Chris Crawford plays Charlie — innocent and endangered at every moment…Matt Lunsford is excellent as army Brit Froggy…Elizabeth Dimon is sweet as lodge owner Betty… Gavin Hawk is persuasive as the duplicitous Reverend Lee (it’s delightful to see fresh-faced Hawk play a scoundrel)…Natalie Symons, one of the best actresses in the Bay area, makes Catherine a wonderfully complex woman…and Greyson Lewis plays slow-witted Ellard as if 19 of 20 light bulbs in his brain need immediate replacement… Tom Hansen’s set, of a handsome lodge lobby, is nicely realistic.
– Mark E. Leib, Creative Loafing
“Larry Shue has raided comedy's storehouse!” –Bergen Record
The Foreigner demonstrates what can happen when a group of devious characters deal with a stranger whom they think knows no English. 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 sinister plans of a two-faced minister and his redneck associate, the fact that the minister’s pretty fiancée is pregnant, and much more. What Charlie does fuels the nonstop hilarity and sets up the breath-taking climax.
Below is the publicity video for THE FOREIGNER.
Below are the publicity photos for THE FOREIGNER.
Below is a sneak peak of the set for THE FOREIGNER and partial cast.
(L-R) Gavin Hawk, Elizabeth Dimon& Dan Matisa
THE CAST (in order of appearance):
S/Sgt. “Froggy” LeSueur.............................Matt Lunsford
Charlie Baker.............................Chris Crawford*
Betty Meeks.............................Elizabeth Dimon*
Rev. David Marshall Lee.............................Gavin Hawk*
Catherine Simms............................. Natalie Symons
Owen Musser.............................Dan Matisa*
Ellard Simms.............................Greyson Lewis
* = member, Actors’ Equity Association
Click on the Play Guide icon below to download our THE FOREIGNER Play Guide.
Creative Clay Happy Hour at American Stage Theatre
Tuesday, July 31, 2012
5:30–7:30 p.m.
FREE and OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
Join Creative Clay at American Stage for happy hour with mingling, art and music. Creative Clay's member artists will be exhibiting a show inspired by the American Stage Theatre production of The Foreigner.
Creative Clay member artists have painted their interpretations of The Foreigner for the production, which will be showcased and available for purchase at the
Tuesday, June 31 Happy Hour.
This Happy Hour is open to all interested patrons of the arts; no tickets necessary. Proceeds from this event will benefit Creative Clay and American Stage Theatre Company. Both are proud recipients of the Bank of America Neighborhood Builders Grant, which has helped these organizations continue their missions of enriching the Tampa Bay Community through the arts.
To see photos from the January Happy Hour at American Stageclick here.
Proceeds benefit Creative Clay and American Stage Theatre.
For more information visit www.creativeclay.org or call 727-825-0515
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Performances and ticket prices are as follows:
Wednesday and Thursday evening curtain is at 7:30pm
Friday and Saturday evening curtain is at 8pm
Saturday and Sunday matinee curtain is at 3pm.
Tickets prices are $29-$47 depending on date and time of performance.
Active military tickets are FREE with valid military I.D. presented to our
box office
for serving our country.
Students Rush tickets are $10, 30 minutes prior to curtain.
American Stage Theatre Company is located at the Raymond James Theatre, 163 3rd Street North in the heart of downtown St. Petersburg, Florida.
For tickets, please call the American Stage Box Office at (727) 823-PLAY (7529) or
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