Catch A Rising Star brings Bob ‘The Coach’ Nelson to OSTC on May 31

Posted 5/28/15

Ocean State Theatre Company (OSTC), the not-for-profit professional theatre company currently celebrating its third season in Warwick, along with the legendary comedy club Catch A Rising Star are …

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Catch A Rising Star brings Bob ‘The Coach’ Nelson to OSTC on May 31

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Ocean State Theatre Company (OSTC), the not-for-profit professional theatre company currently celebrating its third season in Warwick, along with the legendary comedy club Catch A Rising Star are proud to announce the appearance of comedian Bob Nelson at Ocean State Theatre on Sunday, May 31 at 7:30 p.m.

Throughout his career Bob Nelson has been hailed as one of the most gifted funny people on the planet. Watching one of his performances is like watching several different types of top comedians all rolled into one. Characters like the lovable nerd Eppy Epperman, punchy boxer Jiffy Jeff and chicken rancher Wilby Stuckinson are as funny and memorable as any seen in comedy today. Bob’s football routine is a recognized comedy classic and “Morning,” his tale of a farmer and a duck, is one of the finest works of one-man showmanship to grace the modern stage. If all that were not enough, Bob’s ability to relay personal stories and observations about everyday life put him in the same league as the best of today’s stand-up comics. His shows are filled with spontaneity, zaniness and singular moments that astound audiences.

A contemporary of Jerry Seinfeld and Jay Leno, Mr. Nelson’s extraordinary talents have been refined by a career that has included multiple appearances on “The Merv Griffin Show,” “The Tonight Show” and “David Letterman.” He has performed live thousands of times at hundreds of comedy clubs, colleges and other exciting live venues including the Las Vegas strip, Radio City Music Hall, The Grand Ole Opry and NYC’s Broadway. He also had the great honor to perform at Ford’s Theatre in Washington, D.C. for president Ronald Reagan.

Nelson won an Emmy Award in Philadelphia for a children’s show he wrote and starred in and had supporting roles in Nora Ephram’s directorial film debut This Is My Life with Julie Kavner and Ivan Reitman’s box office smash Kindergarten Cop with Arnold Schwarzenegger.

The theatre is located at 1245 Jefferson Boulevard, Warwick. A limited number of VIP tickets, which includes a post show meet and greet with Mr. Nelson, are available for $44. All other tickets are $29 and are on sale at the box office Monday through Friday from 12-6 p.m., Saturdays from 12-4 p.m. and from 12 noon until curtain on performance days. Tickets are also available online 24 hours a day at www.oceanstatetheatre.org and via telephone during normal box office hours by calling 921-6800.

Catch A Rising Star is a nationally known trademark and forum, recognized for over thirty-five years for launching the careers of some of America’s most popular and beloved television and film stars, top comedians, comic actors, musicians, directors, producers and writers. A leader in the industry, Catch A Rising Star’s commitment to tomorrow’s comedy stars has remained the same over its history, and continues today in Reno, Nev., Providence, Princeton, N.J. and Monticello, N.Y.

OSTC is a professional not-for-profit regional theatre whose mission is to preserve and pass on the tradition of live, professional theatre – including the American musical – and to pursue avenues of enrichment and education for the benefit of the state of Rhode Island and the surrounding region through the theatre arts. OSTC, which re-opened and ran the historic Theatre By The Sea in Matunuck from 2007-2012 and began producing shows in Warwick in 2012, is an IRS designated not-for-profit 501(c)(3) corporation.

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