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Love to laugh? BLUE RIDGE - This Friday evening is opening night for one of the funniest musicals ever brought to the area's theatrical stages. Nunsense by Dan Goggin is being presented at the Blue Ridge Community Theatre, located at 11 Hampton Square, Blue Ridge, GA. every Friday and Saturday night at 7:30pm and Sunday at 2:00pm August 24th - Sept.16th. Nunsense tells the tale of the Little Sisters of Hoboken who, after an unsuccessful stint as leper colony missionaries, start a new life operating Mt. Saint Helen's parochial school in Hoboken, NJ After one of the nuns accidentally serves up a bad batch of vichyssoise soup, most of the Sisters of Hoboken die of botulism. The surviving sisters bury all but four of the nuns when they run out of money. The story takes a divinely comedic turn when the nuns "cook up" a clever, if not holy, scheme to raise money to bury their remaining four sisters - preserved on ice in the storage freezer. Bottom line - It's heavenly fun! "This play hits the funny bone of so many people from all walks of life and different religions" said JoAnne Leone, Nunsense artistic director. "I think it's because we all, Catholics and non-Catholics, have a common perception when it comes to nuns and their devout and somewhat mysterious vocation. There's a great deal of humor in watching a bunch of nuns let their veils down as they grapple with the absurd!" Ms. Leone of Blairsville, GA is not only directing this show but is reprising her role of the Reverend Mother, which she played fiveyears ago in the Nunsense production of the Licklog Players in Hayesville, NC. Also reprising her role of the "convent's instigator", Sister Robert Anne, is Blairsville resident Delila Davenport. Ms. Davenport is adding her musical expertise by serving as music director for this show. The other members of the cast are Norma Bean, of Mc- Caysville, GA, playing Sister Mary Leo, the novice and aspiring ballerina. Sophia Swain of Mineral Bluff, GA is performing Sister Amnesia, who not only doesn't remember her name, but doesn't have a clue about much else either. Beth Inman of Morganton, GA rounds out this talented cast of fiveplaying the role of Sister Hubert, "Mistress of the Novices". The talented musician Charles Milne of Brasstown NC has laid the tracks to a delightful score that sounds like it starts in the eves of an ancient cathedral and ends in a tiny white, clapboard church bordering a cotton field. Denver Clark of Blue Ridge has added her choreographic talents, making "toe tappers" out of these fiveheavenly clothed actresses.
If you love to laugh, don't miss this opportunity to enjoy an evening in the theater you won't soon forget. Tickets can be reserved by calling the box officeat 706-632-9223. Master Card and Visa are accepted. Tickets are $15 and $13.50/ Seniors. For more information visit www.BlueRidgeCommunityTheater. com
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