[NEOPAL]CALLING ALL NERDS TO OPENING NIGHT OF THE NERD AT SOLON CENTER FOR THE ARTS

[Jen Hoffman]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

April 27, 2006

Contact:  	Karen L. Prasser		=09
		Executive Director
		Solon Center for the Arts
		440.337.1403
		kprasser at solonohio.org=20


CALLING ALL NERDS TO OPENING NIGHT OF THE NERD AT SOLON CENTER FOR THE =
ARTS


	Here=92s a special event for all you Nerds!  Come dressed as the =
NERD-iest geek in town on opening night, May 5 at 7:30 pm, and get =
two-for-one tickets on opening night.  All Nerds will be invited to the =
=93Meet the Cast=94 reception following the show and be eligible for =
prizes to the =93Top 3=94 Nerds!

	=93The Nerd,=94 by Larry Shue, is directed by SCA director-in-resid=
ence Jacqi Loewy.  Joe Ferencie is the set designer.

	The story revolves around an aspiring young architect and ex-GI, =
Willum Cubbert, who has no idea his life is about to change on the night =
of his thirty-fourth birthday.  Rick Steadman, a fellow ex-GI who saved =
Willum=92s life in Vietnam, shows up on his doorstep to stay.  But =
Willum=92s delight at finally meeting the man who saved him soon fades as =
it becomes apparent that Rick is a bumbling oaf with no social sense, =
little intelligence and no tact =96 overall a hopeless =91nerd.=92  As =
Rick stays on and on, his continued presence among Willum and his friends =
leads to one uproarious incident after another.  Rick drives the normally =
placid Willum to contemplating violence which results in an ending you =
would never suspect!

	The cast includes Chanda Porter (Tansy), Ron Cuirle (Willum), Bill =
Berry (Waldgrave), Amy Lee Shaffer (Celia), Mark Buchanan (Axel), Matthew =
Solarz (Rick Steadman) and Ethan Newburger (Thor).  You will remember Ron, =
Chanda, Bill and Ethan from SCA=92s most recent production of =93You=92re =
a Good Man, Charlie Brown.=94

	Tickets are $12 for adults and $10 for seniors and students.  The =
show continues its run on May 6, 12 and 13 at 7:30 pm.  There is a Sunday =
matinee on May 7 at 2:00 pm.  =20

	For tickets or for more information, call Solon Center for the =
Arts at (440) 337-1400.  Solon Center for the Arts is located at 6315 SOM =
Center Road in the Old City Hall. =20

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Jennifer M. Hoffman
Theater Education/Front Desk Coordinator
Solon Center for the Arts
440.337.1400