Casting Call: 'Around the World in 80 Days'

Kelsey Theater's Maurer Productions will hold auditions for "Around the World in 80 Days".

Adapted from the book of the same name by Jules Verne, the show features Phileas Fogg, who 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 as five actors portraying 40 characters traverse seven continents.

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Actor 1 (20s–50s, male)	This actor plays Gauthier Ralph, a member of the Reform Club; a British consul in Suez, France; the director of the Bombay Police; a high priest of an Indian temple; Sir Francis, a train passenger; Judge Obadiah of the British court in Calcutta; a Chinese broker; a ship clerk on the steam ship Carnatic; Captain Bunsby; Colonel Proctor, an American of little thought and much action; an American train engineer; Mudge, a mysterious hermit with a sledge; a New York harbor steamship clerk; Speedy, captain of the steamship Henrietta; the Henrietta's engineer; and a London train clerk.
Actor 2 (20s–50s, male)	This actor plays Andrew Stuart, a member of the Reform Club; Detective Fix, a British detective on Fogg’s trail who's not as smart as he thinks he is; a high priest of an Indian temple; an Indian conductor on the train for Calcutta; an elephant owner training his elephant for war; Young Parsi, the elephant guide to Allahabad; Oysterpuff, a British officer in Calcutta; a U.S. conductor on the train going through the west; and Reverend Wilson's Servant, a woman.
Actor 3 (20s–30s, male)	This actor plays Passepartout, a former French circus performer and recently hired manservant of Phileas Fogg; and John Sullivan, a member of the Reform Club.
Actor 4 (mid-20s–30s, female)	This actor plays James Forster, Fogg’s first servant; a corner paperboy; a high priest of an Indian Temple; and Aouda, a woman rescued from death and traveling with Fogg.
Phileas Fogg (30s-40s)	A man of singular habits who lives by a rigid schedule.

Auditions will occur 12-5 p.m. July 18 and 19. Performances will occur at 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and at 2 p.m. Sundays Oct. 9-18 and possibly at 10 a.m. Oct. 12 or 16.

Kelsey Theater is located on the Mercer County Community College campus on 1200 Old Trenton Road, West Windsor. For more information, call (609)882-2292.