Written by Mark Brown
Directed by Michael Evan Haney
Adapted from the book by Jules Verne
April 21 - May 9

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Biehl
Jeff Biehl
Detective Fix, Andrew Stuart, Priest , U.S. and Indian Train Conductors, Elephant Owner, Young Parsi, OysterPuff, Reverend Wilson’s Servant

Off-Broadway: Women Beware Women (Red Bull Theater), (New York Theatre Workshop, u/s Alceste, went on), Polish Play (Katharsis Theater). Other NY: Satan in Hell House (Les Freres Corbusier); Venice Saved: A Seminar and Southern Promises (P.S. 122 Theater); Novel (SPF), Greedy (Clubbed Thumb); Bone Songs and The Master Builder with Andre Gregory. Regional/International: East coast premiere of Donald Margulies' Shipwrecked (Long Wharf Theatre), Tuzenbach in Three Sisters (A.R.T. and Edinburgh International Festival). TV: several episodes of "Law & Order: CI,” "Law & Order: SVU" and “Law & Order.” New York Theatre Workshop Usual Suspect. Training: Juilliard School.
Grusetskie
Andrew Grusetskie
Gauthier Ralph, British Consul, Director of Police, Priest, Sir Francis, Judge Obadiah, Chinese Broker, Ship Clerk, Bunsby, Proctor, Engineer, Mudge, Clerk, Speedy, Ship Engineer, Train Clerk

Andrew is thrilled to make his Westport debut. Regional work: The Mousetrap (Olney Theatre), School for Scandal and The Odyssey (McCarter Theatre), Arabian Nights (Connecticut Repertory Theatre), Proof, Stones in His Pockets and Rough Crossing (Northern Stage). New York: Billy Budd (Metropolitan Playhouse), Voyage of the Carcass (Stage 13), Corporate Carnival (Women’s Project), Life is a Dream (Edge Theater Company), Hard Lovin’ Ever After, Woyzeck and Senjo (ACTIVE EYE). With Split Knuckle Theatre, he performed The Pearl in Edinburgh and Bucharest. Andrew graduated from Yale University and the London International School of Performing Arts.
Mccord
Lauren Elise McCord
James Forster, Newspaperman, Priest, Aouda

Westport Country Playhouse debut. Off-Broadway: The Foreigner (Roundabout Theatre Company), Around the World in 80 Days (Irish Repertory Theatre). Other New York Theatre: Obie Award-winning playwright Len Jenkin's workshop and premiere of Margo Veil, an Entertainment (The Flea Theater). Regional: Around the World in 80 Days (Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, Acclaim Award for Best Ensemble); The Foreigner (Pioneer Theatre Company). MFA: NYU.
Shanahan1
Mark Shanahan
Phileas Fogg

Westport Country Playhouse: Tryst, Sedition, Journey's End, David Copperfield. New York Stage: The 39 Steps (Cort Theatre); As Bees in Honey Drown (Lucille Lortel Theatre); Appearance of Impropriety (Abingdon Theatre); Philadelphia, Here I Come! (Roundabout Theatre); The Internationalist (45 Bleecker and Fairfield Theatre Company); Downwinders, Madame Killer (Soho Rep); and others. Regional: Dead Man's Cell Phone (Hartford TheaterWorks); Journey's End, Witness for the Prosecution, Tryst, Hitchcock Blonde, Treasure Island (Alley Theatre); Andromeda Shack (Kennedy Center); Augusta (Merrimack Repertory Theatre); One Foot on the Floor (Denver Center); West End Horror (Bay Street Theatre, Pioneer Theatre); Noises Off, Picasso at the Lapin Agile and more. Film & TV: Safe Men, Bug, Endsville, "David Letterman," "All My Children." Education: BA Brown University, MA Fordham University (current faculty). Director: Woman in Black (Penguin Rep, ATN); Women and Elephants (Michael Howard Studio Theater). Award-winning voice-over artist, Edgar Award nominated playwright. Co-storywriter of screenplay The Troubleshooter (Universal).
Zes
Evan Zes
Passepartout, John Sullivan

Off Broadway: Around the World in 80 Days (Irish Repertory Theatre); American Dreams and As You Like It (Acting Company); Romeo & Juliet (Lucille Lortel Theatre); Time to Burn (Manhattan Ensemble Theatre); The Cherry Orchard (Beckett Theatre). International: Julie Taymor’s King Stag (Barbican, London); Dream Play (Moscow Art Theatre). Regional: The Goodman Theatre, The Old Globe, The Shakespeare Theatre DC, Berkeley Repertory Theatre, The American Repertory Theatre, Kansas City Repertory Theatre, Shakespeare on the Sound and Pioneer Theatre. Film: The Street and French Fries. TV: “All My Children.” MFA: ART/Moscow Art Theatre at Harvard University.