SET DESIGNERRICHARD CROWELLensemble member

This entire season sponsored in part by the State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Cultural Affairs, and the Florida Council on Arts and Culture. Florida Repertory Theatre is a fully professional non-profit LOA/LORT Theatre company on contract with the Actors’ Equity Association that proudly employs members of the national theatrical labor unions. *Member of Actors’ Equity Association. **Member of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society. ***Member of United Scenic Artists.

The Fred & Jean Allegretti Foundation • Bruce & Janet BunchCheryl & David Copham • Gholi & Georgia Darehshori • Ed & Ellie Fox

John & Marjorie Madden • Sue & Jack Rogers • Arthur Zupko

STARRINGEnsemble Members

GREG LONGENHAGEN* • JASON PARRISH* • BRENDAN POWERS*and

SHARONE SAYEGH* • BRUCE WARREN*with Sound Effects Artists

SEAN HAGERTY • MIKE MAGLIOCCA

DIRECTED BYMARK SHANAHAN**

COSTUME DESIGNERDINA PEREZ

LIGHTING DESIGNERJOSEPH P. OSHRY***

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SPONSORED BYNAOMI BLOOM & RON WALLACE

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HISTORIC ARCADE THEATRE • FORT MYERS RIVER DISTRICTROBERT CACIOPPO, PRODUCING ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

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SOUND DESIGNER/COMPOSERSEAN HAGERTY

ASST. STAGE MANAGERLILLY BAXLEY

PRODUCTION STAGE MANAGERJANINE WOCHNA*ensemble member

Actor 1: Sir Francis, et al.....................................................................BRUCE WARREN*†

Actor 2: Detective Fix, et al...............................................................JASON PARRISH*†

Actor 3: Passepartout, et al......................................................GREG LONGENHAGEN*†

Actor 4: Aouda, et al........................................................................SHARONE SAYEGH*†

Actor 5: Phileas Fogg.....................................................................BRENDAN POWERS*†

Sound Effects Artists.............................................................................SEAN HAGERTY*†

MIKE MAGLIOCCA*†

TIME & PLACE1872. The World.

AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS will be performed with one 15-minute intermission.

Understudies: Britt Michael Gordon and Elise Miller

The video and/or audio recording of this performance by any means whatsoever is strictly prohibited.

The Actors & Stage Manager employed in this production are members of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.

ABOUT THE PLAYWRIGHTMARK BROWN is an award-winning writer. His play Around the World in 80 Days has been produced around the world, from Off-Broadway to Baridhara Dhaka, Bangladesh and has been translated into Turkish. Tom Jones, his adaptation of the ribald Henry Fielding novel, received its world premiere in 2014 and has been called, “Clever, silly and highly theatrical!” His musical China – The Whole Enchilada was named Outstanding Musical of the 2008 New York International Fringe Festival. Mark’s play The Trial of Ebenezer Scrooge has been called “a sequel worthy of Dickens’ approval” and “a worthy new entry into the holiday canon.” His adaptation of The Little Prince (Co-written with Paul Kiernen) set box office records at the Hippodrome Theatre and the Orlando Theatre Project. His play Poe – Deep Into That Darkness Peering (Co-written with Mark Rector) hasn’t won a thing but is a darn good play and should be produced more often. Currently Mark is working on an adaptation of the novel Don Quixote and is working with Paul Mirkovich, his collaborator on Enchilada, on a musical version of Tom Jones. Mark lives in Los Angeles and dreams of living on a chateau in France.

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†Member of Florida Repertory Theatre’s Ensemble of Theatre Artists.See page 23 for the entire ensemble.

AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS was produced by special arrangement with DRAMATIC PUBLISHING, Woodstock, Illinois.

ESTIMATE MADE BY THE DAILY TELEGRAPHLondon to Suez by rail and steamer: 7 DAYSSuez to Bombay by steamer: 13 DAYSBombay to Calcutta by rail: 3 DAYSCalcutta to Hong Kong by steamer: 13 DAYS

Hong Kong to Yokohama by steamer: 6 DAYSYokohama to San Francisco by steamer: 22 DAYSSan Francisco to New York by rail: 7 DAYSNew York to London by steamer and rail: 9 DAYS

TOTAL: 80 DAYS

DIRECTOR’S NOTE“The unforeseen does not exist,” states Phileas Fogg in Jules Verne’s classic tale, Around the World in 80 Days.

Perhaps what Verne himself could not have foreseen was the incredible enduring success of his fiction. Born in 1824 in Nantes, France, Verne set out to be a lawyer like his father. However, at an early age, he decided

his ambitions lay in writing for the stage and literature. Often cited as the “Father of Science Fiction,” Verne penned such classics as 20,000 Leagues under the Sea, Journey to the Center of the Earth, and From the Earth to the Moon.

Yet, one of his most acclaimed works was firmly rooted in the very real possibilities afforded by the modern world. Published in 1873, Around the World in 80 Days relies on the technological innovations which had newly made the world navigable in record time by ship and rail. The completion of the Suez Canal, the Great Indian Peninsula Railway and the First Continental

Railway in America linked the world together at long last, sparking Verne to craft a novel which was an instant success. First published in serialized format, many readers took the account as factual and placing as to whether Mr. Fogg could accomplish his remarkable undertaking.

The feat itself was not unfeasible. Explorers and businessmen such as Thomas Cook and the American, William Perry Fogg, had all made trips around the world. The pioneering American journalist and social crusader, Nellie Bly, also made a famous dash across the globe in 1889. During her journey, Bly spent a spare three hours dining with Verne. The author was rooting for her to beat Fogg’s fictional record, telling her “If you do it in 79 days, I shall applaud with both hands. But 75 days? Mon dieu! That would be a miracle!” Bly made it home in 72 days.

The joy of Verne’s story relies on Fogg grappling with the many unforeseen events which complicate his

journey. Of course, Verne being French, many of the most heroic accomplishments in the story belong to the Frenchman, Passpartout rather than the “veddy British” Fogg. But at its heart, Verne offers a love story, as the unflappable Victorian gentleman falls for the majestic Indian Princess, Aouda. Verne’s story revels in the idea that the greatest exploration offered in Fogg’s journey is the exploration of his own, very human heart.

Along the way, Verne offers us colorful characters, exotic locations, elephants, gun fights, raging storms and an intriguing subplot involving a bank robbery. One may be surprised to find Fogg’s race to the finish line never mentions a hot air balloon, an inclusion first introduced in the 1956 Oscar winning film starring David Niven. So strong is the balloon’s hold on 80 Days’ history that it now adorns many covers of the novel itself.

But long before Niven lifted off in a balloon, the novel had made its way to the stage. Verne’s own 1874 adaptation, offered live elephants and a cast of over 400 actors, lasting 415 performances. Orson Welles’ grand 1946 musical adaptation with songs by Cole Porter played on Broadway for only 75 performances.

But it is Mark Brown’s stage adaptation which has conquered the world with distinction. Just as Fogg wagered on the impossible, Brown realized the glorious possibilities in crafting a vaudevillian romp in which five actors play multiple roles. Since its first performance in 2001, Brown has been routinely cited as one of the top ten most produced playwrights in America. The play itself has made its way around the world, performed in London, India, China and Turkey.

Brown’s script is an extraordinary valentine to the magic of the theatre. For Florida Rep’s production, our team of designers and actors have endeavored to bring you as theatrical a production as possible. Just as in 1872, everything on our stage is actor generated, including our addition of live music and sound effects. The greatest special effect, after all, is your imagination.

Of course, anything can happen in live theatre, and the unforeseen always exists. The one thing we couldn’t rehearse was the most important ingredient of all–the audience! We are thrilled you’ve joined us for this adventure. Now, settle in let us guide you on a fantastic journey around the world from the comfort of your chair here at Florida Rep! We

hope you’ll enjoy the ride. But, beware of stampeding elephants!

—MARK SHANAHAN

Jules Verne

GREG LONGENHAGEN*† (Actor 3) is thrilled to be back on stage at Florida Repertory Theatre where he’s an ensemble member and has appeared in numerous shows over Florida Rep’s seventeen

remarkable seasons. Last seen by Florida Rep audiences as Karl/Steve in Clybourne Park, his other credits include performances at The Charlotte Repertory Theatre, Riverside Theatre, Arrow Rock Lyceum Theatre, Florida Stage, Pittsburgh Playhouse, Quantum Theatre, Pirate Playhouse, Trilogy Theatre, Pennsylvania Stage Company, Inner Space Theatre, The Mountain Playhouse, Pittsburgh Irish & Classical Theatre, The Three Rivers Shakespeare Festival, Philadelphia Shakespeare, The Pantages Theatre, The Great American Children’s Theatre, Theatre at Hartwood, The Fulton Theatre, Pittsburgh Musical Theatre, Opera Delaware, St Vincent Theatre, Theatre Row Theatre, and Stage Right. Greg appeared Off-Broadway as Miles in the acclaimed production of Driving Miles for Young Playwrights Inc. and his Film and Television credits include Darrow with Kevin Spacey, Milk Money, Royal Faceoff, and As the World Turns. Greg holds an MFA from the University of Pittsburgh and certified S.A.F.D. at Carnegie Mellon University. Greg dedicates this performance to his loving family, especially his father- Richard Joseph Longenhagen, Sr.

JASON PARRISH*† (Actor 2) is in his tenth season as an ensemble member and as Associate Director with Florida Rep. His appearances with the company include: Clybourne Park,

The Hound of the Baskervilles, Arsenic and Old Lace, Lend Me a Tenor, The Big Bang, Noises Off, Greetings!, The Last Romance, King o’ the Moon, A Funny Thing Happend on the Way to the Forum, and six years in The Santaland Diaries. His directing credits with Florida Rep include The Fantasticks, Tru, [title of show], and The Shape of Things, as well as a number of productions for Florida Rep’s Children’s Theatre Series including this season’s world premiere of Journey to Oz. His work with other theatres includes guest appearances with the New York

Philharmonic’s Young People’s Concert Series at Lincoln Center’s Avery Fisher Hall, Sanibel’s Strauss Theatre, The Off-Broadway Palm, Actors’ Playhouse (Miami), Riverside Theatre (Vero Beach), and Theatre by the Sea/Ocean State Theatre Company (Rhode Island). Jason is a proud member of Actors’ Equity.

BRENDAN POWERS*† (Actor 5) is an ensemble member at Florida Rep where his credits include Murder at the Howard Johnson’s, The Fantasticks, Doubt, Opus, Boeing-Boeing,

The Glass Menagerie, Dial M for Murder, and Born Yesterday. Other stage credits include the Tony Award-winning play, Art, and The Big Knife, both with Alec Baldwin, the Noel Coward revue, Oh, Coward! at Off-Broadway’s Irish Repertory Theatre, Our Town, Arsenic and Old Lace, and numerous others. TV work includes FBI Agent Rick Cranston on Graceland (USA Network), and David Weller in the upcoming Netflix original series, Bloodline, starring Sissy Spacek and Sam Shepard. He can also be seen driving the big blue Cadillac in a series of national commercials for Alabama Road Trips. His cartoon captions have been winners for various contests including The New Yorker, Hartford Courant, Denver Post, Moment Magazine, and the Greensboro News-Record. He is married to actress Rachel Burttram. www.BrendanPowers.com

SHARONE SAYEGH* (Actor 4) is thrilled to be joining this fantastic cast and crew for Around the World in 80 Days at Florida Rep! She recently finished a 3 year run in the Broadway company

of Mamma Mia! after she closed the Las Vegas production. Her other theatre credits include Vidya in the West Coast Premiere of Disconnect at San Jose Rep (Bay Area Critics Circle Nom.), Hadia in Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo (The Lark), Damn Yankees (Reprise!, Los Angeles), and Cats (Hangar Theater). Her NYC Workshop/Reading credits include Hazel (Dir. Lucie Arnaz), Sheila Levine… (Dir. Susan Stroman), Hooray for Iceboy (Dir. John Rando),

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War is F*cking Awesome (Dir. Leisl Tommy), and Bring it On (Dir. Andy Blankenbuehler), among many others. Her next project will be playing Linda on a new HULU original series called Don’t Know Jack. She is a proud AEA and SAG/AFTRA member and earned a BFA from Syracuse University. www.sharonesayegh.com

BRUCE WARREN* (Actor 1) is thrilled to make his Florida Rep debut. Most recently, Bruce appeared as Actor 1 in Around the World in 80 Days at Theatre Squared in Fayetteville,

AR. Before that, he appeared as a member of the All-Star Broadway Men’s Chorus in I AM HARVEY MILK at Avery Fisher Hall, starring Andrew Lippa and Kristin Chenoweth. Off-Broadway: The Road to Qatar! (Farid/ Claudio) at the York Theatre- Original Cast Recording. North American Tours: The Wizard of Oz (Uncle Henry/ Oz Guard/ Nikko, the flying monkey), 25th Anniversary Cats (Gus/ Growl Tiger/ Bustopher Jones), and First National Oklahoma! (Jud Fry u/s). Select Regional: Little Shop of Horrors (Orin Scrivello, et al), Tom Jones by Mark Brown (Blifil/ Susan), Spamalot (Sir Robin), Spelling Bee (William Barfée), The Producers (Franz Liepkind), Drowsy Chaperone (Aldolpho), Anything Goes (Moonface Martin). TV: Pokémon (Magnus). He holds a BFA in Musical Theatre from Ithaca College. www.BruceWarrenOnline.com

SEAN HAGERTY (Sound Designer, Composer, Sound Effects Artist) is a composer, violinist, and sound designer based in New York City. Previous projects include sound and music for three productions of Around the World in 80 Days (Off-Broadway - Davenport Theatre, Hangar Theatre, Theatre Squared), Then She Fell (Kingsland Ward, Bessie Award), The Anthem (Lynn Redgrave Theatre), Symphony of Shadows (Dixon Place), The Fall to Earth (59 E 59), Foreign Bodies and Faith (Living Theater, Wild Project), and Steampunk Haunted House (Abrons Arts Center). Regional productions include Hound of the Baskervilles (Penguin Rep, Weston Playhouse, Florida Rep), Red (Hangar Theatre), and Mrs. Mannerly (MRT). www.seanhagerty.com

MIKE MAGLIOCCA (Sound Effects Artist) is an actor and fight choreographer from Pittsburgh, PA, where he recently earned his BA in Theatre Arts from the University of Pittsburgh. He is thrilled to join the cast of Around the World in 80 Days and as a Florida Rep Performance Intern, he is excited to appear in the Children’s Theatre Series productions of Journey to Oz (Tin Woodsman) and The True Story of the Three Little Pigs (Various). Recent acting credits include The Lost Colony (Historian), Romeo & Juliet (Paris) with Pittsburgh Shakespeare in the Parks, and In the Heights (Usnavi) and Sweeney Todd (Anthony) with University of Pittsburgh Stages. Mike is a member of the Society of American Fight Directors. www.mikemagliocca.com

MARK SHANAHAN** (Director) returns to Florida Rep, having previously directed last year’s The Hound Of The Baskervilles. In 2014, he directed the World Premiere of Mark Brown’s Tom Jones at Florida Studio Theatre. Additional directing credits include The Alley Theatre (Sherlock Holmes And The Suicide Club, The 39 Steps), The Hangar Theatre (Other Desert Cities), Theatre Squared (Around the World In 80 Days), Penguin Rep (The Savannah Disputation, The Farm: A Spook Story, The Woman In Black, Hound Of The Baskervilles), Merrimack Rep (Mrs. Mannerly), The Cape Playhouse (The Hound Of The Baskervilles, No Way To Treat A Lady, Some Enchanted Evening, The 39 Steps), and The Westport Country Playhouse (The Greatest Gift, Script-in-Hand Series of Butterflies Are Free with Blythe Danner), as well as at The George Street Playhouse, The Depot Theatre, The Weston Playhouse, and the Fulton Opera House. New York acting credits include Checkers (The Vineyard Theatre, directed by Terry Kinney), Tryst, The Shaughraun (The Irish Repertory Theatre), the original Broadway company of The 39 Steps (American Airlines and The Cort Theatre, directed by Maria Aitken), As Bees In Honey Drown (Lucille Lortel Theatre), Philadelphia, Here I Come! (Roundabout), The Internationalist (45 Bleecker and Fairfield Theatre Company), Downwinders, Lake Wanaga Macbeth, (Soho Rep), Madame Killer, Demon Baby (Ohio Theatre). Regional theatre appearances include Tryst (WCP, Merrimack Rep, Hartford Theatreworks), Journey’s End (directed by Gregory Boyd), Sedition, Around the World In 80 Days (Westport Country

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Playhouse), David Copperfield (directed by Joanne Woodward and Anne Keefe), The Hollow, Harvey, Hitchcock Blonde, Tryst, Treasure Island, Witness for the Prosecution, and Journey’s End (The Alley Theatre), Dial M For Murder (The Fulton Opera House), Dead Man’s Cell Phone (Hartford Theatreworks), The West End Horror (Bay Street Theatre, Pioneer Theatre), One Foot On The Floor (Denver Center Theatre), Andromeda Shack (The Kennedy Center), Augusta (Merrimack Rep), Noises Off!, Bus Stop, Picasso at The Lapin Agile, and others. Film includes Safe Men, Bug, Kinsey Three, Endsville, Mad About Harry. On television, Mark has appeared on David Letterman and All My Children. Mark is a graduate of Brown University, and holds an MA from Fordham University where he serves on the faculty. Mark is an award-winning voice-over artist and an Edgar Award-nominated playwright. www.mark-shanahan.net

LILLY BAXLEY (Assistant Stage Manager) is a recent graduate of Piedmont College where she studied both Performance and Technical theatre with specification in Stage Management. She completed her work at Piedmont with her senior capstone in which she stage managed Pippin and created a how-to guide along with lesson plans to help those interested in stage management learn the basics. Lilly spent her summer in Cherokee, North Carolina stage managing Unto These Hills with Mountainside Theatre and now joins Florida Rep’s 17th season working as an assistant stage manager hoping to grow in her craft and continue building a career in stage management.

RICHARD CROWELL† (Set Designer) has been designing scenery and lighting for the stage in various parts of the country for over thirty years. He is delighted to be considered a long-time member of Florida Rep’s “Ensemble of Theatre Artists”, designing in the Arcade since the inaugural season. Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, Arsenic and Old Lace, Tally’s Folly, Red, The Rainmaker, and The Last Romance are among the over twenty-five designs that have been produced at Florida Rep. Richard received his MFA from the stage design training program at Meadows School of the Arts, Southern Methodist University, and his BFA from Memphis State University.

JOSEPH P. OSHRY*** (Lighting Designer) is glad to be returning to Florida Repertory Theatre to light Around the World in 80 Days. Since 1986 he has designed lighting for over five hundred productions with such organizations as Asolo Rep, Palm Beach Dramaworks, Maltz-Jupiter Theatre, Orlando Shakespeare Theatre, Palm Beach Opera, Opera Tampa, New Orleans Opera, Carreno Dance Festival, Ballet Eddy Toussaint USA, and the Interlochen Dance Ensemble in Michigan. Joseph has received two Individual Artist Fellowships from the Florida Division of Cultural Affairs and is a two-time recipient of the Theatre Tampa Bay award for outstanding lighting design. Further, he serves on the Advisory Board of Tampa Rep and is an Artistic Advisor to Mad Cow Theatre in Orlando. He is also a proud member of United Scenic Artists Local 829 New York. Joseph lives in Bradenton with his wife Dee. www.josephoshry.com.

DINA PEREZ (Costume Designer) is a freelance costume designer in the greater New York City area, as well as regionally throughout the United States. This year she is also Visiting Costume Faculty at University of North Carolina School of the Arts. Recently, she received the Robert L.B. Tobin Director-Designer Showcase grant sponsored by OPERA America, for her team’s project proposal for The Cradle Will Rock. Costume design credits include: Triassic Parq: The Musical (Off-Broadway), The Foreigner and The Comedy of Errors (Texas Shakespeare Festival), The Bikinis (Broadway Rose Theatre Company), These Shining Lives (Curtain Call Theatre), Cosi fan tutte (A.J. Fletcher Opera Institute), and Super Claudio Bros. (Best Musical DC Fringe ’10). In 2011, she received the A.J. Fletcher Opera Institute Fellowship in Costume Design and her designs for Il Mondo della Luna were included in the Prague Quadrennial USA Student Exhibit. Special thank you to Murdock for constant love and support!www.dinaperezdesigns.com

JANINE WOCHNA*† (Production Stage Manager) is delighted to return to Florida Rep having previously stage managed The Santaland Diaries, Tribes, Collected Stories, Other Desert Cities, Time Stands Still, Talley’s Folly, and many others over 10 seasons. Regional theatre credits include: Brother Wolf and Underneath the Lintel

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at Triad Stage, five seasons as Resident Stage Manager at the Geva Theatre, and 14 seasons at the Cleveland Playhouse. She is a graduate of the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music and a proud member of Actors’ Equity Association.

Actors’ Equity Association (AEA) was founded in 1913 as the first of the American Actor unions. Equity’s mission is to advance, promote and foster the art of theatre as an essential component of our society.

Today, Equity represents more than 40,000 actors, singers, dancers and stage managers working in hundreds of theatres across the United States. Equity members are dedicated to working in the theatre as a profession, upholding the highest artistic standards. Equity negotiates wages and working conditions and provides a wide range of benefits including health and pension plans for its members. Through its agreement with Equity, this theatre has committed to the fair treatment of the actors and stage managers employed in this production. AEA is a member of the AFL-CIO and is affiliated with FIA, an international organization of performing arts unions. For more information, visit www.actorsequity.org.

The director is a member of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society, a national theatrical labor union.

Florida Professional Theatres Association (FPTA) is a statewide organization of professional theatre companies and theatre professionals

interested in the development and promotion of professional theatre throughout Florida. Florida Repertory Theatre is a proud FPTA member theatre.

The National New Play Network is the country’s alliance of nonprofit theaters that champions the

development, production, and continued life of new plays. The NNPN strives to pioneer, implement, and disseminate ideas and programs that revolutionize the way theaters collaborate to support new plays and playwrights. Florida Repertory Theatre is proud to be an Associate Member of the National New Play Network.

Florida Repertory Theatre is a member of Theatre Communications Group (TCG),

the national organization for the American Theatre.

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SPECIAL THANKSAndrew Johnson

Matthew Koller (Fort Myers High School)Gary Stroh (Cypress Lake Center for the Arts)

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