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Nunsense (1985)
by Dan Goggin

Nunsense

Medium: play/musical/stage drama

Publication date: 12 Dec. 1985

Publisher: Cherry Lane Theatre
Written by: Dan Goggin
Directed by: Dan Goggin


7 characters in this story:

Character
(Click links for info about character
and his/her religious practice, affiliation, etc.)
Religious
Affiliation
Team(s)
[Notes]
Pub. #
app.
Mother Superior Mary Regina Mother Superior Mary Regina supporting character clergy/religious leader
CBR Scale: D Catholic nun
[feisty, overweight] Cherry Lane Theatre; Douglas Fairbanks Theater 10
Sister Mary Hubert Sister Mary Hubert supporting character clergy/religious leader
CBR Scale: D Catholic nun
[Mary Regina's competitive 2nd-in-command/rival] Cherry Lane Theatre; Douglas Fairbanks Theater 10
Sister Robert Anne Sister Robert Anne supporting character clergy/religious leader
CBR Scale: D Catholic nun
[streetwise, tough] Cherry Lane Theatre; Douglas Fairbanks Theater 10
Sister Mary Leo Sister Mary Leo supporting character clergy/religious leader
CBR Scale: D Catholic novice
[wants to become world's first nun ballerina] Cherry Lane Theatre; Douglas Fairbanks Theater 10
Sister Mary Amnesia Sister Mary Amnesia (Sr. Mary Paul) supporting character clergy/religious leader
CBR Scale: D Catholic nun
[lost memory when crucifix fell on her head] Cherry Lane Theatre; Douglas Fairbanks Theater 10
Sister Mary Annette Sister Mary Annette supporting character clergy/religious leader
CBR Scale: D Catholic nun
[sassy; part performed by a puppet] Cherry Lane Theatre; Douglas Fairbanks Theater 5
Sister Julia, Child of God Sister Julia, Child of God (Sister Julia)
(mentioned)
supporting character clergy/religious leader based on a real person
CBR Scale: D Catholic nun
[accidentally killed 52 fellow nuns with food poisoning] Cherry Lane Theatre; Douglas Fairbanks Theater 2

Adaptations of this play/musical/stage drama:
Nunsense: The Mega-Musical Version (2011)

Musical. Expansion of Dan Goggin's earlier cabaret show The Nunsense Story (1983), which featured 3 nuns, a priest and a brother. The full-length musical Nunsense opened on December 12, 1985 at the off-Broadway Cherry Lane Theatre, moving to the Douglas Fairbanks Theater for the majority of its ten year run.