Maripat Donovan News

A Chicago original and international hit, LATE NITE CATECHISM turns 23 this month in the city where it all started.

Celebrate the Easter season with Sister when she visits Raue Center For The Arts at 2 p.m. today, March 26, 2016. 'Sister's Easter Catechism: Will My Bunny Go To Heaven?' is the latest in the wildly popular 'Late Nite Catechism' comedy series.

The hit show Late Nite Catechism comes to Providence for a limited run in the Dowling Theater at Trinity Repertory Company. Sure to be a hilarious evening, Late Nite Catechism strikes a resonant chord with everyone who survived the ups and downs of going to school with an omniscient authoritarian at the helm.

Celebrate the Easter season with Sister when she visits Raue Center For The Arts at 2 p.m. on March 26, 2016. 'Sister's Easter Catechism: Will My Bunny Go To Heaven?' is the latest in the wildly popular 'Late Nite Catechism' comedy series.

Geva Theatre Center's Artistic Director Mark Cuddy and Executive Director Christopher Mannelli are proud to announce the 12 major productions and events of the much anticipated 2016-2017 Season, the non-profit theatre's 44th year of making professional theatre of a national standard in Rochester.

Highlights for March 2016 at the Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts include: Pilobolus, TAO, 46th Scottsdale Arts Festival, John Pizzarelli and Jessica Molaskey, and Ana Gasteyer. Scroll down for more details!

?This year, City Theatre hopes you are not planning to give up laughter for Lent. Kimberly Richards returns as the unforgettable Sister in Maripat Donovan's spring edition of the Late Nite Catechism series: Sister's Easter Catechism: Will My Bunny Go To Heaven? This limited-engagement, Pittsburgh premiere City Event is more fun than an egg hunt and more ham than Easter dinner, running February 17-March 13, in the Lester Hamburg Studio.

Highlights for March 2016 at the Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts include: Pilobolus, TAO, 46th Scottsdale Arts Festival, John Pizzarelli and Jessica Molaskey, and Ana Gasteyer. Scroll down for more details!

Denise Fennell (The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe, The Catechism Series) returns for the holidays as Houston's favorite nun - Sister, in SISTER'S CHRISTMAS CATECHISM: THE MYSTERY OF THE MAGI'S GOLD by Maripat Donovan, with Jane Morris & Marc Silva. The production runs at Stages Repertory Theatre tonight, November 18 - December 27, 2015.

Long Wharf Theatre announces that Entertainment Events' production of Sister's Christmas Catechism: The Mystery of the Magi's Gold, by Maripat Donovan with Jane Morris and Marc Silvia, will return to Long Wharf Theatre on Stage II from December 8 through December 20, 2015.

Denise Fennell (The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe, The Catechism Series) returns for the holidays as Houston's favorite nun - Sister, in SISTER'S CHRISTMAS CATECHISM: THE MYSTERY OF THE MAGI'S GOLD by Maripat Donovan, with Jane Morris & Marc Silva. The production runs at Stages Repertory Theatre November 18 - December 27, 2015.

Cortland Repertory Theatre Downtown has announced its upcoming events this fall and winter at CRT Downtown, 24 Port Watson Street, Cortland. Scroll down for details!

The Raymond F. Kravis Center for the Performing Arts is launching a star-packed 2015-2016 season next month with an exciting and eclectic array of international artists and performing superstars.

The Raymond F. Kravis Center for the Performing Arts is launching a star-packed 2015-2016 season next month with an exciting and eclectic array of international artists and performing superstars.

Cortland Repertory Theatre Downtown has announced its upcoming events this fall and winter at CRT Downtown, 24 Port Watson Street, Cortland. Scroll down for details!

Going back to school was never as much fun or as funny as at Late Nite Catechism, appearing at Bristol Riverside Theatre September 9-13.  Written by Maripat Donovan and Vicki Quade, this one-woman interactive comedy features Nonie Newton-Riley as the irrepressible Sister who rewards her "students" with glow-in-the-dark rosaries or a seat on stage in the corner reflecting on their naughty actions.

Big Fish, a new musical by Andrew Lippa and John August, joins Stages' lineup for its 2015-16 season.

I'll admit I had my reservations walking into the latest Omaha Community Playhouse production. How could a two hour, one woman show possible be interesting enough to hold the audience's attention? Not only that...the subject was Catholic schools. I am not even Catholic and I was afraid that I was going to be offput by a script filled with religious (and not so religious) jokes. I was pleasantly surprised!

Late Nite Catechism returns to Stoneham Theatre in an all-new show for 2015 this June 18-28. It's time to laugh your sins away with Sister's Summer School Catechism: God Never Takes a Vacation! Starring local favorite Denise Fennel, Sister will have you cracking up as she gets the ruler out to teach you the best way to spend your summer vacation. Sister will discuss such questions as "Did Jesus have to go to summer school?" or "What is an appropriate summer vacation for a practicing Catholic?" And she's sure to talk about the best way to make use of what's left of your summer vacation. Beat the heat with Sister this June, and if you know what's good for you, don't be late!

?City Theatre Artistic Director Tracy Brigden has announced the full lineup for the 2015-2016 season, scheduled to kick-off October 10, 2015