The winner of two Obie Awards and two Outer Critics Circle Awards as Best New American Play and Best Off-Broadway Production, this very funny comedy by Larry Schu is an inspired comic romp, equal in inventive hilarity to the author's classic comedy The Nerd. Based on what the NY Post describes as a "devilishly clever idea," the play demonstrates what can happen when a group of devious characters must deal with a stranger who (they think) knows no English. "Something funny is going on in Milwaukee—to the delight of audiences at the Milwaukee Repertory Theatre." —Variety. "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. "Shue's comedy is positively antic, yet pleasantly seasoned with a few dashes of sentimentality…He has raided comedy's storehouse…" —Bergen Record.

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.

 

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Cast:
Froggy LeSueur - Mac Pearman
Charlie Baker - Cory McMenomy
Betty Meeks - Alex West
Rev. David Marshall Lee - Alexa Monn
Catherine Simms - Meghan Olson
Owen Musser - Savannah Ricard
Ellard Simms - Jack Moore

Artistic Staff:
Director - Mark Hubbard
Technical Directors - Ursula K. Bowden & Brittany Eastburn
Scenic Design - Ursula K. Bowden
Lighting Design - Brittany Eastburn
Sound Design - Mark Hubbard
Costume Design - Betty Deming
Prop Design - Ursula K. Bowden & Brittany Eastburn
Mechanical Engineer - Rob Roberts III
Ticket Office Manager- Betty Deming
Student Director - Alexa Monn

Production Staff:
Stage Right/Prop Manager - Addie Iverson
Stage Right/Prop Asst - Adric Towsley
Stage Lef t- Chidan Doobay
Stage Left Asst - Samantha Milbert
Light Board Operator - Cheyanne Malecek
Sound Board Operator - Ali McMann
Asst. Light Board - Cale Cook
Asst. Sound Board - Robert Susterick
Pit Crew - Scott Maki, David Susterick, Tristan Goblirsch
Light Crew - Ali McMann, Cheyanne Malecek, Cale Cook, Amber Kurten
Costume Crew - Amy Theurer

Set, Lighting, Sound, Prop Crew Members:
Cara Benz, Lucas Bowers, Andrew Conlin, Cale Cook, Chidan Doobay, Tristan Goblirsch, Nick Green, Addie Iverson, Amber Kurten, Scott Maki, Cheyanne Malecek, Travis Matz, Ali McMann, Samantha Milbert, Sam Minnaert, Ania Raginiak, David Susterick, Robert Susterick, CJ Teed, Adric Towsley, Kelli Wettstein