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Former Mighty Ducks star to appear in C-SC’s The Foreigner
Monday, March 02, 2009

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CANTON, Mo. – Matt Doherty, former child star whose career began with Home Alone and The Mighty Ducks series, will be the guest artist in the Culver-Stockton College production of The Foreigner April 2-5.

Doherty made his film breakthrough in 1990 with the role of Steffan in Christopher Columbus’ Home Alone. He is most recognized for his role in The Mighty Ducks series as Lester Averman. Doherty has also played in The Babe, Mo’ Money, So I Married an Axe Murderer, Ghost World, and Make Like Magic.

His television credits include a co-starring role as Henderson on The Unit and multiple guest starring roles in shows such as ER, CSI: Miami, and Bones. He also held a recurring role in Boston Public.

Doherty has also appeared in numerous theatrical works, including The Miser, Much Ado About Nothing, Slaughterhouse V, and Translations. He directed Sight Unseen, and Binky’s Place, which he wrote.

Doherty will play “Charlie” in the Culver-Stockton production of The Foreigner, written by Larry Shue.

Set in a resort-style fishing lodge in rural Georgia, the comedy revolves around two of its guests, Charlie Baker and Englishman Staff Sergeant Froggy LeSueur. Due to his extreme shyness, Charlie is unable to speak. To explain the situation, Froggy claims his companion is the native of an exotic country who does not understand a word of English. Before long, Charlie finds himself privy to assorted secrets and scandals freely discussed in front of him by the other visitors. These include spoiled but introspective and pregnant heiress and Southern belle Catherine Simms and the man to whom she is somewhat reluctantly engaged, the Reverend David Lee, a seemingly humble preacher with a dark underside; her younger brother, Ellard, a chubby and somewhat "slow" boy who tries to teach Charlie how to speak English; and Owen Musser, the racist county property inspector, who plans to oust property owner Betty Meeks and convert the lodge into a meeting place for the Ku Klux Klan.

Every year, the C-SC Fine Arts Department brings a guest artist to campus. It is an opportunity for students and faculty to experience theater with a professional actor/actress. Students are able to work with the actor on stage, behind the scenes, and in workshops and master classes, learning new techniques in the art and sharing first-hand experience of how the profession plays out on a day-to-day basis.

Culver-Stockton is the only school in the region to bring in a professional guest artist working in theater, television and/or film each year to work with students. Previous guest artists include Robert Costanzo (2008) of the film Mafiosa, Michael Brainard (2005) of TV’s All My Children, and Michael Boatman (2005) of the sitcom Spin City.

For more information concerning Fine Arts events or to reserve a ticket for The Foreigner, which will be performed in the Mabee Little Theatre, call 573-288-6346 or e-mail finearts@culver.edu.