The Showboat Majestic will hold Auditions for an winning comedic play The Nerd by Larry Shue at the following dates and times: Tuesday, April 27th and Wednesday, April 28th 2010 7:00 to 10:00 pm. Auditions will be held at the Covedale Center for the Performing Arts, 4990 Glenway Avenue in West Price Hill.
Cast includes roles for 4 men, 2 women and one boy: WILLUM CUBBERT - Male, celebrating his 34th birthday, architect, lacking in gumption AXEL HAMMOND - Male, Willum's sardonic friend, theater critic
WARNOCK "Ticky" WALDGRAVE - Male, Willum's client; "The last time Mr. Waldgrave smiled was forty-seven years ago, and then it was gas."
RICK STEADMAN - Male, Willum's fellow Vietnam veteran, a house guest from Hell
TANSY McGINNIS - Female, Willum's girlfriend
CLELIA WALDGRAVE - Female, Warnock's wife, "a picture of tasteful, studied patience, but not because her life is devoid of anxiety."
THOR WA LDGRAVE - Male, 8 years old, "there are good little boys; there are also precocious little boys, which is to say bad little boys whom we can somehow find it in our hearts to forgive. Thor is neither. Thor is a monster..."
ALL ROLES ARE AVAILABLE - NO ROLES HAVE BEEN PRE -CAST
REQUIREMENTS: Must be 18 years of age or older to audition. For the role of the boy - but be 8 - 11 years of age - good reader. ALL MUST PROVIDE A PERFORMANCE RESUME at auditions, listing theatrical experience. Please prepare: To read from the scriptRehearsals begin: Monday, June 27, 2010. General schedule: Sunday, Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, in the evenings.Performance dates: August 4 - 22, 2010. All roles are paid positions.The Show: 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.
