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FSC theatre department presents 'Nunsense'
New season begins with award-winning play

LAKELAND, Fla. (Oct. 5, 2001) - Florida Southern's theater department begins its new season of plays with the musical comedy "Nunsense," in the Buckner Theater on the FSC campus. Performances begin at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 11-13 and 18-20; matinees start at 2:30 p.m. Oct. 13, 14, 20, and 21.

"Nunsense" is a comical spoof about five nuns from Hoboken who try to raise money by putting on a talent show. The play won the Outer Critics' Circle Awards as Best Musical, Best Music, and Best Book of 1986.

Writer Dan Goggin, who wrote the book, music, and lyrics, wanted to do a show that portrayed nuns the way he remembered them from his parochial school days. "One of the reasons I wanted to do 'Nunsense,'" he told The Catholic Standard and Times, "is that I had always had a good experience with nuns. ... And the nuns who come to see it are so pleased with it. They're real happy to send other people to see it."

The production is directed by theater department chair James Beck, who also remembers growing up in a Catholic environment. "I first saw 'Nunsense' sometime in the '80s. Seeing these nuns in full habit, appearing very much like the nuns I had known growing up brought back a lot of childhood and family memories and made the evening an all-around fun, pleasant and nostalgic experience," Beck said.

Tickets are $12. For ticket information, please contact the Branscomb Auditorium box office at (863) 680-4296.

About Florida Southern College
Florida Southern is a four-year, private, co-educational liberal arts college affiliated with the United Methodist Church. The college offers more than 40 undergraduate majors and a master of business administration degree accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. Located in Lakeland, Fla., the college is home to the largest, single-site collection of Frank Lloyd Wright architecture in the world.

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