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Convent, The

The Convent is a toothy dark comedy about desire, devotion, and the mystery of intrinsic divinity.

  • Full Length Play
  • Dark Comedy
  • 105 minutes

  • Target Audience: Teen (Age 14 - 18), Adult

  • Performance Group:
  • College Theatre / Student, Community Theatre, Blackbox / Second Stage /Fringe Groups, Professional Theatre
A group of women go on a retreat to live like nuns in the Middle Ages and are baptized with '80s pop, female mysticism, hallucinogens and sex. The Convent is a toothy dark comedy about desire, devotion, and the mystery of intrinsic divinity.

REVIEWS:

"Dickey's commitment to big feels is commendably unflinching."

 The New Yorker

"A new, gorgeously lyrical work by Jessica Dickey."

 Splash Magazines

"Dickey adds just enough poetry to catch your ear, just enough feminist rage to get your heart beating, and just enough blunt wit to ensure we take all this so-called wisdom with a grain of salt."

 Theatermania

  • Casting: 7F
  • Casting Attributes: All Female

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A group of women go on a retreat to live like nuns in the Middle Ages and are baptized with '80s pop, female mysticism, hallucinogens and sex. The Convent is a toothy dark comedy about desire, devotion, and the mystery of intrinsic divinity.

$24.95