Coach House
Theatre announces auditions for:
The Nerd
by Larry Shue
When: Sunday
March 16 at 6:00 P.M. and Monday March 17 at 7:00 P.M.
Where: Coach House Theatre
732 West
Exchange Street
Akron, Ohio 44302
Behind the Akron Woman's
City Club
Needed: 5 Males, 2
Females
Characters include:
Willum Cubbert: Mid-30's
Axel Hammond: Mid-20's to Mid-40's
Warnock Waldgrave: Late-30's to 60
Rick Steadman: 30's or 40's
Thor Waldgrave: 8 – 14
Tansy McGinnis: Mid-20's to 40
Clelia Waldgrave: Late 30's to 60
No appointment is necessary. Actors auditioning should be
prepared to read from the script.
NOTE: Ages are taken from the script and are not necessarily
pre-requisites for being cast in the show.
DIRECTOR: Alex J. Nine
PERFORMANCE
DATES:
Thursdays
to Sundays, May 22 to June
14, 2008.
Rehearsals
will begin approximately April
6, 2008
Synopsis:
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 ending of the play.
Any Questions? Please e-mail anine@xxxxxxxxxx or
call 330-414-2883.