By Chris Basinger, Staff Reporter
TRUSSVILLE–Famed gentleman gambler Phileas Fogg will be making a stop in Trussville next week as he races against time to go “Around the World in Eighty Days.”
The Arts Council of the Trussville Area’s production of the show, adapted from Jules Verne’s 1872 novel by John Hildreth, will open on April 12 and have performances going until April 21.
Shari Olm, the play’s director, said the production’s tight-knit group of eight cast members–ranging in age from 16 to their mid-70s–have been rehearsing for the last five weeks in multiple roles as they ramp up for opening night.
“I’ve got a good cast,” Olm said.
“I have a really good assistant director that has helped me a lot and the cast is more or less just, if I come up with an idea, they go, ‘Okay, we’ll do that,’ so it’s very nice to have a cast that is just very accepting and willing to just go with it.”
Tickets are available on ACTA’s website and proceeds will go toward ACTA’s future productions, summer camps, and ACTA Jr.
“It’s the next generation that, you know, we want to bring the joy of community theater to,” Olm said.