They are selling the tickets for the play, so I know I must finish it. ![]() In a 1984 interview Shue admitted, “The thing that gets these plays written is stomach churning fear. Without the loving bullying of Dillon, the world may never have seen Shue’s twisted humor and heartwarming work.Īlthough he was a superb playwright, Shue admitted he found the writing process unpleasant. He encouraged a reluctant Shue to use his writing skills. Although Shue was an experienced actor, Dillon knew Shue had written skits and short plays since his college days. Shue left the dinner theatre circuit to start a promising phase in his career. It was not long before John Dillon, artistic director at the Milwaukee Repertory Theatre, offered a job to Shue at the Rep. After a stint in the army he began his career as a professional actor and playwright with the Harlequin Dinner Theatre in Washington, D.C. He graduated cum laude from Illinois Wesleyan University, where he received a B.F.A. Shue was destined for the world of the stage. ![]() Both of these plays were successful and continue to find eager audiences in both the professional and amateur theatre. Shue was first and foremost an actor in fact he took roles in many of his own plays, as well as other television and theatre productions, but his shining triumphs are his full-length comic plays, The Nerd and The Foreigner. 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.įor more information about tickets for the production or the Theatre Department at Anoka-Ramsey Community College, visit he died in a commuter plane crash in September 1985, at the age of thirty-nine years, Larry Shue may not have had an extensive repertoire of written work, but he did leave an impressive legacy of plays. 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. So "Froggy," before departing, tells everyone assembled that Charlie is from an exotic foreign country and speaks no English. 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. 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. However, it also carries a more significant theme about how we react to people we see as ‘different’ from ourselves.” “These students are so talented! I often say that this is the funniest play ever written. “I am very excited about this cast and this show,” said the show’s director and Anoka-Ramsey Faculty member Tom McCarthy. March 15, 2016Īnoka-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. 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. 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. Listen College announces cast for production of The Foreigner by Larry Shue April 15 - 23
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