Peter Nerad, who is the Player in Boys in the Basement, became an actor after a career in ad copy writing. Acting out commercials for clients gave him the acting bug.

His favorite role was in a recent short film, playing a character based on an actual 1960s record producer. Watch Peter discuss that role and others by simply clicking here:
Coming see Peter in Boys in the Basement, opening Friday.
Performances of Boys in the Basement will take place starting inJUST NINE DAYS at the Noyes Cultural Arts Building (adjacent to the Noyes Purple Line stop in Evanston) Friday and Saturday, Nov. 6, 7, at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, Nov. 8, at 3 p.m.Performances also will take place the same times the following weekend, Nov. 13-15. For ticket information, go to Brown Paper Tickets.
Special ticket prices are available for Friday evening shows for those who have been through or are going through the pain of divorce as well as for adult children of divorced parents. Click here for details.