On Sale Now! The 39 Steps! Show Dates May 7th, 8th, 9th
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BUCKLE UP! When I saw THE 39 STEPS in London’s West End, I witnessed a powder keg of pure, unadulterated creativity! I just knew, LATTE has to do this! Picture this recipe! A Hitchcock masterpiece mixed with a juicy spy novel, blended with much Monty Python mayhem, baked in comedic chaos, a murder-mystery thriller to delight and confound!
It started in 1915, John Buchan wrote this “dime-novel shocker.” Alfred Hitchcock adapted it into his 1935 film. Playwright Patrick Barlow added berserk physical comedy that takes you by surprise! It is a tribute to literature, the silver screen, and the gilded stage, as chaos thrives. Where farce and thriller collide!
THE MISSION? One man. A mysterious spy. A breathless UK manhunt.
THE MADNESS? A lightning-fast who-dun-it entangled with a shadowy spy thriller that becomes a gleeful chase through trains, planes, and automobiles… all without leaving the stage! Good old-fashioned romance” collides with slapstick comedy, lightning-fast costume swaps, and dashes of absurdity that will leave you gasping and laughing at the edge of your seats to the death-defying finale!
THE MAYHEM? An insanely talented cast of 6 must traverse flipping through 120 characters, juggling deceptively “simple stage sets”, topped with an obscene number of hats and costumes… and enough rapid-fire sound cues to overheat a sound board!
This Vaudevillian virtuosity has led to boundless LATTE-laugh attacks in rehearsal. We are proud to bring you this feat of theatrical magic that we have had a blast inventing, like mad scientists. We’ve loaded it with tongue-in-cheek humor, surprising tenderness, despite the fever pitch of short-staffed, highly caffeinated, talented geniuses performing magic tricks before your eyes! Please embrace our gift of laughter, but don’t blink, or you might miss a set change and two murders!
And though some of the themes within still echo through time too loudly, our hope and humanity still prevail. In fact … that is the cast’s favorite part of the show!
Now join us in the adventure as the game’s afoot! Hitchcock’s fingerprints are everywhere — in the suspense, the shadows, the unspoken romance — but so is LATTE’s spirit of ingenuity! Please keep guessing, laughing, and enjoy the ride as you ask… What are the 39 Steps? Enjoy the adventure!
LTHS Performing Arts Center
South Side Parking Lot
4900 S Willow Springs Rd
Western Springs, IL 60559
Unassigned seating
Felicia Pfluger, Founder, Director, Producer of LATTE
Felicia Pfluger
Producer/Artistic Director
LATTE Theater
708-655-0989