Shows set for March 21-23
Perryville High School’s drama club will present “Around The World In 80 Days” this weekend. Shows are set for 7 pm Thursday-Saturday, March 21-23 in the Old Senior High Performing Arts Auditorium. Tickets are $7 at the door.
“This is a family show, but I don’t think it will hold the attention of very small children,” said Director Jennifer-Birk Cook. Based on the classic novel by Jules Verne, the show is described as a thrilling adventure, the original Amazing Race, set in 1872. Join fearless adventurer Phileas Fogg and his faithful manservant as they race to beat the clock. Fogg has agreed to an outrageous wager that puts his fortune and his life at risk. With his resourceful servant, Passepartout, Fogg sets out to circle the globe in an unheard-of 80 days. But his every step is dogged by a detective who thinks he's a robber on the run. Danger, romance, and comic surprises abound in this whirlwind of a show in Mark Brown's new adaptation of one of the great adventures of all time.
Blake Bodendieck stars as Phileas Fogg, and Taylor Ebersohl plays his manservant Jean Passepartout. Chloe Cox, Sofia Buerck, Scout Baskin, and Katie Broeking play Actors 1-4. Emma Fetterhoff plays James Forster. Grant Hotop is Andrew Stuart, Wyatt Duncan plays John Sullivan, and Jared Stortz plays Gauthier Ralph. Katie Broeking plays the Reform Club waitress, and Josie Lohmann plays the newspaper man. Det. Fix is played by Julius Maxwell. Amelia Gonzalez plays the British consul, and Aneia Miller plays the Bombay Director of Police. Yasmin Tripp, Emma Fetterhoff, and Amelia Gonzalez play the three priests in India. Grant Hotop plays Sir Francis Cromarty, Scout Baskin plays the Indian train conductor. Sofia Buerck is the elephant owner, and Wyatt Dunkin and Riley Kemp will appear as the elephant. Amelia Gonzalez plays the young Parsi, and Jasmine Muench is the Rajah’s wife. Sofia Buerck is Oysterpuff, Jared Stortz is Judge Obediah, and Yasmin Tripp plays the Chinese broker. Riley Kemp is the ship clerk in Singapore, and Sofia Buerck is the Hong Kong waitress. Josie Lohmann will play Bunsby, and Wyatt Duncan is Col. Proctor. Anela Miller is the US train conductor, Emma Fetterhoff is Mudge, and Grant Hotop is the American ship clerk. Riley Kemp is Capt. Speedy, and Amelia Gonzalez is the ship engineer. Scout Baskin is the train clerk in Liverpool, and Katie Broeking is the reverend’s servant. Adam Duncan is in charge of set construction.