Nerve

Through May 2, $15-$25, Azuka Theatre at the Latvian Society, 531 N. Seventh St., 215-733-0255, azukatheatre.org.

by Mark Cofta

John Flak

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You've got to admire local actors like Leah Walton and Charlie DelMarcelle, who piece together careers doing quality work for small theater companies, sometimes with no break between gigs. Walton vaults from the delightful absurdity of Idiopathic Ridiculopathy Consortium's The Gnadiges Fraulein (which closed April 3) to tonight's opening of Azuka Theatre's Philadelphia première of Nerve — opposite DelMarcelle, who at least got a little breather after EgoPo's equally absurd and delightful Waiting for Godot (which closed March 28). Adam Szymkowicz's dark comedy, directed by Azuka Producing Artistic Director Kevin Glaccum, explores a relationship spawned in cyberspace. Modern dance and puppets help tell their story, so neither performer has left absurdity behind.