Festival Theatre | St. Croix Falls, WI

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St. Croix Falls, WI
Professional Entertainment and Arts Education in the Franklin Square Black Box.

The Nerd is now playing!
Only 6 performances left!

The Nerd
by Larry Shue
August 6 - 21
Our final show of the 2022 summer season is the wild, hilarious romantic comedy: The Nerd by Larry Shue!
"This extraordinarily inventive, side-splitting comedy was first presented by the Milwaukee Repertory Theatre, then produced in Great Britain, then went on to Broadway. The action centers on the hilarious dilemma of a young architect who is visited by a man he’s never met but who saved his life in Vietnam—the visitor turning out to be an incredibly inept, hopelessly stupid “nerd” who outstays his welcome with a vengeance. “Shue delivers a neatly crafted package that uses some classic comic forms to bring the audience to its knees, laughing.” —The Milwaukee Journal. “…the audience almost never stops laughing—handkerchiefs wiping away tears of merriment…” —Variety. “…a spring tonic of side-bruising laughter…” —The Milwaukee Tribune."

Remaining performances of The Nerd
Thursday, August 11, 7:30pm
Saturday, August 13, 7:30pm
Sunday, August 14, 2:00pm
Thursday, August 18, 7:30pm
Saturday, August 20, 7:30pm
Sunday, August 21, 2:00pm

Book tickets for our opening weekend of The Nerd at the link below!

The Plot of The Nerd
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 in Vietnam. Willum is delighted when Rick shows up unexpectedly at his apartment on the night of his 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. As Rick stays on and on, his continued presence among Willum and his friends leads to one uproarious incident after another, until the normally mild-mannered Willum finds himself going mad. This extraordinarily inventive, side-splitting comedy will delight with absurdity and even a dash of romance!

The Nerd Tickets

Every summer, Festival Theatre is lucky to invite a number of talented artists from around the nation be a part of our summer season! We’re thrilled to introduce our 2022 Intern/Apprentice company to you! We’ll be highlighting them individually over the summer, but we just couldn’t wait to show them all off together (plus the OG hometowns they hail from)! They rocked it in The 25th Putnam County Spelling Bee and A Midsummer Night's Dream, and can be seen acting/working behind the scenes on The Nerd! You can also catch their awesome talent at Friday Night Improv (Starting June 24th!) and in our Art in Action summer camps held for kids 7-13 in Scandia, St. Croix Falls, and Siren this summer! We love working with these seriously talented and wonderful people, and we're thrilled to be able to share their spirit/talent with our audiences!