Putnam County Playhouse’s second production of the 2017 season is a comedy by Larry Shue, “The Foreigner”. Show dates are July 13, 14, 15 and 19, 20, 21 and 22, 2017.
Tickets are available beginning Monday, July 10, 2017. Tickets for all three remaining shows of the 2017 season are available at the box office during weeks of each production or persons may call 653-5880 from 5-7 p.m.
“The Foreigner” is a comedy set in the early 1980’s in Tilghman County, Georgia, at a rural fishing lodge owned by Betty Meeks. The lodge is 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.
Alisa Isaacs-Bailey plays Froggy LeSeuer, who along with TJ Tincher as Charlie Baker, set the events in place for hilarity as she initiates the farce that Charlie is a foreigner and does not speak or understand English. Fishing lodge owner, Betty Meeks, is played by Kathy Arnold. Froggy’s friend Betty is infatuated with her new found foreigner and begins to believe she can communicate and understand Charlie.
Lodge resident Catherine Simms, a former Georgia debutant, is played Samantha Flannelly. Samantha and her brother Ellard, played by Cameron Wunderlick, who is believed to be somewhat of a slow learner, are heirs to the family’s fortune.
Reverend David Marshall Lee, played by Cameron Callahan, and is Catherine Simms fiancé and minister to the fine folks of Tilghman County, Georgia. Owen Musser, played by Bill Weiland, is the local county thug and has plans to disrupt the tranquility of Meek’s fishing lodge. Gordon Arnold and Mason Allen make appearances as members of the Tilghman County Militia.
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| TJ Tincher, Kathy Arnold, Cameron Wunderlich, Samantha Flannely |
The Foreigner is directed by Jim Green with Tim and Caroline Good as assistant directors. Set design and construction is by Linda Gjesvold with technical direction by Dustin Bond and Tim Good. Costume design assistance and linguistics direction provided by Caroline Good. The production crew includes stage manager Mason Allen and his stagehands Gordon Arnold and Haley Wilson; sound board operator Darvelle Barger; light board operator Nicole Moore.
“The Foreigner” is sponsored by Rossok & Co. Insurance and Goodville Mutual.
The Children’s Workshop will be in production July 24 – 28 at the Playhouse. Additional information can be found at www.putnamcountyplayhouse.com.
‘The Addams Family”, makes its debut on the main stage on August 10th. Performance dates are August 10, 11, 12, 16, 17, 18, 19, 2017.
Auditions for the Putnam County Playhouse final production of “Laughing Stock” will be held on Sunday, July 23, 2017 at 3:00 p.m. and Monday, July 24, 2017 and 7:00 p.m. Additional information can be found on at www.putnamcountyplayhouse.com.