Love Jerry

Through June 20, $10-$35, Latvian Society, 531 N. Seventh St., 267-909-3309, nicepeopletheatre.org.

by Mark Cofta

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Nice People Theatre Co.'s Nicole Blicher and Miriam White have successfully discovered — and lovingly produced — quirky, obscure works like the Edinburgh Fringe Festival hit Have a Nice Life and last fall's soaring Grace, or the Art of Climbing. They go out on a limb once again with Megan Gogerty's musical Love Jerry, about a family coping with the long-term effects of child abuse. Jerry is a pedophile, that much we know; but can his family find a way to love him anyway? The Child Abuse Prevention Effort (CAPE) will lead audience discussions on June 5 and 11, so the conversation won't die out when the lights go up.