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Sister Amnesia's Country Western Nunsense Jamboree

This hilarious hoedown is Nunsense fun with a Laugh-In/Hee-Haw/Grand Ole Opry slant!

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Description

  • Full Length Musical
  • Comedy
  • 120 minutes

  • Time Period: Present Day
  • Target Audience: Appropriate for all audiences
  • Set Requirements: Bare Stage/Simple Set
  • Orchestra Size: Small/Combo

  • Performance Group:
  • Dinner Theatre, Community Theatre, Professional Theatre, Shoestring Budget, Blackbox / Second Stage /Fringe Groups, College Theatre / Student, Church / Religious Groups
In Nunsense I, a wacky nun known as Sister Mary Amnesia regained her memory and recalled that she always wanted to be a country singer. In Nunsense II, her dream became one step closer to reality when Reverend Mother landed a recording contract for her. In this show, Nunsense Jamboree, Sister Amnesia's dream is realized as she headlines a brand new show promoting her debut album, I Could've Gone to Nashville.
REVIEWS:

"The caviar of cornpone...impishly naughty entertainment!"

Jayne M. Blanchard, Saint Paul Pioneer Press

"Tasty fun with a twang... These ditzy nuns are endearing in their innocent giddiness."

Mike Steele, Star Tribune

"A slice of old-school Americana, where Minnie Pearl was funny, Dolly Parton was beloved, Barbara Streisand was divine, and Patsy Cline was worshipped...a place where you can sing and clap along and remember rootin' tootin' relics of days gone by."

Deborah Bostock-Kelley, BroadwayWorld

"The caviar of cornpone, an unholy trinity of country music, jokes that have been around since Aristophanes was a tadpole and four singing, line-dancing nuns (and one priest)...impishly naughty entertainment!"

Jayne M. Blanchard, Saint Paul Pioneer Press

"Yee Haw... It’s got uptempo tunes, it’s got singing nuns a little on the wacky side, and it’s got lots of Catholic humor...all in all, it’s a feel good production performed by a perky and very talented bunch."

Diane Speer, Encore Michigan


Premiere Production:

Nunsense Jamboree is the third in Dan Goggin's series of Nunsense musicals.

Characters

  • Casting: 1M, 5F, 1M or F
  • Casting Attributes: Strong Role for Leading Woman (Star Vehicle)
  • Chorus Size: No Chorus

  • SISTER MARY PAUL [A.K.A. AMNESIA] - The daffy nun who was hit on the head with a crucifix and for a long time didn't remember who she was. Still called Sister Amnesia, she turned out to be Sister Mary Paul, a Publisher's Clearinghouse Sweepstakes winner who once had been a country singer.

  • SISTER MARY WILHELM - Superintendent of Nursing for the Diocese of Newark. She appears rather severe but turns out to be lots of fun. As a teenager she appeared in a movie with Frankie Avalon.

  • SISTER ROBERT ANNE - The streetwise tough kid from the Canarsie section of Brooklyn. A constant source of aggravation for superiors, but loved by the kids she teaches. She is the voice of the puppet, Sister Mary Annette.

  • SISTER MARY LEO - The young novice who hopes to dedicate her life to God as a ballerina, but who is constantly frustrated by Reverend Mother's refusal to let her perform in a tutu. She is soon to take her vows and receive her black veil.

  • FATHER VIRGIL MANLY TROTT - A Franciscan priest who is Sister Mary Leo's real-life brother. He is very handsome and well aware of it. He is an authentic country singer originally from Mississippi.

  • SISTER MARY REGINA - Mother Superior of the Little Sisters of Hoboken. We hear from her in this show via "voice-over" on the telephone.

  • BROTHER/SISTER STAGE MANAGER - Appears as him/herself, with messages for the others.

    • Available Material

    Name Price
    Perusal Material Shipped immediately. This is optional. Order Now

    1 x Lib-Vocal Book

    		$24.00
    Rehearsal Material Shipped a minimum of 3 months before the last performance. This must be hired as a condition of the License to produce this show.

    7 x Prompt Books for Dialogue Parts
    7 x Vocal Parts
    1 x Piano-Conductor's Score
    1 x Prompt Book
    1 x Original Cast CD

    		$250.00 +$75.00/pm
    Orchestral Material Shipped a minimum of 1 month before the last performance. This is optional.

    1 Piano
    1 Keyboard Synthesizer
    1 Violin
    1 Bass (electric or acoustic)

    1 Percussion (trap set for one player):
    Timpani (one 26" pedal tuned drum)
    Xylophone
    Bells
    Chimes
    Crotale (C & D)
    Snare Drum (brushes & sticks)
    Bass Drum
    Temple Blocks (3 pitches)
    Wood Block (sticks & rubber mallets)
    Tambourine
    Washboard
    Pop Gun
    Car Horn
    Duck Call
    Suspended Cymbal(s) (scrape, brushes, sticks & mallets)
    Splash Cymbal
    Hi-Hat Cymbals
    Spoons
    Cow Bell
    Triangle
    Large Flexatone
    Mark Tree
    Bell Tree
    Train Whistle
    Slide Whistle

    Piano-Conductor's Score sent with rehearsal material

    		 $100.00 +$75.00/pm

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