Two Langley actors are taking the stage on Crescent Beach at Blackie Spit this August with Beach House Theatre’s summer production of The Foreigner.
Set in Betty Meeks’ Fishing Lodge Resort in Georgia, The Foreigner follows the outlandish adventures of Charlie Baker, a proof reader by day and a boring husband by night. This shy Englishman adopts the persona of a “foreigner” who doesn’t understand English in order to enjoy a quiet retreat away from his troubles. But secrets and evil plots are quickly revealed forcing Baker to discover a heroic side of himself that bubbles forth to help save the day.
The cast includes Langley actors Jeff Hacker as Owen Musser, the disagreeable local property inspector, and Rebekah MacEwan as Catherine Simms, a young local woman soon to be wed to Rev. David Marshall Lee.
Other cast members are James Walker in the lead role as Charlie Baker; Michelle Collier as Betty, the friendly, but naive landlady; Greg Derksen as Sgt. “Froggie” LeSueur, a British Army explosives instructor and Charlie’s best friend; Elliot Figueira as Rev. David Marshall Lee; and Jacob Hildebrand as Ellard Simms, Catherine’s awkward and shy brother.
The Foreigner runs at 8 p.m. Aug. 9 to 14.
The play deals with some mature themes and uses coarse language. Parental guidance is suggested.
Also in August, Beach House Theatre is putting on a second production of Aesop’s Fables, running at 11 a.m. Aug. 10 to 14.
Featuring the fables The North Wind and the Sun, The Tortoise and the Hare, The Lion and the Mouse, The Boy Who Cried Wolf and The Wolf and the Jackdaw, audiences of all ages will enjoy the plays with clever lessons to be learned.
Tickets for The Foreigner are $34.50, or $44.50 to view the play and prologue.
Tickets for Aesop’s Fables are $12.50.
Purchase online at www.beachhousetheatre.org.
