April 13–28
By Larry Shue
Directed by Alan Akin

The scene is a fishing lodge in rural Georgia often visited by “Froggy” LeSeuer,
a British officer who occasionally runs training sessions at a nearby army base.
This time “Froggy” has brought his friend, a pathologically shy young man named
Charlie who is overcome with fear at the thought of making conversation with strangers.

So “Froggy,” before departing, tells all assembled that Charlie is from an exotic foreign country and speaks no English. Once alone the fun really begins, as Charlie overhears more than he should—including many damaging revelations made with the thought that
Charlie doesn’t understand a word being said. That he does fuels the nonstop hilarity of the play and sets up the wildly funny climax in which things go uproariously awry for the “bad guys,” and the “good guys” emerge triumphant.