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Catholic School Girls

Full-Length Play, Dramatic Comedy  /  4w

Casey Kurtti

"Fine, funny, loving." - Hollywood Reporter

"Brilliant....A rollicking comedy that speaks to anyone who has known the terrible fears and insecurities that so often accompany..."the carefree days of youth."' - Westport News

Catholic School Girls

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  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    4w
  • Duration
    Duration
    90 minutes
  • Audience
    Target Audience
    Appropriate for All Audiences

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Summary
This satire of Catholic school life in the 1960's uses four actresses to play the nuns and the first through eighth grade girls at St. George's School in Yonkers. As they experience bonds of friendship, reprimands from authority figures and pressures from home and they react to the Beatles, the Addams Family, the Supremes and the election of a Catholic president, an amusing portrait of girls maturing to the threshold of adolescence delightfully emerges. Between classroom scenes monologues give free rein to the students' decidedly secular ambitions.
History
The Off-Broadway production of Catholic School Girls opened at the Douglas Fairbanks Theatre on April 1, 1982.
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Performing Groups
COLLEEN DOCKERY/ SISTER MARY LUCILLE
MARIA THERESA RUSSO/ SISTER MARY GERMAINE
WANDA SLUSKA/ SISTER MARY AGNES
ELIZABETH MCHUGH/ SISTER MARY THOMASINA

Four actors play the girls from first through eighth grade as well as their teachers.

  • Time Period 1960s
  • Setting St. George's School, Suburb in New York State. 1962-1970.
  • Additional Features Not Applicable
  • Duration 90 minutes
  • Cautions
    • No Special Cautions

Media

"Fine, funny, loving." - Hollywood Reporter

"Brilliant...A rollicking comedy that speaks to anyone who has known the terrible fears and insecurities that so often accompany...the carefree days of youth." - Westport News

Music

  • Musical Style N/A (Not a musical)
  • Vocal DemandsN/A (Not a musical)
  • Chorus Size N/A (Not a musical)

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Authors

Casey Kurtti

Casey Kurtti
Casey Kurtti’s play Catholic School Girls was the first production at The Douglas Fairbanks Theater in Times Square in 1984 and is frequently performed throughout the United States. It had a three-year run in Australia and an extended run and tour in Canada in a French transl ...
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