Laughter and fun is the goal of the City High Drama production of The Foreigner this fall. The cast of the The Foreigner is hoping for the audience to be entertained in every scene.

“Every single moment is just hilarious and wonderful,” Jacob Walterhouse ‘14, said.

Set in a Georgia fishing resort, The Foreigner by Larry Shue features two British men visiting the resort. One, Charlie, wishes to remain solitary, so his friend Froggy concocts a plan to portray Charlie as a visitor from an “exotic country” who doesn’t speak English. This results in Charlie overhearing secrets that he is not meant to know.

“It kind of fits in the same category, (as Mayberry) where people just exclude other people that aren’t the same as them.” Jared Killberger ‘15 said. “We, as a human race, need to accept the fact that people are different and that is okay.”

There are many different kinds of people portrayed in The Foreigner, from “backwards youth” Ellard Simms, to racist Owen Musser, to kind and mothering Betty Meeks. To portray these characters, director Troy Peters has been working with some enthusiastic and talented people.

“My favorite part of this play is probably the cast size because with such a small cast you can get a group of people to bond really well.” Killberger said. “When [that happens] it makes the production so much better.”

Walterhouse agrees. “My favorite part? The cast. They’re all great actors and they’re wonderful in their individual roles.”