Jonesborough Repertory Theatre: The Foreigner

THE FOREIGNER

MAR 2 – 11, 2018

SYNOPSIS

The scene is a fishing lodge in rural Georgia often visited by “Froggy” LeSeuer, a British demolition expert who occasionally runs training sessions at a nearby army base. This time “Froggy” has brought along a friend, a pathologically shy young man named Charlie who is overcome with fear at the thought of making conversation with strangers. So “Froggy,” before departing, tells all assembled that Charlie is from an exotic foreign country and speaks no English. Once alone the fun really begins, as Charlie overhears more than he should—the evil plans of a sinister, two-faced minister and his redneck associate; the fact that the minister’s pretty fiancée is pregnant; and many other damaging revelations made with the thought that Charlie doesn’t understand a word being said. What he does fuels the nonstop hilarity of the play and sets up the wildly funny climax in which things go uproariously awry for the “bad guys.”

DIRECTION

Director: Janette Gaines

Asst. Director:  Tara White

Stage Manager:  Alexis Turner

Light Design:   Stevi Ash

Sound Design:  Janette Gaines

Light Op:  Hannah Higginbotham

Sound Op:  Austin Wingate

Costumes:   Alexis Turner

Set: Karen Elb

Crew: Sylvann Thorne

CAST

Charlie:  Lucas Schmidt

Froggy:  Kyle Mason

Betty:  Krista Wharton

Catherine:  Heather Allen

Ellard:  Cole Wilt

Owen:  Shawn Hale