Around the World in 80 Days

(original music, violin, mandolin, banjo, live foley)
Theatre Squared (Fayetteville, AR- 2014), Florida Rep (Ft. Meyers, FL – 2015)

Written by Mark Brown
Directed by Mark Shanahan

Starring Gil Brady, Bruce Warren, Cameron Folmar, Mason Azbill, and Anissa Felix

Live music and foley by Sean Hagerty and Ashtyn Nilson

“Proper credit should go to the show’s musicians/sound-effects artists, Mike Magliocca and Sean Hagerty, who are just as important as the actors when it comes to setting the scenes or generating suspense. The duo dramatically underscores the action with guitar, ukulele, whistles, drums and various other instruments. And they provide sound effects using all sorts of tools. Scrubbing brushes mimic the sound of a chugging train, for example. And a bellows and a rattled metal sheet conjure up a sea journey and that boat-tossing typhoon.”

The original amazing race. When Phileas Fogg makes an outrageous wager that he can circumnavigate the globe in 80 days, he sets out with his clever servant Passepartout—but his every step is dogged by a detective who thinks he’s a criminal on the run. Danger, romance, comedy and theatrical magic mix in this whirlwind adventure for audiences of every age.