Will (Animal Fire Theater), The Mouse in If You Give a Mouse a Cookie (Olympia Family Theater and Nell Gwyn in Or, (Harlequin Productions). Amy would like to thank everyone on the production team for being such wonderful people to share this experience with. Thanks finally to her family, friends, Andy & Alex, and the Olympia community for the continued support of the arts.

In 9 seasons and 17 shows at Harlequin:

A Christmas Survival Guide (Ensemble) Cabaret (Rosie) Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (Choreographer) First Date (Choreographer) Hundred Days (Abigail Bengson) Little Shop of Horrors (Doo-Wop Girl, Choreographer) Magical Mystery Midsummer Musical (Vocalist, Choreographer) Or, (Nell Gwynne, Maria, Jailer) Sixties Chicks Too (Ensemble, Choreographer) The 1940s Radio Hour (Choreographer) The 39 Steps (Choreographer) The Stardust Christmas Blizzard (Rosalie Denton, Choreographer) The Stardust Christmas Commotion (Rosalie Denton, Choreographer) The Stardust Christmas Dazzle (Rosalie Denton, Choreographer) The Stardust Christmas Enchantment (Choreography) The Stardust Christmas Fandango (Rosalie Denton, Choreography) The Understudy (Choreographer)

Stage Manager Michelle Page

Michelle Page

In 3 seasons and 9 shows at Harlequin:

A Rock N' Roll Twelfth Night (Asst. Stage Manager) Clybourne Park (Stage Manager) Hedda Gabler (Properties Designer) Middletown (Asst. Stage Manager) Recent Tragic Events (Stage Manager) The 39 Steps (Stage Manager) The Stardust Christmas Commotion (Properties Designer) The Stardust Christmas Dazzle (Properties Designer) Two Gentlemen of Verona (Stage Manager)

Jesse Hinds Clown

Jesse Hinds

In 6 seasons and 9 shows at Harlequin:

A Man for All Seasons (Richard Rich) A Rock 'n' Roll Twelfth Night (Antonio) Arcadia (Understudy, Asst. Stage Manager) Murder in the Cathedral (Fight Director) Operation: Stardust (Private Joe Divitz (Dec 4-7)) Rock 'n' Roll Twelfth Night (Antonio/Captain/Guard) Stardust for Emily Jean (Fight Director) The 39 Steps (Clown) The Rainmaker (Noah Curry, Fight Director)

Alyssa Kay Anabella/Margaret/Pamela

Alyssa Kay

Alyssa is a long-time collaborator with Harlequin over the past decade as both an actor and resident Fight/Intimacy Director. Alyssa has worked with numerous other companies across Puget Sound including Seattle Rep, Book-It Repertory, Seattle Shakespeare Company, Seattle Opera, Tacoma Opera, Taproot Theatre, the University of Washington School of Drama, and Seattle University. Alyssa is also a freelance teaching artist, Advanced Actor Combatant with the Society of American Fight Directors, and co-founder of the PNW Theatrical Intimacy collective. Huge love to Fox and her parents for all their support. www.alyssakay.net

In 8 seasons and 22 shows at Harlequin:

A Christmas Carol (Martha Cratchit/Ensemble, Fight and Intimacy Director) Baskerville (Fight and Intimacy Director) Blackbird (Fight/Intimacy Director) Building Madness (Fight and Intimacy Director) Cabaret (Intimacy and Fight Director) Every Brilliant Thing (Fight/Intimacy Consultant) Falsettos (Fight and Intimacy Consultant) Fun Home (Fight/Intimacy Director) Hedwig and the Angry Inch (Fight and Intimacy Director) Love and Information (Ensemble) Man of La Mancha (Fight and Intimacy Director) Murder for Two (Fight and Intimacy Director) Sovereignty (Intimacy and Fight Director) The 39 Steps (Anabella/Margaret/Pamela) The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged) (self, Fight Director) The Highest Tide (Intimacy Director) The Language Archive (Emma) The Revolutionists (Fight & Intimacy Consultant) This Flat Earth (Fight and Intimacy Director) Three Days of Rain (Nan/Lina) Vanya & Sonia & Masha & Spike (Nina)

Aaron Lamb Richard Hannay

Aaron Lamb

Aaron has worked in Seattle for Village Theatre, Taproot Theatre, Book-It Repertory Theatre, and Seattle Shakespeare Company and has worked regionally throughout the country. Aaron was awarded a Seattle Critics (Footlight) Award for his work as Lord Goring in An Ideal Husband at Taproot Theatre, the Memphis Critics (Ostrander) Award for Best Actor for his work as Jerry in The Full Monty at Playhouse on the Square, a Kennedy Center award for Best Actor for his work as Samuel Coleridge in Grasmere, and an OC Weekly Award for his work as Peck in How I Learned to Drive. Aaron holds an MFA in acting from California State University, Fullerton, and a BA from Washington State University.

In 15 seasons and 39 shows at Harlequin:

A Bright Room Called Day (Gottfried Swetts, Director, Sound Design) A Christmas Carol (Player 6 (Fred, others), Director, Player 4) A Doll's House (Director) August: Osage County (Director) Cabaret (Director) Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (Brick) Deathtrap (Director) Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde (Dr. Jekyll) Enchanted April (Mellersh Wilson) Every Brilliant Thing (Director) Falsettos (Musical Director, Piano and Synth) Five Women Wearing the Same Dress (Director) Hedda Gabler (Director) Hedwig and the Angry Inch (Director) Hundred Days (Director) I Am My Own Wife (Director) Love and Information (Director) Man of La Mancha (Director) Mating Dance of the Werewolf (Ken) Middletown (Director) Noises Off (Frederick Fellowes) Philadelphia Story (Macaulay Connor) Present Laughter (Garry Essendine) Ruthless (Director / Music Director, Piano 1) Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Christmas Carol (Director) Sweeney Todd (Director) The 1940s Radio Hour (Director / Music Director, Piano) The 39 Steps (Richard Hannay) The Highest Tide (Director) The Language Archive (George) The Last Five Years (Jamie Wellerstein / Piano, Musical Director) This Flat Earth (Director) Three Days of Rain (Director) Time Stands Still (Director) To Kill a Mockingbird (Atticus Finch)

John Serembe Clown

John Serembe

Other local productions include: O’Brien in 1984 and a monstrosity in The Head That Wouldn’t Die, both for TAO. In Los Angeles, he played Larry in the LA premiere of Inspecting Carol, Walter Pangbourne in Move Over Mrs. Markham at the Mukenthaller, Argan in The Imaginary Invalid and Tartuffe in Tartuffe at Arroyo Repertory, and Bunthorne in Patience at the Occidental Theatre Festival among others. He performed standup at The Comedy Store in Hollywood and the Ice House in Pasadena. He has appeared around the country, including ten years at Nevada Shakespeare. His favorites there include: Claudius in Hamlet, Falstaff in The Merry Wives of Windsor, Capulet in Romeo and Juliet, Prospero in The Tempest, Dogberry in Much Ado About Nothing, Toby Belch in Twelfth Night and Bottom in A Midsummer Night’s Dream. He has appeared on TV in Cheers, Scrubs, The Young and the Restless, and others. John studied with Sanford Meisner, Charles Marowitz and Larry Moss.

In 9 seasons and 17 shows at Harlequin:

A Christmas Carol (Video Design) Baskerville (Player, Projection Design) Hedda Gabler (Mr. Brack) Hedwig and the Angry Inch (Video Design) Hundred Days (Projection Design) Little Shop of Horrors (Mr. Mushnik) Love and Information (Video Design) Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Christmas Carol (Video Design) The 39 Steps (Clown) The Art of Racing in the Rain (Maxwell/Ensemble) The Highest Tide (Judge/Ensemble) The Stardust Christmas Dazzle (Lord Benedict Manderson) The Stardust Christmas Enchantment (Giovanni Zabatino) Until the Flood (Video Design)