Live Theatre Workshop presents THE FOREIGNER

 

From: Christopher Johnson [mailto:rumspringaandcoke@gmail.com]
Sent: Monday, September 19, 2011 3:06 PM
Subject: Live Theatre Workshop presents THE FOREIGNER

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

Live Theatre Workshop Proudly Presents

THE FOREIGNER

By Larry Shue

Directed by Chris Wilken

Featuring Patrick Burke, Roxanne Harley, Paul Matlock, Gabriel Nagy, Cisi Olivar, Roger Owen, Rick Shipman and Nick Trice

 

October 8 - November 13, 2011

Preview Performances: October 6 and 7 at 7:30 PM

Opening Night Performance: Saturday, October 8 at 7:30 PM

Performances: Friday and Saturday nights at 7:30 PM with Sunday Matinees at 3:00 PM

Preview Tickets: $12 | Regular Tickets: $18 with discounts available

To make your reservation call (520) 327-4242

For more information go to www.livetheatreworkshop.org

LIVE THEATRE WORKSHOP - 5317 E. Speedway | Tucson, AZ 85712

Located on the North side of Speedway between Rosemont and Craycroft

Produced by Special Arrangement with Dramatists Play Service, Inc.

 

ABOUT THE PLAY

What does a shy Englishman in search of rest do when he visits a fishing lodge in Georgia? In Larry Shue’s hilarious farce, Charlie Baker, a proof reader by day and a boring husband by night, adopts the persona of a foreigner who doesn’t understand English. When others begin to speak freely around him, he not only becomes privy to secrets both dangerous and frivolous, he also discovers an adventurous extrovert within himself.

 

"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

 

ABOUT THE PLAYWRIGHT

Larry Shue was the author of THE NERD, which ran successfully on Broadway with a National Tour and many productions overseas. His play WENCESLAS SQUARE was performed Off-Broadway at the New York Shakespeare Festival. WENCESLAS SQUARE is part of "Best Play of 1987-1988," published by Dodd, Mead and Company. He also wrote THE FOREIGNER, which, following a record-breaking run of seven hundred performances at New York’s Astor Place Theatre, was produced successfully internationally. New Orleans born, Kansas-raised, Larry Shue was a graduate of Illinois Wesleyan U. and the Harlequin Dinner Theatre in Washington. He joined Milwaukee Rep in 1977, appearing in a wide variety of productions. He created roles in works by Amlin Gray, Andrew Johns, Tom Cole, himself, and David Mamet, who dedicated the published version of his LAKEBOAT to Mr. Shue and to the play’s first director, John Dillon. Mr. Shue was also the author of GRANDMA DUCK IS DEAD and, as an actor, he assumed the title role in THE FOREIGNER after Anthony Heald and originated the role of the Rev. Dr. Crisparkle in the New York Shakespeare Festival’s THE MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROOD at the Delacorte Theatre. All of Larry’s plays have been published by Dramatists Play Service and Shuebiz, a compilation of Larry’s work, inaugurated the Milwaukee Repertory Theatre’s Cabaret. He was killed in a plane accident in 1985.

 

ABOUT THE DIRECTOR

Chris Wilken - Director - has directed over fifty productions in and around Tucson for many Theatre companies including Childsplay of Tempe and Arizona Repertory Theatre at the University of Arizona. He is a founding member of Borderlands Theatre Company, serving as Associate Artistic Director for many years. Chris served as a faculty instructor in the Theatre Arts Program at PCC for almost 2 decades. Last year Chris directed CLOUD 9 for LTW.

 

 

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