The theatre department at Western Nebraska Community College presents "The Foreigner" by Larry Shue. Performances are scheduled for Mar. 3 and 4 at 7:30 p.m. and Mar.
5 at 2 p.m. in the WNCC Little Theatre.
Tickets are $5 for the community and free for WNCC students, faculty, and staff with
an ID. Show tickets are general seating and the box office opens one hour before each
performance. Theatre doors open 30 minutes prior to curtain.
In a resort-style fishing lodge in rural Georgia, the plot revolves around the visit
of two guests, Englishmen Charlie Baker and Staff Sergeant Froggy LeSueur. Naturally
shy, Charlie begs Froggy, "Please. Try to understand. I can't talk to anyone now."
To help his friend, Froggy tells Betty Meeks, who owns the lodge, that Charlie is
the native of an exotic country who does not understand a word of English. Betty,
who has never traveled, is delighted to cater for a stranger who is "as foreign as
the day is long."
At once, though, Charlie overhears a private and emotional conversation and decides
he had better perpetuate the ruse.
Before long, Charlie finds himself privy to assorted secrets and scandals freely discussed
in front of him by the other visitors ... Hilarity ensues!
"The play is a laugh riot! During such dividing times, I feel it is important to remember
our humanity and to laugh at our ignorance. By celebrating our stupidity, I hope to
diminish its potential damage," said Play Director and WNCC Theatre Instructor Robert
Thompson Jr. "In spite of our prejudice, we can learn to appreciate and love our neighbor
as ourselves, even if he is a foreigner."
Cast members include Byron Allen (CHARLIE BAKER), James Maag (ELLARD SIMS), and Jodell
Schulte (TOWNSPEOPLE) of Scottsbluff; Lisa Betz Marquez (BETTY MEEKS) and Doug Harris
(OWEN MUSSER) of Gering; Rebekah Carlson (CATHERINE) of Gurley; Tonya Daniels (FROGGY)
of Dalton; Noemi Marin (TOWNSPEOPLE) of Chappell; and Troy Jacobucci (DAVID MARSHAL
LEE) of Las Vegas, Nevada.
For more information about theatre arts or this performance, contact Robert Thompson
Jr. at 308-635-6038 or email thomsor@wncc.edu.