And for good reason. Sister has something for all of you. When you walk into the theater, you are in a typical Catholic school classroom, pictures of Christ on the cross, the Pope, a blackboard with the names of some saints written on it. Selections from The Sound of Music and other nun-related music play throughout, ending with The Hallelujah. What struck me was how many of the people in the audience knew the answers to her questions.
Sister pulls out all of the Catholic stops, all of the cliches.
She pines for the good old days. The hey-day of Catholic education. St. Christopher statues on dashboards. Upon finding four young women in the front row with short skirts, she runs around trying to find cocktail napkins to cover up their legs. This play is, more than anything else a comment on the absurdity of Catholicism.