FREEPORT — Freeport Players will present “The 39 Steps” July 19 through Aug. 4 at Freeport Performing Arts Center. Four actors play dozens of characters in this fast-paced comedic sendup and homage to thrillers and film noire, based on the classic Hitchcock film of the same name.

Set in the late 1930s, Freeport Players’ production stars Christopher Holt as Richard Hannay, the rakishly handsome Englishman with the pencil-thin mustache whose evening at the theater embroils him in murder and international intrigue.

Chelsea Cook plays Annabella, the darkly mysterious woman who involves Hannay in the plot; innocent Scottish lass Margaret; and independent Pamela, whom Hannay drags into the action.

Eric Worthley and Bill McDonough round out the cast, playing the dozens of characters Hannay encounters in his flight across England and Scotland to elude capture and unravel the secret of “The 39 Steps.” The cast is directed by Daniel Burson, whose directorial credits include “Mary’s Wedding” at Portland Stage, “I Hate Hamlet” at Freeport Players and “Swimming In The Shallows” at Dramatic Repertory Company.

Performances are Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 p.m. and Sundays at 2 p.m. from July 19 to Aug. 4 at Freeport Performing Arts Center, 30 Holbrook St. There will be a special pay-what-you-want preview on Thursday, July 18, at 7:30 p.m.

Tickets are $10 in advance, $15 at the door. Advanced tickets are available online at www.fcponline.org or in person at the Freeport Community Center Thrift Store on Depot Street.

For more about this show or to purchase tickets, visit Freeport Players at www.fcponline.org.