The Foreigner

By Larry Shue
​​March 3 - March 26, 2022
This comedic play by Larry Shue follows and Englishman Charlie during his stay in rural Georgia as he pretends to not speak English in an attempt to avoid talking to people.  Charlie overhears more than he should and hilarity ensues. Buy Tickets Now!
The videotaping or other video or audio recording of this production is strictly prohibited.

Admission Info

​​Individual ticket price:  Adult $25.00, Youth (Under age 12) $18.00
This production is appropriate for ages 13+

Location

West Valley Performing Arts Center 
3333 Decker Lake Drive, West Valley City, UT 84119

Dates & Times

March 3-26, 2022
Thurs-Sat 7:30 p.m.,
​Sat matinee 3:00 p.m.

Cast

FROGGY…………………………………………………………………………...Xander Richey CHARLIE……………………………………..……………………………...Joseph Paul Branca BETTY …………………………………………………………..…………………...Vicky Pugmire CATHERINE………………………………………………….……………...Amanda Anne Dayton REVEREND DAVID MARSHALL……………………………………...TJ Thomas ELLARD……………………………………………………………………………….…...Brandon Green OWEN…………………………………………………………………….....Oran Marc de Baritault

LLARD/OWEN SWING………………………………………………………… Byerly Neilsen FROGGY/CHARLIE/REVEREND SWING……………………….……Devin Spann BETTY/CATHERINE SWING……………………………………………………...Andrea Lee

Creative Team

Directed by Bruce Craven

Synopsis

The scene is a fishing lodge in rural Georgia often visited by “Froggy” LeSueur, 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. That 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,” and the “good guys” emerge triumphant.
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