Synopsis

The Nerd

The Nerd $13

Larry Shue

Published by Dramatists Play Service

5 Male 2 Female

Now an aspiring young architect in Terre Haute, Indiana, Willum Cubbert has often told his friends about the debt he owes to Rick Steadman

Steadman is 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". 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

This dire development which, happily, is staved off by the surprising "twist" ending of the play

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