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Sister Mary Ignatius Explains It All for You

Full-Length Play, Drama  /  3w, 2m, 1boy(s)

Christopher Durang

Sister Mary Ignatius Explains It All for You
by Christopher Durang

The play opens with a long lecture on Roman Catholicism by Sister Mary, starting conventionally but growing in morbidity and even horror as it proceeds. The lecture is interrupted by four of her ex-students, who present a religious 'pageant', then re…

Sister Mary Ignatius Explains It All for You

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  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    3w, 2m, 1boy(s)
  • Duration
    Duration
    75 Minutes
  • Audience
    Target Audience
    Adult

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Summary
The play opens with a long lecture on Roman Catholicism by Sister Mary, starting conventionally but growing in morbidity and even horror as it proceeds. The lecture is interrupted by four of her ex-students, who present a religious 'pageant', then reveal how far they have strayed from her teaching. A climax is reached in an emotional statement of the truth from Diane, leading to the violence of two deaths by shooting. Forms a double bill with The Actor's Nightmare.
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M2 (30s) F3 (30s, 50s). 1 boy (8)
  • Time Period Contemporary
  • Setting A lecture platform
  • Duration 75 Minutes
  • Cautions
    • Gun Shots
    • Mild Adult Themes

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Christopher Durang

Christopher Durang
Christopher Durang’s plays include The Idiots Karamazov (coauthored with Albert Innaurato), A History of the American Film (Tony nom.), Sister Mary Ignatius Explains It All for You (Obie Award), Beyond Therapy (off and on Broadway), Baby with the Bathwater, The Marriage of Be ...
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