Nerd Night

Nerd Night is a series of events hosted by Rivers Cuomo where he invites fans to join him, either for movie screenings or live theatre (mostly works by William Shakespeare, with the exception of the first two) around Santa Monica/West Los Angeles. The first one was announced on the revamped riverscuomo.com; subsequent Nerd Night announcements have been tweeted out by Rivers via his Twitter account @riverscuomo, usually with a link to his website where one can request tickets. The Nerd Nights have included anywhere from 20-40 fans, where Rivers either rents out a movie theatre for private screenings, or pays for tickets for the entire group.
You can read a bit more about the Nerd Nights and Rivers' interest in Shakespeare in an interview by Alex Scordelis for Vulture here
==Nerd Night I==
The first Nerd Night, on June 26, 2011, featured a screening of The NeverEnding Story.
===Announcement===
"Come watch “The NeverEnding Story” with me at a theater in Santa Monica on Sunday, June 26. (It’s a private screening.) If you would like to attend, please send an email with your full name and contact information (email, phone number, city in which you reside), and we’ll send invitations with more details to 40 of you (plus 1 guest each)."
==Nerd Night II==
The second Nerd Night, on September 25, 2011 featured a screening of Time Bandits.
==Dork Day I==
Related to the Nerd Nights, Rivers made an announcement for a "Dork Day I", where he invited fans to bring their children for a family friendly production of Shakespeare's Midsummer Night's Dream, put on by Theatre For a Small Space. Though he called it Dork Day I, there has only been one Dork Day to date.
==Nerd Night XI==
The eleventh Nerd Night, on June 15, 2015, was especially unique as Brian Bell showed up after the screening of Antony & Cleopatra to join Rivers in playing an acoustic version of "Cleopatra", the ninth track off of EWBAITE, for the fans. They even donned Roman-style helmets for the occasion. Also, since this Nerd Night was just after Rivers' birthday, fans celebrated by bringing him a cake and presents; and one fan even made Cleopatra-themed cupcakes.
==Nerd Nights to Date==
Date 	Event 	Production 	Venue
May 26, 2011 	Nerd Night I 	The NeverEnding Story (screening) 	Aero Theatre, Santa Monica
September 25, 2011	Nerd Night II 	Time Bandits (screening) 	Santa Monica Screening Room
October 22, 2013 	Nerd Night III 	Romeo & Juliet - performed by the Colonials: An American Shakespeare Company 	Miles Memorial Playhouse, Santa Monica
November 9, 2013 	Nerd Night IV 	Macbeth - performed by The City Shakespeare Company (CityShakes) 	The Space, Santa Monica
April 12, 2014 	Nerd Night V 	Merchant of Venice - performed by The City Shakespeare Company (CityShakes) 	The Space, Santa Monica
July 13, 2014 	*Dork Day I 	Midsummer Night's Dream - performed by Theatre For a Small Space 	Miles Memorial Playhouse, Santa Monica
July 18, 2014 	Nerd Night VI 	Romeo & Juliet - performed by The City Shakespeare Company (CityShakes) 	The Space, Santa Monica
October 18, 2014 	Nerd Night VII 	Julius Caesar - performed by the Colonials: An American Shakespeare Company 	Miles Memorial Playhouse, Santa Monica
November 17, 2014 	Nerd Night VIII	Macbeth (screening) 	Laemmle Royal, West LA
November 17, 2014 	Nerd Night IX 	Midsummer Night's Dream (screening of the live performance at the Globe Theatre in London)	Laemmle Royal, West LA
April 12, 2015 	Nerd Night X 	King Lear - performed by the Colonials: An American Shakespeare Company 	Miles Memorial Playhouse, Santa Monica
June 15, 2015 	Nerd Night XI 	Antony & Cleopatra (screening of the live performance at the Globe Theatre in London) 	Laemmle Royal, West LA
October 2, 2015 	Nerd Night XII 	Macbeth - performed by the Colonials: An American Shakespeare Company 	Miles Memorial Playhouse, Santa Monica
==See also==
*Riverscuomo.com
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