PROMOTING THE COMMUNITY
Collaborative Theatre Project Reopens with Adventure, Excitement, Romance and Wonder Medford, OR | Press Release C ollaborative Theatre Project is excited to announce that it will resume productions and begin 2021 with an exciting, tour-de-farce – Around The World in 80 Days . Directed by Michael Jenkinson, this 6 actor, adventure-packed show is the perfect way to celebrate live theatre. CTP’s limited
seating restrictions have been in place during 2020. The Theatre closed November 2020 and those same restrictions that guided us through the height of the pandemic are in place for this show as well. All patrons must be masked for the duration of the show and social distancing protocols will be enforced. Tickets will be general admission, $25 per person and can be purchased by calling our Box Office at 541 779- 1055. No online ticketing is available for this production. Around the World in 80 Days is a reworking of Jules Verne’s 1872 adventure novel. The play begins in London, on Wednesday, October 2, 1872. Phileas Fogg (Tim Fullerton) is a rich British gentleman living a mysterious and solitary life. His days are carried out with mathematical precision and any deviation is viewed as a major catastrophe. Fogg dismisses his valet, James Forster (Mia Gaskin) for bringing him shaving water two degrees cooler than normal and engages Frenchman Jean Passepartout (Steven Dominguez) as the replacement. Adapted by Mark Brown, this version premiered in 2001. Since then, it has been performed in New York, Canada, England, South Africa and Bangladesh. A wager at the Reform Club, of which Fogg is a member, leads to his declaration that it is now possible to travel around the world in 80 days. A large bet is placed – Twenty thousand pounds (in today’s value approximately 2.3 million pounds) if Fogg can, indeed, complete the journey in 80 days. With Passepartout accompanying him, Fogg departs from London by train at 8:45 pm on October 2. In order to win the wager, he must return to the club by this exact time on December 21, 80 days later. Detective Fix (Renee Hewitt) notices the unusual activity of Fogg and Passepartout and decides, without any real evidence, that Fogg fits the description of a bank robber Fix is searching for. Fix decides to secretively follow Fogg and boards the steamer on the way to Bombay, India. The hilarity grows along the planned route and we visit Suez, Bombay, Calcutta, Hong Kong, Yokohama, San Francisco and
New York City before we return to London. This world-wide adventure is the perfect antidote to the winter lock-down blues. Elliot Anderson and Trevor Pekas make up the remainder of the cast and play a few dozen roles between them. The scenic design is by Krista Hepford. Costumes by Susan Aversa; lighting and projection design by Mike Kunkel and sound design by Stephanie Malone. The Jules Verne novel has inspired a great many real-life imitators, including an 1889 attempt by journalist Nellie Bly who actually accomplished the trip in 72 days, meeting Verne in Amiens. In 1928 a 15-year-old Danish Boy Scout, Palle Huld, traveled around the world by train and ship in the opposite direction to the one in the book. It was made on the occasion of the 100th birthday of Jules Verne. Monty Python member Michael Palin took up the challenge in 1988 and completed the journey in 79 days and 7 hours. CTP plans to run the production weekends from March 19 through April 4. The Friday/Saturday shows will begin promptly at 7:30 pm. Sunday matinees are at 1:30 pm. The theatre will be restricted to 25 attendees per performance (maximum). Additional sanitizing has been and will continue to be done prior to each performance. In addition to live performances, CTP is planning on filming the play and streaming it after the show is open. It will be a video on demand performance and additional details will be announced shortly. Rick Robinson will film the production and the platform will be set up through ShowTix4U. Filming will begin on March 12, prior to opening. The streaming dates and information will be posted on our Facebook page and our website. Upcoming events include a Radio Days Presentation of The African Queen, based on the C.S. Forester novel – the classic film version starred Katherine Hepburn and Humphrey Bogart. Jeff Ripley and Kate Sullivan are the featured actors in the CTP
26
The Business Review | April 2021
Made with FlippingBook - professional solution for displaying marketing and sales documents online