The Little Sisters of Hoboken operate Mount Saint Helen's School in Hoboken, new Jersey. Originally founded as a missionary order, they started out running a leper colony on an island south of France. Forced to leave the island when they lost control to a group of Protestant competitors, they returned to Hoboken. They went unnoticed until one day their cook, Sister Julia unwittingly served some tainted vichyssoise soup and 52 sisters died of botulism. To raise funds for four of the burials, the Little Sisters stage a talent show.

By Dan Goggin

Cast

Suzanne Smart as Rev. Mother Mary Regina
Nancy Kadwill as Sister Mary Hubert
Paula Rivera as Sister Robert Anne
Michelle Zacchei as Sister Mary Amnesia
Jennifer Solimeo as Sister Mary Leo

Staff

Producers/Directors:  Marianne and Steve DiNenno 
Music Director:  Konnie Stark 
Choreographer:  Eileen Ciccarone 
Technical Director:  Tim Bean 
Stage Manager:  Jayne Burt
Lights & Sound:  Tim Bean
Spotlight:  Steve Schulz
Set Designers:  Steve and Marianne DiNenno
Set Construction:  Ryan Ainge, Cheryl Balas, Tim Bean, Jayne Burt, Eileen Ciccarone, Marianne DiNenno, Steve DiNenno, Paula Rivera, Steve Schulz, Jennifer Solimeo, Michelle Zacchei
Cast Photos:  Rory Zummo
Box Office:  Eileen Ciccarone

Orchestra

Under the direction of Konnie Stark

Piano:  Konnie Stark 
Synthesizer:  Laura Burhans 
Drums:  Walt Cherkas 

Special Thanks

Society Hill Playhouse
Bill Bourne
Beverly and Payson Burt
Fran Doyle, Montgomery County Cultural Center
Renee Grant
Karen Gresh
Janet and Neil Schafer
Rory Zummo, Norristown Area HS Drama Club

Rave Reviews for "Nunsense"

Gary Puleo, Times Herald (May 11, 2001): "As a group, these nuns are as perfectly integrated and modulated as one of their zany tunes, a hallowed convergence of spirits, concocting all sorts of irreverent mischief.... "Nunsense," as loose and freewheeling as a nun's habit, is one of those perennial crowd-pleasers that will never go away."