Nunset Boulevard

by Dan Goggin
run dates: November 21 - 29, 2014
In this Dan Goggin musical, five talented nuns from Mount St Helen’s convent make their way to Tinseltown, on the strength of a contract to perform at the famous Hollywood Bowl. Even when they find out they’ve been conned and are only a lounge act at the Hollywood Bowl-a-rama, the stars in their eyes are not dimmed. The nun troupe is determined to give the bowlers a song-and-dance revue to remember.  The show quickly goes sideways when the sisters discover a new Hollywood movie (the “Nunset Boulevard” of the title) is auditioning roles suited for nuns.  To prepare for the casting call, the nuns pull out all the stops. 
Produced by Jennifer Mapplebeck and Patrick Turner
Directed by Ray Turner
Musical Director - Lisa Ante
Choreographer - Robin Stille
Stage Manager - Jen Jensen; Assistant Stage Manager - Robin Stille
Costumes - Bernice Bernice Myllyniemi; Propetries - Marla Wilson
Set Construction - Bob Wilson, Patrick Turner, Brian Mapplebeck, Peter Gajda
Lights and Sound - Tom Szalay and Nathan Linders
Cast and Characters:
  • Diane Gludovatz - REVEREND MOTHER SISTER MARY REGINA is an Irish nun born into a circus family of tightrope walkers and was a tightrope walker herself. She entered the convent honouring a promise she made to the Lord when she saved her parents from drowning. 
  • Aimee Grice - SISTER ROBERT ANNE, is a streetwise nun from Brooklyn, New York - tough as nails, but with a sentimental side. Students love her because she “speaks their language”. She spent part of her childhood in reform school and later had to decide between the convent and show business. 
  • Chelsea Cameron-Horner - SISTER MARY AMNESIA is an endearing nun  who can’t remember who she is because a crucifix fell on her head. She is constantly causing problems through her naïve take on life. 
  • Penelope Johnson - SISTER MARY LEO is a dancer and wants to dedicate her life to God as the first nun ballerina. Reverend Mother insists on the traditional habit and will not let her wear a tutu. 
  • Terri Thompson - SISTER MARY HUBERT is the Mistress of Novices. She was born in New Jersey and wanted to be a nun all her life. She is constantly getting Reverend Mother out of predicaments and feels she should really be Mother Superior. 
  • David Badger - ANGELO CONTRALTO is the "generous" parishioner responsible for booking the sisters at the Hollywood Bowl (Bowl-a-Rama that is).