Nunsense Receives Rave Reviews, More Performances Set

Middleport, OH — River City Players’ (RCP) opening weekend of the musical comedy Nunsense took audiences buy surprise by just how funny and enjoyable a group of nuns can be.

“An amazing amount of talent on that stage,” an audience member said opening night. “I don’t know when I’ve laughed this much,” another added. “We go to a lot of shows in different areas, and RCP’s are always some of the best.”

RCP will present two additional performances this coming weekend at 7 p.m. on Saturday, June 13, and 2 p.m. on Sunday, June 14, at Middleport Village Hall. Tickets will be available at the door for $10. Reserve seating is available with the purchase of an RCP Flex Pack of tickets.

This long-running Off-Broadway musical by Dan Goggin tells the story of five of the 19 surviving Little Sisters of Hoboken. After discovering that their cook has accidentally killed the other fifty-two residents of the convent with her tainted vichyssoise, the sisters start a greeting card company to raise funds for the burials. But after the assumed success of the greeting card scheme, the Reverend Mother buys a Plasma TV for the convent, leaving no money for the last four burials. With the deceased nuns in the deep freeze, the sisters decide to stage a variety show to raise the funds.

The hilarious cast consists of Mother Superior Mary Regina, a former circus performer with a love of the spotlight (played by Amy Perrin); the competitive but dignified second-in-command, Sister Mary Hubert (Julie Howard); Streetwise Sister Robert Anne from Brooklyn (Renee Stewart); Novice Mary Leo, who aspires to be the world’s first ballerina nun (Veronica Grimm); and zany, childlike Sister Mary Amnesia, who suffers from memory loss after a crucifix fell on her head (Dixie Sayre). Nunsense is under the direction of Nathan Jeffers.

In addition to side-splitting convent humor, Nunsense features song selections including “Nunsense is Habit Forming,” “Tackle that Temptation with a Time-Step,” “We’ve Got to Clean Out the Freezer,” “I Could Have Gone to Nashville,” and “Holier Than Thou.”

For more on this production, Flex Pack Tickets, and other upcoming shows, visit www.rivercityplayers.org or follow River City Players on Facebook and Instagram.