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Above: Rick Steadman, played by Anthony Giordano (left), gets over-excited when his host, Willum Cubbert, played by Nathan Mason (right), gets a cut on his hand in WCU's upcoming production of “The Nerd.”
The University Players of Western Carolina University will open the 2007-08 theatre season with Larry Shue’s comedy “The Nerd” Sept. 26-30.
“The Nerd” tells the story of a Vietnam veteran named Willum Cubbert. Wounded in battle, Cubbert never saw the man who saved his life, Rick Steadman, and knows little about him except through letters the two have written each other over time. Forever indebted to Steadman, Cubbert invites him into his home in an attempt to thank him. When the ex-GI-turned-nerd shows up on Cubbert’s doorstep for an extended stay, Cubbert’s seemingly perfect life is destroyed, and he is taken on the ride of his life.
Directed by Stephen Michael Ayers, associate professor of theatre arts, the production will feature Anthony Giordano as Steadman. Giordano is a junior theatre major from Bryson City and has trained at the American Musical and Dramatic Academy in New York City. Nathan Mason of Bryson City will star as Cubbert. Mason also is a junior theatre major and has appeared in Cherokee’s outdoor drama “Unto These Hills.”
Show times for evening performances are 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 26, through Saturday, Sept. 29, and 3 p.m. for the Sept. 29 and Sunday, Sept. 30, matinees. All performances will be held in WCU’s Hoey Auditorium.
Tickets are on sale now at $15 for adults; $10 for senior citizens, WCU faculty and staff, and groups of 15 or more; and $5 for students. Season tickets are $55 for adults, $40 for senior citizens and Western faculty and staff, and $20 for students. Memberships also are available for the Patron Club, which provides additional financial support to the University Players and its activities. Memberships are available at the Actor ($250), Director ($500) and Producer ($1,000) levels. All membership levels offer tickets to all productions, and much of the cost of membership is tax deductible.
For more information or to purchase tickets or Patron Club memberships, contact the Fine and Performing Arts Center box office at (828) 227-2479 or visit http://wcutheatre.ticketsxchange.com/.