LATE NITE CATECHISM Plays The State Theater 3/22-27

Catechism classes are never as much fun - or as hilarious - as when they are led by Sister in the international hit comedy Late Nite Catechism by Vicki Quade and Maripat Donovan. Late Nite Catechism will be presented in the Acopian Ballroom at the State Theatre in Easton. Performances are Tuesday, March 22 - Friday, March 25 at 7:30 PM, and Saturday, March 26 & Sunday, March 27 at 2 PM & 6 PM.

Tickets are $33 for Tues - Thurs and $38 for Fri - Sun performances. Tickets can be ordered by visiting the State Theatre Box Office, 453 Northampton Street, Easton, by calling 1-800-999-STATE, 610-252-3132 or online at www.statetheatre.org. Performances are sponsored by Abundant Graces Books & Gifts.

Late Nite Catechism is an uproarious piece of theater that takes audience members back - sometimes nostalgically, sometimes fearfully - to the children they once were. The irrepressible Sister teaches an adult catechism class to a roomful of "students" (the audience). Over the course of the play, Sister goes from benevolent instructor, rewarding the "students" for correct answers with glow-in-the-dark rosaries and laminated saint cards, to authoritative drill sergeant. These abrupt mood swings are bound to strike a resonant chord with everyone who survived the ups and downs of going to school, with an omniscient authoritarian at the helm.

The Catholic Register (Toronto) said,"The show appeals to Catholics and non-Catholics alike since ‘Sister' clearly explains religious references in lighthearted ways while maintaining a serious tone that isn't too preachy and far from being saccharine." The New York Times declared "Late Nite Catechism speaks to an audience much broader than the membership of any one church."

Late Nite Catechism, which was nominated for an Outer Critics Circle Award in New York and recently won the L.A. Drama Critics Circle Award for Best Lead Performance for Maripat Donovan, is currently playing in New York, Seattle, San Francisco, St. Louis, Vancouver, Scottsdale, New Orleans, Los Angeles and Chicago, where it has been playing to full "classes" since it opened in 1993. Productions in Boston, Sydney and Melbourne recently ended after playing two years in each city. Sister is always available for private classes and fundraisers through Entertainment Events, Inc. at (877) FUNNY NUN.

ABOUT SISTER...
MARY ZENTMYER who stars as "Sister" has been busy touring all over the USA with Late Nite Catechism and Sister's Christmas Catechism, performing in several venues in California, Connecticut, Iowa, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, making her off-Broadway debut at the Theatre at St. Luke's in New York City; Pennsylvania, and Florida. Mary also taught Late Nite Catechism at the Ivanhoe Theatre in Chicago from October 1996 until May 1998. Mary was born and raised (Catholic) in Chicago, and has been performing in plays since she was 10 years old, professionally since 1991, at such Chicago theatres as the Candlelight-Forum Dinner Playhouse, Pheasant Run Dinner Theatre, the Sabre Room, Victory Gardens Theatre and the Chicago Dramatists Workshop. Some of her favorite roles include Blanche in A Streetcar Named Desire, the Evil Queen in Snow White, Clelia in The Nerd, the Defenseless Creature in The Good Doctor and Daisy Werthan in Driving Miss Daisy. Old habits are hard to break. Mary has portrayed Sister Berthe in The Sound of Music and Sister Catherine in Do Patent Leather Shoes Really Reflect Up? (while it was still being written by John Powers at Northeastern Illinois University, where she obtained her BA in Speech and Performing Arts).

Official Late Nite Catechism website: www.latenitecatechism.info

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