The 39 Steps

by Patrick Barlow

Clarence Brown Theatre 2015

Director: Kate Buckley
Scenic Design: Nevena Prodanovic
Costume Design: Bill Black 
Lighting Design: Jaymi Lee Smith
Sound and Projection Design: Joe Payne

Whenever four actors play multiple roles in a setting that is comprised of furniture on casters, you can count on a lot of sound cues to tell the audience where we are. Couple that with clowns, vaudeville, murder, and mystery, and you have the ingredients for hundreds of sound cues and a riotous good time. Below are a few of my favorite, but just the tip of the iceberg.  Unlike many previous productions of this play, we decided to set this one on a sound-stage instead of a vaudeville hall, which allowed for a stronger sense of Film Noir. 

Sound Design Collage:

The Utah Shakespeare Festival 2010

Director Eli Simon
Scenic Designer Jo Winiarski
Costume Designer David Mickelson 
Lighting Designer Jaymi Lee Smith
Sound Designer Joe Payne

_{Photos by Nevena Prodanovic, Brynn Yeager, Karl Hugh}