The Naples Players To Present "The Foreigner"

NAPLES, Fla. - Nov. 4, 2015 - PRLog -- NAPLES, FL -- The Naples Players (http://www.naplesplayers.org) will present The Foreigner, written by American playwright Larry Shue, November 25 - December 20, in Blackburn Hall at Sugden Community Theatre in downtown Naples. The production will be directed by TNP Artistic Director, Dallas Dunnagan and veteran actress, Carole Fenstermacher.

         When pathologically shy Charlie joins his friend Froggy for a much needed getaway, he dreads having to converse with people he doesn’t know. The solution? Tell everyone he is from an exotic foreign country and does not speak English. The result? Deep secrets and diabolical plans are revealed in an outrageously wacky comedy.

         Brett Marston stars as downtrodden Englishman, Charlie Baker. This is Marston’s first main stage role with the Players, however he has participated in TNP’s ETC… Stage Readings. Prior to joining The Naples Players, Marston played Serg in the Appleton Players rendition of Art and as Pip in Bridge Theater Company’s, Three Days of Rain.

         Playing the role of Staff Sergeant Froggy LeSuer, is Sepp Ronay.  Ronay last graced the Naples Players stage in The Mousetrap and The Importance of Being Earnest.

         The role of Ms. Betty Meeks, owner and operator of the lodge in rural Georgia, will be played by Paula Keenan.  Keenan is a newcomer to Southwest Florida, having recently relocated here from the Orlando area where she last performed in Arsenic and Old Lace at the IceHouse Theatre in Mount Dora, FL as well as in Agnes of God at the Osceola Center for the Arts in Kissimmee, FL. Keenan has also directed at the Shoestring Theatre in Lake Helen, FL.

         Playing the part of spoiled southern belle, Catherine Simms, is Amy Hughes. Hughes recently sang in the ensemble of Oklahoma and played the role of Whitney in last summer’s Legally Blonde.

         James Duggan will play Ellard Simms, a simple country boy, and Catherine Simm’s brother. Duggan is back on the Naples Players stage after his comedic turn as Gary/Roger in last season’s production of Noises Off.

         Jason Thomas returns to the stage for the first time in ten years as Reverend David Marshall Lee. This will be Thomas’s first performance with the Naples Players, having last starred in Killing Mr. Watson at both the Norris Community Center in Naples and at the historic Smallwood Store and Museum in Chokoloskee.

         Adam Shaver plays the part of Owen Musser, the racist county property inspector who would enjoy nothing more than to convert the lodge in to a meeting hall for the Klu Klux Klan. Shaver most recently performed with the Naples Players in Time Stands Still as Richard Ehrlich and in the 2012 comedy, Moonlight & Magnolias as screenwriter Ben Hecht.

         Theatre-goers should note that Wednesday performances will begin at 7:30 p.m. this year.  Thursday through Saturday performances start at 8:00 p.m. and Sundays at 2:00 p.m. Tickets are $35 for adults and $10 for students 21 and under, and can be purchased at the box office, by calling 239-263-7990, or by visiting www.naplesplayers.org. Sugden Community Theatre is located at 701 5th Avenue South, Naples.

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Charlie and Ellard Juice Glasses: Pathologically shy Charlie Baker (Brett Marston) joins simple-minded Ellard Simms (James Duggan) in an interesting game in The Naples Players production of The Foreigner, November 25 - December 20 in Blackburn Hall at Sugden Community Theatre, 701 5th Avenue South, Naples.