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Main Stage • "The Nerd" is a Crowd-pleaser

The Nerd By Larry Shue GTC's fall mainstage production of Larry Shue's comedy "The Nerd" took the stage at The Wishing Star Theatre in Libertyville for the month of September.

Photo above: Mark Anderson, Kevin Bridgman and Paul Safyan (under wraps!). Photo by Leslie Lipps, Angel Lips Photography.

Read about the young actors who played the role of "Thor" on alternate nights throughout the run of "The Nerd."

"Shue delivers a neatly crafted package that uses some classic comic forms to bring the audience to its knees, laughing." —Milwaukee Journal.

Photo above: David Prunty and Paul Safyan. Jimmy Farley also plays Thor. Read more about the boys. Photo by Leslie Lipps, Angel Lips Photography.

Cast and Crew

Cast included Paul Adler and Rebecca Adler of Gurnee; Mark Anderson of Lindenhurst; Kevin Bridgman of Gurnee; Kelli Clevenger of Lindenhurst; Jimmy Farley of Gurnee; David Prunty of Gurnee; and Paul Safyan of Wheeling.

Photo above: Kevin Bridgman, Kellie Clevenger, and Paul Safyan. Photo by Leslie Lipps, Angel Lips Photography.

The terrific crew included director and set designer Richard Schneider of Des Plaines; assistant director Rich Baker of Hanover Park; lighting designer Kurt Ottinger; sound designer Sean Parks of Berwyn; stage manager John Dooley of Mundelein; set builder/master carpenter Dave Clark of Gurnee; props master Arlene Herrick of Gurnee.