The 39 Steps<\/em>\u00a0are Kathleen Kund Nolan and Timothy E. Nolan. Season sponsors are Dr. and Mrs. Frank J. Szarko, and associate season sponsors are Linda Lapos and Paul Wirth.<\/p>\nThe Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival is the Official Shakespeare Festival of the Commonwealth and a professional, not-for-profit, theatre company. An independent 501 c 3 organization, PSF receives support from DeSales University and relies on contributions from individuals, government agencies, corporations and foundations. PSF is a constituent of the Theatre Communications Group (TCG), the national organization for the American theatre, and a member of the Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance, Lehigh Valley Arts Council and the Shakespeare Theatre Association.<\/p>\n
PRINCIPAL BIOGRAPHIES<\/strong> \nSTEVE BURNS<\/strong>, Clown 1. PSF:\u00a0A Comedy of Errors<\/em>\u00a0(Dromio of Syracuse),\u00a0Amadeus<\/em>\u00a0(Mozart),\u00a0A Midsummer Night’s Dream<\/em>\u00a0(Francis Flute). Best known as Steve on Nickelodeon’s Blue’s Clues. TV\/Film:\u00a0Homicide: Life On The Street, Law and Order, Yes Dear, Marie and Bruce, Netherbeast, Inc., Christmas on Mars.<\/em>\u00a0Steve has appeared nationally and on NPR as a storyteller for The Moth and has written albums of music for children and adults in collaboration with The Flaming Lips.<\/p>\nWILLIAM CONNELL<\/strong>, Richard Hannay. NY\/Regional credits:\u00a0A View from the Bridge<\/em>\u00a0(2010 Broadway revival),\u00a0The Coast of Utopia<\/em>\u00a0(LCT),\u00a0Hamlet<\/em>\u00a0(Aspen Music Festival),\u00a0Earnest<\/em>\u00a0 (Gulfshore Playhouse),\u00a0Pride & Prejudice<\/em>\u00a0(Geva Theatre Center),\u00a0The Glass Menagerie<\/em>\u00a0(Two River Theatre),\u00a0The Maddening Truth<\/em>\u00a0(Keen Co.),\u00a0\u00a0As You Like It<\/em>\u00a0(Weston Playhouse),\u00a0Sherlock Holmes, The Early Years<\/em>\u00a0(NYMF),\u00a0All’s Well That Ends Well<\/em>\u00a0(TFANA),\u00a0The Dinner Party<\/em>\u00a0(Lincoln Center Institute),\u00a0Mary Stuart<\/em>\u00a0(NYCT),\u00a0The Tempest<\/em>\u00a0(SRT) and others. TV\/Film:\u00a0Smash, Not Fade Away, Gossip Girl, Law & Order, Guiding Light<\/em>.<\/p>\nMATTHEW GIVEN<\/strong>, Resident Sound Designer and Production Manager. He has designed over 40 productions for PSF including:\u00a0The Winter\u2019s Tale, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, King Lear,<\/em>\u00a0Dracula, Hamlet<\/em>\u00a0(2011),\u00a0Romeo & Juliet<\/em>\u00a0(2010),\u00a0Sleeping Beauty<\/em>\u00a0and The Mystery of Irma Vep.\u00a0<\/em>Regional: The Orlando Shakespeare Theater, Theatre Exile, The Centenary Stage Company, and Arcadia University.<\/p>\nDUDLEY KNIGHT<\/strong>, Voice and Text Coach. Professor Emeritus of Drama at the University of California, Irvine. Founding member of the Long Wharf Theatre.\u00a0 Stage career: American Conservatory Theatre, La Jolla Playhouse, Mark Taper Forum, Colorado Shakespeare Festival (six seasons), PSF, Utah Shakespearean Festival and Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey. He has a 40 year career as voice, speech and dialect teacher and voice director for professional theatre. Editor of A World of Voice, 2011. Board of directors of VASTA (Voice and Speech Trainers Association).<\/p>\nGENEVIEVE PERRIER<\/strong>, Annabella, Margaret, and Pamela. She is a two time Barrymore for Excellence in Theater award winner and multiple nominee. She was last seen in Seminar at the Philadelphia Theatre Company. Favorite roles: Kyra in\u00a0Skylight<\/em>, Girleen in\u00a0The Lonesome West<\/em>\u00a0and Amanda in\u00a0Private Lives<\/em>. She has worked with the Arden, Exile, Headlong, Lantern, Pig Iron, and many others.<\/p>\nMATT PFEIFFER<\/strong>, Director.\u00a0 PSF: Directing\u00a0The Complete Works Abridged<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0Dracula<\/em>, and appearing in over 15 productions. Serves as the Associate Artistic Director of Theatre Exile in Philadelphia. Other directing credits: Arden Theatre, Two River, Orlando Shakespeare Theatre, Walnut St. Theatre, and Delaware Theatre Co. Matt’s a seven-time Barrymore nominee and recipient of the F. Otto Haas Award.<\/p>\nMARGUERITE PRICE<\/strong>, Stage Manager, also for\u00a0Henry VIII<\/em>. She completed her first season as the Stage Manager at Delaware Theatre Company. She spent 10 seasons as the Production Stage Manager at Act II Playhouse in Ambler, PA. Actors’ Equity Association\u2019s Philadelphia Liaison from May 2005 – January 2007 and Past-Chair of the Stage Managers’ Association.<\/p>\nANTHONY REIMER<\/strong>, Clown 2. PSF:\u00a0Much Ado<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0Cats on a Hot Tin Roof<\/em>. NY credits:\u00a0Cactus Flower<\/em>\u00a0(NYC Revival),\u00a0An Ideal Husband<\/em>\u00a0(Red Fern Theatre) and three seasons with New York Classical Theatre. Regional: Paper Mill Playhouse, Capital Repertory, Gateway Playhouse, Pensacola and Alabama Shakespeare Festivals. TV\/Film:\u00a0Nurse Jackie, Rescue Me, Chasing Zero, Marvelous Miles<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0Whisper in the Dark<\/em>.<\/p>\nSAMINA VIETH<\/strong>, Scenic Designer, also designing for\u00a0Beauty and The Beast<\/em>. She is a freelance scenic and props designer working in the Washington DC area. Recent work: Quotidian Theatre:\u00a0A Walk in the Woods; Anything Goes<\/em>; American University:\u00a025th Annual Putnam Co. Spelling Bee<\/em>; Barter Theater:\u00a0Women Beware Women, Age of Arousal, Wooden Snowflakes;<\/em>\u00a0Keegan Theater:\u00a0Laughter on the 23rd Floor.<\/em><\/p>\nTHOM WEAVER<\/strong>, Lighting Designer, also designing for\u00a0The Importance of Being Earnest<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0Measure for Measure.<\/em>\u00a0PSF:\u00a0A Midsummer Night\u2019s Dream, Complete Works<\/em>. Regional: Wilma, Arden, Azuka, People\u2019s Light, Walnut, Theatre Exile, Curtis Opera, and others. Some other credits:\u00a0Teller\u2019s Play Dead\u00a0<\/em>in Las Vegas and NYC, Children\u2019s Theatre Company, Shakespeare Theatre, Berkshire Opera, Spoleto Festival USA, City Theatre, Pittsburgh Public Theatre, Yale Rep and others. Awards: 2 Barrymores and 14 nominations, 2-time City Paper\u2019s Best Lighting Design, 3-time Helen Hayes Nominee, and 2007 AUDELCO Award for King Hedley II, Signature Theatre.<\/p>\nLISA ZINNI,<\/strong>\u00a0Costume Designer, also for\u00a0The Importance of Being Earnest<\/em>. Some PSF favorites:\u00a0Sweeney Todd, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Antony and Cleopatra, Amadeus, The Man of La Mancha, My Fair Lady,<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0The Imaginary Invalid<\/em>. Recent credits:\u00a0Titus Andronicus<\/em>\u00a0(Orlando Shakespeare Theatre) and\u00a0Grease<\/em>\u00a0(Walnut Street Theatre). Lisa was the Associate Costume Designer for the Broadway, National Tours and International companies for\u00a0Rent, Hair,\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0A Christmas Story the Musical<\/em>. Other credits: Off-Broadway, Roundabout Theatre underground, The Arden Theatre Company, Peoples Light, Riverside Theatre in Vero Beach, Bristol Riverside Theatre, Syracuse Stage, The Cape Playhouse.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 June 14, 2013 Contact: Lisa Higgins,\u00a0Lisa.Higgins@pashakespeare.org\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 610.282.9455, ext. 4 Center Valley, PA — Just four actors portray 150 characters and tell one unforgettable story in\u00a0The 39 Steps\u00a0running June 19 through July 14 at the Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival.\u00a0 A mystery-thriller described as \u201cwhere Hitchcock meets hilarious,\u201d\u00a0The 39 Steps\u00a0previews June 19th and 20th, and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1308","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-2014-season","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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