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Performance Dates

• Nov 11, 12, 18 and 19 (all 7:30 pm)
• Nov 13 and 20 (both 2:00 pm)

Audition Dates

• Sep 26 and 27 (6 PM)

It is not necessary to attend both auditions unless the director requests a call-back.

Audition, Rehearsal and Performance Location

J. Philip Gibbs, Jr., Centre for the Performing Arts
(Old Town Theatre), 1023 12th St., Huntsville, TX

For tickets or more information call 936-291-7933

Synopsis

Musical Comedy. Nunsense begins when the Little Sisters of Hoboken discover that their cook, Sister Julia, Child of God, has accidentally poisoned 52 of the sisters, and they are in dire need of funds for the burials. The sisters decide that the best way to raise the money is to put on a variety show, so they take over the school auditorium, which is currently set up for the eighth grade production of “Grease.” Here we meet Reverend Mother Regina, a former circus performer; Sister Mary Hubert, the Mistress of Novices; a streetwise nun from Brooklyn named Sister Robert Anne; Sister Mary Leo, a novice who is a wannabe ballerina; and the delightfully wacky Sister Mary Amnesia, the nun wholost her memory when a crucifix fell on her head. Featuring star turns, tap and ballet dancing, an audience quiz, and comic surprises, this show has become an international phenomenon. With more than 5000 productions worldwide, it has been translated into 21 languages.

About the Cast

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About the Author

DAN GOGGIN (Author) came to New York from Alma, Michigan to study as a classical countertenor. He began his professional career singing in the Broadway production of “Luther" starring Albert Finney. While appearing in a comic folk-duo called "The Saxons" he began writing. This led to scores for the off Broadway musical, “Hark!” (in which he also appeared), the Broadway production of Legend and two revues. Goggin received the 1986 Outer Critics' Circle Awards given to “Nunsense” for Best Musical, Best Book, and Best Music.

About the Director

Melissa M. Miller (Director)

A graduate of Sam Houston State University, Melissa earned her BFA in Theatre with aspirations of bringing her written works to the stage.

While studying at SHSU, she directed Just Fix It, an original work by Ello Black, a college contemporary, while Black returned the compliment, directing Melissa’s Under Water.

Melissa spent the better part of seven years creating with and for the Long Beach Shakespeare Company (LBSC) in Long Beach, California—acting, singing, playwriting, managing, building puppets of Shakespearean intent, and directing—to touch the tip of the ice burg.

Melissa’s directing credits include The Posthumous Affairs of Felson, Jones and Lordygan, as well as Breath, and The Braid of the Muses—all three of which are original works of hers, making their debut upon the stage of LBSC, as part of the company’s summer New Writer’s Series. All three productions received rave reviews from the local papers, including Back Stage West (for Posthumous), the Long Beach Press Telegram, The Grunion Gazette and The L.A. Times.

This is Melissa’s first time directing for Huntsville Community Theatre (HCT), though hopefully not the last! In the long-since past, Melissa helped with costumes for HCT’s production of The Butler Did It, and was an actress in HCT’s production of A Texas Romance, for anyone who might remember!

Happy to be home, Melissa looks forward to working in many capacities with upcoming HCT productions.

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Box Office Hours

HCT’s Box Office opens one hour before the start time of each production.

• 7:30 PM Productions – Box Office opens at 6:30 PM
• 2:00 PM Matinee – Box Office opens at 1:00 PM

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