College announces cast for production of The Foreigner by Larry Shue April 15 - 23

Student-actors rehearse for Anoka-Ramsey Community College’s production of The Foreigner, onstage April 15, 16, 21, 22, and 23, 7:30 pm, at the Coon Rapids Campus Performing Arts Center: (from left) Ellard played by Lance Rohloff, Betty (sitting) played by Maddie Mosley, Rev. David played by Cole Haaska, Charlie (sitting) played by Matt Zierden, Owen played by Robert Bower, Catherine (sitting) played by Jazmin Waltner and Froggy played by Samuel Johnson.

March 15, 2016

Anoka-Ramsey Community College is proud to announce the student-actors cast in its production of The Foreigner, April 15, 16, 21, 22, and 23, 7:30 pm, at the Coon Rapids Campus Performing Arts Center.

Congratulations to:
(listed student, role)

• Samuel Johnson, “Froggy” LeSueur
• Matt Zierden, Charlie Baker
• Maddie Morley, Betty Meeks
• Cole Haeska, Rev. David
• Jazmin Waltner, Catherine Simms
• Robert Bower, Owen Musser
• Lance Rolhoff, Ellard Simms

Miranda Lynch, Stage Manager

“I am very excited about this cast and this show,” said the show’s director and Anoka-Ramsey Faculty member Tom McCarthy. “These students are so talented! I often say that this is the funniest play ever written. However, it also carries a more significant theme about how we react to people we see as ‘different’ from ourselves.”

More about The Foreigner

The Foreigner by American playwright Larry Shue is set in a fishing lodge in rural Georgia often visited by "Froggy" LeSueur, 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 everyone 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 with the thought that Charlie doesn't understand a word being said. That he does, fuels the nonstop hilarity and bizarre goings-on that feature a corrupt preacher, his pregnant girlfriend, her none-too-bright kid brother and an even dimmer group of local rednecks.

For more information about tickets for the production or the Theatre Department at Anoka-Ramsey Community College, visit AnokaRamsey.edu.