THE DIVINE SISTER Opens 2/6 At Theater for the New City's Cino Theater

THE DIVINE SISTER, the new comedy written by and starring Charles Busch set for limited developmental engagement of 24 performances only (Saturday, February 6 - Sunday, March 7) at Theater for the New City's Cino Theater (155 First Avenue.)

All tickets are $25
PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE (24 PERFORMANCES ONLY):
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 6 - SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 7 (2 performances): Saturday at 8 PM, Sunday at 3 PM
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 11 - SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 21 (5 performances per week): Thursday through Saturday at 8 PM. Matinees on Saturday and Sunday at 3 PM. The production will be dark on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday during these two weeks.
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 24 - SUNDAY, MARCH 7 (6 performances per week): Wednesday through Saturday at 8 PM. Matinees on Saturday and Sunday at 3 PM. The production will be dark on Monday and Tuesday during these weeks.

SYNOPSIS: THE DIVINE SISTER is an outrageous comic homage to nearly every Hollywood film involving nuns. Evoking such films as The Song of Bernadette, The Bells of St. Mary's, The Singing Nun and Agnes of God, THE DIVINE SISTER tells the story of St. Veronica's indomitable Mother Superior (author Charles Busch) who is determined to build a new school for her Pittsburgh convent. Along the way, she has to deal with a young postulant who is experiencing "visions," sexual hysteria among her nuns, a sensitive schoolboy in need of mentoring, a mysterious nun visiting from the Mother House in Berlin, and a former suitor intent on luring her away from her vows.

This madcap trip through Hollywood religiosity evokes the wildly comic but affectionately observed theatrical style of the creator of Die, Mommie, Die! and Psycho Beach Party.
CAST: In addition to author Charles Busch, THE DIVINE SISTER features Alison Fraser (Gypsy, Romance/Romance), Julie Halston (Hairspray, Twentieth Century), Amy Rutberg (Our Leading Lady, "As The World Turns"), Jennifer Van Dyck (The Third Story, Hedda Gabler), and Jonathan Walker (The Third Story, Dinner with Friends).

DIRECTOR: This developemental production is directed by Busch's longtime collaborator Carl Andress (The Third Story; Die, Mommie, Die!)

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