MAD’s Fall 2022 production of Around the World in 80 Days will move online and become a MAD Play-Reading Group production. The turnout at the auditions was not sufficient to cast this large-cast, diverse show as it was originally envisioned. The MAD Board, working with the Production team, has decided to move it online. With a shortened schedule, rehearsals will start in late September for an online performance November 5, 2022 at 8pm.

The cast has been finalized.

Audition form: https://forms.gle/bBvyGDo7dCiTC4cC9

Conflict form: https://forms.gle/7Hejz5AtrEVep6Vn9

Auditions will consist of reading selections from the script. The audition sides are posted here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1V8Neo8LxJ31dDJaGDHZVxohBjFx00SLz/view?usp=sharing

Description of the play:

Around the World in 80 Days is Jules Verne’s classic tale of action, adventure, comedy and drama. Phileas Fogg bets that he can travel around the world in 80 days, and sets off that very night accompanied by his French servant Passepartout. As they travel, they interact with the people they meet along the way, accumulate additional traveling companions, and have dramatic adventures. The story includes ships and trains, snakes and an elephant, disguises, duels and deceptions!

Cast of Characters (in order of appearance):

The Travelers (Leads & Features)

Passepartout, Phileas Fogg’s servant (Lead)

Margaret, in love with Passepartout (Feature)

Phileas Fogg, who bets that he can travel around the world in 80 days (Lead)

Fix, a police constable and master of disguise (Lead)

Archibald Corsican, who wishes to join the Excentric Club (Lead)

Aouda, an Indian Princess (Lead)

Nemea, Aouda’s sister (Feature)

The people they meet along the way (Ensemble).

Flanagan, a member of the Excentric Club (2 scenes)

Stuart, a member of the Excentric Club (2 scenes)

Ralph, a member of the Excentric Club (2 scenes)

Sullivan, a member of the Excentric Club (2 scenes)

Mustapha Pasha, governor of Suez Egypt

A Secretary to Mustapha

Nakahira, a Queen and Snake Priestess of Borneo (2 scenes)

The Parsee, an inhabitant of India

The Brahmin, a priest of India

The Deceased Rajah of Bundelkund India (non-speaking)

Mourners at the funeral (non-speaking)

Elephant Puppet (non-speaking)

The Magistrate, an official of Calcutta India

The Malayan Woman

Snake Puppets and Snake Dancers (non-speaking)

The Landlord of a tavern in San Francisco

1^st Signalman of the Pacific Railway

2^nd Signalman of the Pacific Railway

The Chief Pawnee

The Pawnee

Pawnees (non-speaking)

The Guard of the train

The Driver of the train

A Traveler on the train

The Sergeant of the American Army

The Captain of the Henrietta

The Boatswain of the Henrietta

A Sailor on the Henrietta

A Policeman in Liverpool

A Servant of the Excentric Club

Scenes:

The play is organized into 5 Acts and 15 Tableaus. The Tableaus are what we would now call Scenes.

· Prologue

o Tableau 1 – The Excentric Club House

· Act 1

o Tableau 2 – A Quay on the Suez Canal at Suez

o Tableau 3 – A Bungalow in an Indian Forest

o Tableau 4 – The Necropolis of the Rajas

· Act 2

o Tableau 5 – A Room in a Hotel at Calcutta

o Tableau 6 – The Serpents’ Grotto in Borneo

o Tableau 7 – The Serpent Charmers’ Festival

· Intermission

· Act 3

o Tableau 8 – A Tavern in San Francisco

o Tableau 9 – A Train Attacked upon the Pacific Railway

o Tableau 10 – The Giant’s Staircase

· Act 4

o Tableau 11 – The Saloon of the Steamer Henrietta

o Tableau 12 – The Steamer Henrietta at Sea

o Tableau 13 – A Waif on the Sea

· Act 5

o Tableau 14 – At Liverpool

o Tableau 15 – The New Excentric Club House