The Nerd
by Larry Shue

Name: The Nerd
Brand: Larry Shue
SKU: 9780822208112
Rating: 3.78 (486 reviews)

Broadway West End

Highlights

Small Cast

Female

Male

120 mins 1970s Unit Set/Multiple Settings Period Costumes American Comedy

Synopsis

THE STORY: 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 Vie

Press Reviews

"The audience almost never stops laughing – handkerchiefs wiping away tears of merriment."
— Variety

"It is a beautiful and startling piece, beginning naturalistically before shifting gear into something magical, spiritual and touching."
— The Telegraph

"It’s one of those “golden nugget” scripts that community theaters and high schools regularly produce because it only requires one set and offers a fast farce paced work that seems deceptively simple to produce."
— BroadwayWorld

"Shue delivers a neatly crafted package that uses some classic comic forms to bring the audience to its knees, laughing."
— The Milwaukee Journal

Characters

Character	Gender	Age	Description
Tansy Mcginnis	—	—	—
Axel Hammond	—	—	—
Warnock Waldgrave	—	—	—
Clelia Waldgrave	—	—	—
Thor Waldgrave	—	—	—
Rick Steadman	—	—	—
Willum Cubbert	—	—	—