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align="center"><b><span style="font-size: 18pt; color: black;"><font
face="Times New Roman">Coach House Theatre gets ‘Nerd’-y May 22 – June
14<o:p></o:p></font></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in -0.5in 0pt;"><font size="3"><font
face="Times New Roman"><st1:city><st1:place><span style="color: black;">Akron</span></st1:place></st1:city><span
style="color: black;">’s Coach House Theatre concludes its fantastic
2007-2008 season with <i>The Nerd</i>, a comedy written by Larry Shue (<i>The
Foreigner</i>). The show runs for four weekends, May 22 to June 14.<o:p></o:p></span></font></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in -0.5in 0pt;"><font size="3"><font
face="Times New Roman"><span style="color: black;">Now an aspiring
young architect in </span><st1:place><st1:city><span
style="color: black;">Terre Haute</span></st1:city><span
style="color: black;">, </span><st1:state><span style="color: black;">Indiana</span></st1:state></st1:place><span
style="color: black;">, Willum Cubbert (Dan Sekanic) has often told
his friends about the debt he owes to Rick Steadman (Greg Bealer), a
fellow ex-GI whom he has never met but who saved his life after he was
seriously wounded in </span><st1:country-region><st1:place><span
style="color: black;">Vietnam</span></st1:place></st1:country-region><span
style="color: black;">. 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 ending of the play.<o:p></o:p></span></font></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in -0.5in 0pt;"><span
style="color: black;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">The
cast features:<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p>
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style="color: black;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Willum
--- Dan Sekanic <br>
Tansy --- Brenda Redmond <br>
Axel --- Jonathan Fletcher <br>
Waldgrave --- Fig Jankowski <br>
Clelia --- Linda Graske <br>
Thor --- <span style=""> </span>Emanuel (Manny) Liotta<br>
Rick --- Greg Bealer <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in -0.5in 0pt;"><font
face="Times New Roman" size="3">Directing this production is Alex J.
Nine, who previously helmed our production of Neil Simon's <i>Broadway
Bound</i> in 2005. Alex is well-known to Coach House audiences for his
many appearances on our stage, including <i>Witness for the
Prosecution, Ten Little Indians, Chapter Two, 6 RMS RVR VU</i> and <i>Hamlet</i>.
A lifelong native of <st1:city><st1:place>Akron</st1:place></st1:city>
and graduate of the <st1:place><st1:placetype>University</st1:placetype>
of <st1:placename>Akron</st1:placename></st1:place>, Alex works
regularly with Mysteries by Moushey, The Largely Literary Theatre
Company and the Ohio Shakespeare Festival. </font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in -0.5in 0pt;"><font size="3"><font
face="Times New Roman"><i style="">The Nerd</i> will be presented
Thursday, May 22 through <st1:date year="2008" day="14" month="6">Saturday,
June 14, 2008</st1:date>. Curtain times are Thursday, Friday and
Saturday at <st1:time hour="20" minute="0">8 p.m.</st1:time>, with
Sunday matinees at <st1:time hour="14" minute="30">2:30 p.m.</st1:time>
The house opens a half hour before the show, and the box office opens
one hour before the show. Coach House Theatre is located at <st1:street><st1:address>732
W. Exchange Street</st1:address></st1:street>, in <st1:city><st1:place>Akron</st1:place></st1:city>,
next to the Akron Woman’s City Club. Tickets for <i style="">The Nerd</i>
are on sale now. Prices are $15 for adults, and $6 for students (with
valid ID) and children. Reservations are recommended by calling our box
office at 330-434-7741 or visit </font></font><a
href="http://www.coachhousetheatre.org/"><span style=""><font
face="Times New Roman" size="3">www.coachhousetheatre.org</font></span></a><font
size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> online for more information.<br>
For more information about group discounts or dining at the Akron
Woman’s City Club Ballroom before the show, please call Mona Reuscher
at 330-666-3252.<span
style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></font></p>
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