THE NERD

March 19 - 28, 1993
By Larry Shue

The Nerd is produced by special arrangement with Dramatists Play Service, Inc.

Directed by Mark William Garner

Now an aspiring young architect in Terre Haute, Indiana, Willum Cubbert has often told his friends about the debt he owes to Rick Steadman, a fellow ex-GI whom he has never met but who saved his life after he was seriously wounded in Vietnam. He has written to Rick to say that, as long as he is alive, "you will have somebody on Earth who will do anything for you"—so Willum is delighted when Rick shows up unexpectedly at his apartment on the night of his thirty-fourth birthday party. But his delight soon fades as it becomes apparent that Rick is a hopeless "nerd"—a bumbling oaf with no social sense, little intelligence and less tact. And Rick stays on and on, his continued presence among Willum and his friends leading to one uproarious incident after another, until the normally placid Willum finds himself contemplating violence—a dire development which, happily, is staved off by the surprising "twist" ending of the play. 

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TICKETS
$5 Adult / $4 Senior/Student

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CAST
Willum Cubbert / Keith Kessler
Tansy McGinnis / Teresa Findorff-Johnson
Axel Hammond / Mark William Garner
Warnock Waldgrave / Frank Long
Celia Waldgrave / Shelly Davey
Thor Waldgrave / Joe Davey
Rick Steadman / Gil T. Rodello
Additional Voices / William Campbell

PRODUCTION STAFF
Director / Mark William Garner
Stage Manager / Laura Gansel
Assistant Stage Manager / Dora May Benedict
Light Board Operator / Jimmy Anderson
Producer / Thomas Greaney
Set Design / Cast
Set Construction / Ben Benedict, Bill Campbell, Bob Findorff, Dora May Benedict, Cast, Crew
Costumes / Cast
Props / Cast, Crew
Photography / Robin Cushman
House Manager / Dora May Benedict
Publicity / Marla Norton
Box Office / Frank Long