Comedy Thriller – Ingenious, Inventive, Riotous

Alfred Hitchcock's The 39 Steps

Mix a Hitchcock masterpiece with a juicy spy novel, add a dash of Monty Python and you have The 39 Steps, a fast-paced whodunit for anyone who loves the magic of theatre. This two-time Tony and Drama Desk Award-winning treat is packed with nonstop laughs, over 150 eccentric characters –  played by a prodigiously talented cast of four – an on-stage plane crash, handcuffs, missing fingers and some good old-fashioned romance. In The 39 Steps, a man with a boring life meets a woman with a thick accent who says she's a spy. When he takes her home, she is murdered. Soon, a mysterious organization called "The 39 Steps" is hot on the man's trail in a nationwide manhunt that climaxes in a death-defying finale. A riotous blend of virtuoso performances and wildly inventive stagecraft, The 39 Steps amounts to an unforgettable evening of pure pleasure. 
Recommended for general audiences.

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Honorary Producers: Connie and Roger Plank

"Rollicking...Breathlessly brisk and playful"
"Everything they do in the show proves pretty darn funny"
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“Laugh-out-loud funny…Wacky frivolity…Difficult to resist”
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Read the Houston Press interview, Mark Bly Goes Behind The 39 Steps.

Read the Houston Chronicle article, Alley takes 39 Steps to adventure (and laughs).

Read the Houston Press article, Alley Theatre plays Alfred Hitchcock for laughs.