Upcoming: The Nerd by Larry Shue, Trinity Street Players, July 9 - 24

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July 9 - 24

Black Box Theatre, 4th floor, First Baptist Church, 901 Trinity Street (click for map)

Fridays and Saturdays July 9, 15, 16, 22 and 23 at 7:30 pm (Doors open at 7 p.m.)
Sundays July 10, 17, 24 at 2:30 pm (Doors open at 2:30 p.m.)

Tickets are FREE. Call 512-476-2625 to reserve seats. Donations are appreciated.

Starting July 9^th, Trinity Street Players will present Larry Shue’s offbeat and witty comedy The Nerd. The show runs through July 24^th at the Black Box Theatre located at 901 Trinity Street in downtown Austin.

Best known for his popular comedy The Foreigner, American playwright Shue opened his first full-length play The Nerd in 1981 in the Milwaukee Repertory Theatre. Finding great success, the play was produced in London and then transferred to Broadway by 1987. Unfortunately, his sensational career was stopped short in 1985 when Shue was killed in a commuter plane crash.

This extraordinarily hilarious comedy centers on the quandary of a young, aspiring architect, Willum, who is stuck in a job in western Indiana that he does not like. He reaches an impasse when his beautiful girlfriend decides to move to Washington, D.C. to be a weather girl.

All of a sudden, a war hero blasts into his life and overstays his welcome. The socially inept, obnoxious visitor becomes unbelievably annoying, but is tolerated because he had saved Willum’s life in Vietnam. The second act revolves around the character's increasingly humorous plans to convince his unexpected visitor to leave without hurting his feelings.

The Nerd is Lisa Dollar's directorial debut with Trinity Street Players, though she has directed several plays elsewhere. Lisa said the brilliant actors and amusing comedy will leave you laughing out loud. “It's side-splittingly funny,” she said. "You won't want to miss it."

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Trinity Street Players is an all-volunteer, nonprofit community theater committed to providing high-quality, thought-provoking, and entertaining stage productions in the heart of downtown Austin. They believe in making the arts accessible and relevant, and welcome all who share a passion for creating and experiencing the transformative power of the theater.