In the droll and often laugh-out-loud comedy “I Love You, Man,” Peter Klaven (Paul Rudd) is looking for a boy friend.

“The first thing that went across my head was, ‘Shakespeare and zombies, I’m doing it,’” said Daniel Student, actor and Plays and Players Theater executive committee member.

Normally, there’s more than enough work and not enough personal transportation in New York to keep most comics, especially the openly gay ones, bouncing around the many, many stages in the bustling metropolis.

“I don’t have that energy to be on stage,” Vitamin D said.