The scene is set in a resort-style fishing lodge in rural Georgia.  This comedy revolves around two of its guests, Charlie Baker and Englishman Staff Sergeant Froggy LeSueur. Charlie is so pathologically shy that he is unable to speak. As way of explanation, Froggy claims his companion is the native of an exotic country who did not understand a word of English. Before long, Charlie finds himself privy to assorted secrets and scandals freely discussed in front of him by the other visitors. These include a spoiled but introspective heiress and Southern belle Catherine Simms and the man to whom she is somewhat reluctantly engaged (and pregnant by) the Reverend David Lee, a seemingly humble preacher with a dark underside. Her younger brother, Ellard, a chubby and somewhat “slow” boy (often thought of as a young Forrest Gump) was a simpleton who tried to teach Charlie how to speak English. Owen Musser, the racist county property inspector, planned to oust property owner Betty Meeks and convert the lodge into a meeting place for the Ku Klux Klan.

PERFORMANCE DATES: February 18 – 28, 1988

CAST: S/Sgt. Froggy LeSueur – Jim Johnson, Charlie Baker – Kelly Carroll, Betty Meeks – Carolyn Johnson, Rev. David Marshall Lee – Ricky Matticks, Catherine Simms – Jill Austen, Ellard Simms – KC Trauer, Owen Musser – Greg Smith

CREW: Director – Don Steele, Stage Manager/Set Design – Doug Austen, Technical Director/Set Design – Lyn Yost, Costume Design – Dee Miller, Set Design – KC Trauer, Jim Johnson, Barry Metcalf, Jill Austen

MENU: Catering provided by Faye Trent, Brona Love, Barbara Woodall, Deb White, Darleen Smith, Claudia Finley, Beckty Matticks, Kim Masters, cast of The Foreigner.

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