Little City Players are proud to present “The Foreigner” by Larry Shue at the Vergennes Opera House. This fun and inspired comedy demonstrates what can happen when a group of devious characters must deal with a stranger who (they think) knows no English. The show runs October 16-18th at 8pm and October 18-19th at 2pm. Tickets are $12 for adults; $10 for children/seniors. The show is not recommended for young children. Tickets are available through FlynnTix, www.flynntix.org; (802) 863-5966 or at Classic Stitching in Vergennes.

“The Foreigner” is a winner of two Obie Awards and two Outer Critics Circle Awards as Best New American Play and Best Off-Broadway Production. An inspired comic romp, equal in inventive hilarity to the author’s classic comedy The Nerd, it is based on what the NY Post describes as a “devilishly clever idea.” “I laughed start to finish at one comic surprise after another.” —The New Yorker. “…a constant invitation to relax and laugh at the foolishness of life…” —Village Voice.

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. 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.

The play stars Jay Stetzel as Charlie Baker, Jyoti Daniere as Catherine Simms, Melanie Bone as Betty Meeks, Melinda Hayes as Froggy LeSeuer, Hannah Weisman as Ellie Simms, Patrick Houle as Rev. David Marshall Lee, and Brian Torstenson as Owen Musser.

Established in 2006, Little City Players is a community theatre group based in Vergennes, VT. We work to promote arts in our community and serve as an outlet for members to have fun while gaining experience in the theatre.

Come audition for LCP’s fall production of The Foreigner by Larry Shue, directed by Glen Eastman.

Auditions will be held at the Vergennes Opera House from 7 to 9 p.m. on August 4 and 5. Audition sides are available below. Performances will be Oct. 9-11 and 16-18 at the Opera House.

Download audition sides here.

THE STORY: 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. 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.

THE CAST:
Froggy LeSeur-30-55. ..SUPPORTING. ..a chubby Englishman who loves adventure

Charlie Baker-26-55. ..LEAD… a thin, shy Englishman whose wife has 6 months to live and made him go on this fishing trip with Froggy

Betty Meeks-45-80. ..SUPPORTING. ..a widow who owns a fishing lodge in Tilghman County Georgia. She is sweet, naive, and intrigued by all things foreign.

Catherine Simms-18-30. ..SUPPORTING. ..she is the beautiful, pregnant lady, engaged to David.

Ellard Simms-15-25. ..SUPPORTING. ..Catherine’ s not so bright little brother

Owen Musser-25-55. ..SUPPORTING. ..the mean, suspicious, and slimey Tilghman County property inspector.

Rev. David Marshall Lee-22-35… SUPPORTING. ..a sinister, two-faced man, who is recently engaged to Catherine.

Email info@littlecityplayers.org for more information.

Don’t miss LCP’s production of “Really Rosie” running May 1st-4th at the Vergennes Opera House. Written by Maurice Sendak with music by Carole King, this family-friendly show brings Sendak’s marvelous storybook characters to life.  Rosie, a young Brooklyn girl with a wild imagination, rescues her friends from boredom on a hot summer day.  Children and adults alike will enjoy spending an hour with Rosie as she wrangles her friends into pretending to make the movie of her dramatic life.The show runs Thursday, May 1 & Friday, May 2 at 7:00 pm.  Saturday, May 3 at 2:00 & 7:00 pm.  Sunday, May 4 at 2:00 pm.  Tickets $12; $8 ages 9 and under. Available through the Flynn Theater Box office, www.flynntix.org, at Classic Stitching in Vergennes, or at the door.