“Blasny blasny,” is one line that perfectly describes the spring play. The Foreigner took the Little Theater’s stage on April 28, 29 and 30 and laughter could be heard loud and clear throughout the entire audience as the characters came to life. This two-act comedy play follows the character of Charlie Baker, who has an active fear of conversation. He pretends to be a foreigner and that he cannot speak any English while staying at a fishing lodge. Hilarity ensues as all attention is centered around him, causing a little bit of conflict and confusion, but some good times.

“We [Mr. Turpin and I] chose the show because it’s a show that we thought LHS was ready for,” assistant director Don Johnson said. “I think that it’s funny. It has very unique characters and I think it centers around a topic that is very prevalent in today’s society. I think it’s important that we spread that ignorance is still around us and it’s not acceptable.”

The show process began with auditions that lasted two days before the cast list finally went up the next day. A lot of thought went into making the final decision for who would make the cut.

“We casted who was best for the role,” Johnson said. “It was difficult because we have so much talent here. It was also difficult because the show has such a small cast.”

However, having a small cast can have some positives according to sophomore Katie Waterman, who played Betty in the show.

“My favorite part is having a small cast because you get to know everyone. It’s also nice having only two girl leads because you really get to bond with the other girl,” Waterman said.

The rehearsal process started soon after auditions and lasted seven weeks. While the cast was working hard trying to make the story and the characters come to life, the crew was hard at work trying to make sure the show would be the best it could be.

“The most challenging part of putting together costumes for this show was pleasing the director,” senior Jennifer Jennings said. “Also, the department hasn’t done a show in the 80s recently, so that was difficult especially with finding costumes that fit the character as well.”

Technical aspects of the show were also difficult to achieve, especially with some of the special effects.

“Figuring out how to do special effects can be difficult,” senior Emma Davis said. “In the show we (blew up) a car, so it was difficult having to figure out how we were going to make a car look like it’s being exploded back stage without destroying something. It’s figuring out how a strobe light would look versus how a birdie light would look with this in order to give a realistic effect.”

Despite some of the challenges the show presented, the cast and crew all agreed that the best part of working on the show was being with each other.

“It’s just so much fun going there after school each day because I love being with the cast and crew,” sophomore Dekayla Craigg said.

“The script itself is funny, but then the way the cast brings it to life is even more fun. We all have our own side conversations while we are working and we all bounce ideas off of each other which is a lot of fun.”

Jennings agreed.

“My favorite part about working on The Foreigner is just working with all my friends and building closer relationships with all my friends because I’ve been working with them for so long.”

Although the LHS theatre season is drawing its curtains for this year, the shows for the coming year will be released in May.