Audition Notice
Theatre Frisco
Non-Equity
AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS
Adapted by Mark Brown from the novel by Jules Verne
Director: Mikey Abrams
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THEATRE FRISCO WILL BE USING ONLY FULLY VACCINATED CAST, CREW PRODUCTION TEAM ON THIS PRODUCTION
Auditions by appointment:
Bring headshot and resumé
Audition instructions: Please prepare a ONE MINUTE COMEDIC MONOLOGUE in the style of the show. Cold readings from script sides will take place at callbacks.
Sunday August 3 6 – 9:30 pm
Monday August 4 7 – 9:30 pm
Callbacks Wednesday August 6 7 – 9:30 pm as needed
For appointment, please use this link for SignUp Genius:
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0D4EAAAD28A3FA7-57121622-around#/
Location: Frisco Discovery Center, 8004 N. Dallas Parkway, Frisco, TX 75034 at southeast corner of Cotton Gin Road and Dallas North Tollway. Auditions will take place in the Black Box Theater.
Rehearsals start Wednesday Sept. 3. Rehearsals schedule will be Monday – Thursday weeknights 7 – 10 pm until start of tech week. Tech week is Sunday Oct 12 – Thursday Oct 16.
Performance schedule listed below.
Performances:
October 17 – November 2
Friday/Saturday 8 pm & Saturday/Sunday 2:30 pm (note – 2 Saturday matinees October 25 & November 1st, no Saturday evening performance October 25)
Be prepared to list all conflicts on weeknights. No conflicts allowed during Tech week or Performance dates.
Theatre Frisco pays a $300 stipend for all actors
Synopsis:
Stampeding elephants! Raging typhoons! Runaway trains! Fearless adventurer Phileas 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 as 6 – 8 actors portraying 39 characters traverse seven continents in Mark Brown's adaptation of one of the great adventures of all time.
Characters:
We are seeking 6 – 8 Diverse actors of all races, ages, and gender identities who can play multiple characters.
Actors auditioning for Phileas Fogg, the British adventurer, should be male presenting and be able to do an upper-class British dialect.
Actors auditioning for Aouda, the woman who falls in love with Fogg, should be female presenting, preferably BIPOC
Actors auditioning for Passepartout, Fogg’s French valet, should be able to do a French accent and have some gymnastic-type skills.
All actors should be comfortable speaking in a variety of accents for multiple characters, including Scottish Detective Fix, British Club Members, Newspaperman, Elephant Owner, Yankee Ship Engineer, Bombay Police Director, Chinese Broker, Western Cattleman Proctor, Reverend Wilson’s Maid – all roles can be played by male-presenting and female-presenting actors.
All roles available
Theatre Frisco supports diversity in its casting and encourages all ethnic and gender identities to audition.
To book an appointment, use the SignUp Genius link provided.
For additional information on auditions, contact us via our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/FriscoTheatre/ or call 972-370-2266. IF YOU BOOK AN APPOINTMENT TIME AND ARE UNABLE TO KEEP IT, PLEASE CANCEL IT USING SIGNUP GENIUS!
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