Our Season

Written by Andrew Bergman, one of Hollywood’s top comedy screenwriters, this charming farce is a journey back to the
Manhattan art world of the 1980’s. David and Barbara Kahn run a high-end art gallery and enjoy their stylish life in their fancy
East Side apartment. Their domestic tranquility is shattered by the arrival of Barbara’s straight-laced sister, Trudy, and her uptight CPA husband, Marvin. A family crisis concerning their college-age daughter has forced Trudy and Marvin to deliver Sophie, their aged, curmudgeonly mother, to Barbara and David’s care. The sparks really begin to fly when the elegant couple bravely hosts a dinner party for an elderly, minimalist artist, a French legend who is their best client, but —oh, no! Sophie will be there, too!

The Nunsense Christmas musical is presented as the first TV special taped in the Cable Access Studio built by the Reverend Mother in the basement of Mount Saint Helen’s Convent with part of the prize money won by Sister Mary Paul (Amnesia). The show is the annual Christmas program put on by the students of Mount Saint Helen’s School, and this year’s highlight will be an original ballet based on the “Nutcracker” featuring Sister Mary Leo as the Sugar Plum Fairy. In the usual Nunsense highjinks, many problems and comedic situations arise, and we are treated to an evening filled with seasonal songs, laughter, and even some audience participation!

Only the grand dame of mystery, Agatha Christie, could have conceived of this suspenseful courtroom thriller and topped it off with a triple-flip ending. Over the strenuous objections of his private nurse, Miss Plimsoll, Sir Wilfred Robarts, a master barrister in ill health, takes on the case of Leonard Vole, a young man accused of
murdering a wealthy old woman. The testimony of his wife, Christine, should ensure his acquittal, but she is called, instead, as a witness for the prosecution. For a fee, a mysterious woman provides Sir Wilfred with some damning evidence and testimony against Christine, and the plot twists and turns keep coming until the dramatic climax when Leonard and Christine confront each other in the courtroom.

When a postulant, Maria, proves to be too high-spirited for the religious life, she is
dispatched to serve as governess for the seven children of a widowed naval Captain, Georg Von Trapp. Her rapport with the children and her generous spirit capture the heart of the stern Captain, and they marry. Upon returning from their honeymoon, the newlyweds find that the Nazis have taken over Austria and now demand that the Captain report immediately for service in the German Navy. The family’s narrow escape over the mountains into Switzerland on the eve of World War II provides the inspirational finale. This final collaboration between Rodgers & Hammerstein was destined to become America’s most beloved musical, and many songs from the show have become standards including Edelweiss,” “My Favorite Things,” “Do-Re-Mi,” “Climb Ev’ry Mountain,” and the title song.