The Nerd - The Little Theatre of Walla Walla

The Little Theatre proudly presents our final show of the 24-25 season — a production of The Nerd, a comedy by Larry Shue!

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.

CAST
Nathan Loomer as Willum Cubbert
Lola Bloom as Tansy McGinnis
Tyson Kaup as Axel Hammond
Anthony Ochoa as Warnock Waldgrave
Sydney Cox as Clelia Waldgrave
Klaus Kaup as Thor Waldgrave
Daniel Wuest as Rick Steadman

Directed by Kevin Loomer,
Assistant Director Eileen Settle

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