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The Nerd

Helen Hayes Theatre, (3/22/1987 - 4/10/1988)
Preview:Mar 10, 1987 Total Previews:15
Opening:Mar 22, 1987   
Closing:Apr 10, 1988 Total Performances:441


Category: Play, Comedy, Original, Broadway
Setting: Terre Haute, Indiana. November 1981.





by opening date


Theatre Owned / Operated by Donald Tick and Martin Markinson


Originally produced by Milwaukee Repertory Company

Written by Larry Shue


Scenic Design by John Lee Beatty; Costume Design by Deborah Shaw; Lighting Design by Dennis Parichy; Sound Design by Timothy Helgeson; Monster costume designed by Andrew Benepe; Hair Design by Vito Mastrogiovanni

General Manager: Proscenium Services, Inc. and TheatrePop, Inc.; Company Manager: Susan Gustafson

Production Stage Manager: Robert T. Bennett; Stage Manager: Daniel R. Bauer

Casting: Deborah Brown; General Press Representative: Adrian Bryan-Brown, Reva Cooper and Josh Ellis; Advertising: Fisher / LeDonne / Wilner; Photographer: Gerry Goodstein


Opening Night Cast

Mark Hamill Willum Cubbert  
Robert Joy Rick Steadman  
Peter Riegert Axel Hammond  
Pamela Blair Clelia Waldgrave   
Patricia Kalember
Broadway debut 
Tansy McGinnis   
Wayne Tippit Warnock Waldgrave   
Timmy Geissler Thor Waldgrave  

Standby: Edward Edwards (Axel Hammond, Rick Steadman, Warnock Waldgrave, Willum Cubbert).

Understudy: Jeremy Cummins (Thor Waldgrave).