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Production Requirements: A Costume Plot Database
Play Title: The Nerd

Title:  The Nerd
Playwright:  Shue, Larry  Publisher:  Dramatists Play Service
Year  1984  Genre:  Comedy
Period:  20thC1990s  Number of Acts/Scenes  2
Passage of time:  about 2 weeks
Basic Plot:  (from script jacket) on his birthday Willum gets to meet rick, a fellow ex-GI who saved his life in vietnam. He soon realizes Rick isn't going away soon.
Contributor's Name:  Tollefson/M.Cobourn
Contributor's Email:  not available
Budget:  $1680
Producing Organization:  UCF Conservatory Theatre
Cast Size As Written
  Male Actors:  5
  Male Chorus Actors:  0
Total Male Actors:  5
Number of Characters as Written
  Male Characters:  5
  Male Chorus Characters:  0
Total Male Characters:  5
Costume Numbers as Written
  Male Costumes:  15
  Male Chorus Costumes:  0
Total Male Costumes:  15
Actual Cast Size (if produced)
  Male Actors:  5
  Male Chorus Actors:  0
Total Male Actors:  5
Costume Numbers (if produced)
  Male Costumes:  4
  Male Chorus Costumes:  0
Total Male Costumes:  4
  Female Actors:  2
  Female Chorus Actors:  0
Total Female Actors:  2
 
  Female Characters:  2
  Female Chorus Characters:  0
Total Female Characters:  2
 
  Female Costumes:  4
  Female Chorus Costumes:  0
Total Female Costumes:  4

  Female Actors:  4
  Female Chorus Actors:  0
Total Female Actors:  4
 
  Female Costumes:  0
  Female Chorus Costumes:  0
Total Female Costumes:  0
Notes on possible reduction/expansion of characters/costumes:  none
Quick Changes:  none
Specialty/Special effects costumes required:  Creature from the Black Lagoon Costume; need duplicate shoes to use as wet/muddy props
Other important notes:  one male child character, Mr. Walgrave gets wet in 1.1 and covered in cottage cheese in 2.2

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