"Sister Mary Ignatius Explains It All For You" & "Hush Little Celia, Don't Say A Word"

at the Little Theatre of Fall River

Every Thursday through Sunday from 01/21/2010 to 01/31/2010

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A Twinbill featuring two works from LTFR member Joe Wallace

 

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January 21 & 28, 2010 at 7:30 pm

January 22, 23, 29 & 30, 2010 at 8:00 pm

January 24 & 31, 2010 at 2:00 pm

 

Written by Christopher Durang

Produced by special arrangement with Dramatists Play Service, Inc.

 Sister Mary Ignatius, a teaching nun who is much concerned with sin in all of its various forms, delivers a cautionary lecture to her charges. One of them, a precocious little boy named Thomas, can quote the Ten Commandments on cue, and each time he does so Sister Mary rewards him with a cookie. But when several of her former students turn up the picture darkens, along with Sister Mary's indignation. One of them is the happy mother of an illegitimate child; another a contented homosexual; still another has had two abortions—the first after having been raped on the night of her mother's death; while another student, now an alcoholic, contemplates suicide. Their stories are disturbing—but also very funny—and it is quickly apparent that one thing they all have in common is their loathing for Sister Mary and the unyielding dogma which she forced on them in their formative years. In the end there is mayhem and bloodshed but, with this, the unsettling feeling that, amid the laughter, some devastating truths have been told.

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Written by Joseph Wallace
Produced by special arrangement with Baker’s Plays Inc.

Celia doesn't speak. Her teacher's want to know why. Her father is angry at her. Her psychologist wants to help her. But fellow student Todd only wants to get close to her. And, through persistence, bad poetry, and a bizarre audition for a production of Romeo & Juliet, he does. A gem of a play about love, psychology, and what happens to kids when they go unheard. The honesty of this play and the manner in which the characters have been brought to life will move audience and participants in a most profound way. Standing ovations at its premier production in a contest setting with a judge stating; “A marvelous play - every single character is a gem.”