Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts

SISTER’S CHRISTMAS CATECHISM: THE MYSTERY OF THE MAGI’S GOLD Coming to the Kimmel Center Nov. 23 – 28

OCTOBER 14, 2010

It’s not The Nutcracker.

And it’s not A Christmas Carol.

     But it IS the newest addition to your holiday traditions!

 

                         Sister's Christmas Catechism:

                         The Mystery of the Magi's Gold

                                  by Maripat Donovan

                      Featuring Coleen Moore as ‘Sister’

 

                             Tickets On Sale Now!

 

Sister’s Christmas Catechism, starring Colleen Moore as ‘Sister,’ arrives at the Kimmel Center’s Innovation Studio for a limited holiday engagement beginning Nov. 23 – 28.  Performance times are: Tuesday & Saturday evenings at 7pm; Wednesday & Friday evenings at 8pm; Sunday at 3pm. No performances are scheduled for Nov. 25, Thanksgiving Day. The press opening is Nov. 23 at 7pm.

 

Tickets are $49 and may be purchased at the Kimmel Center box office Broad  and Spruce streets.(open daily 10 am to 6 pm), by calling 215-731-3333 or online at kimmelcenter.org/broadway. Group discounts of 15 or more are available by calling 215-790-5883.  

 

In this latest addition to the Late Nite Catechism series, Sister employs techniques from her favorite TV show, CSI to discover the whereabouts of the Magi’s Gold. As she points out in her hilarious opening, “We know what happened to the myrrh and the frankincense – Mary used them as a sort of potpourri.  They were in a barn after all.  But who was the culprit who made off with the gold coins and left Mary, Joseph and the infant Jesus in that lousy stable without any chance to upgrade to a suite?”

 

Forensic tools in hand, Sister creates a living nativity using audience members dressed as the Holy Family, magi, shepherds, sheep, cattle…and of course, an ass.  She then sets the stage for the crime by directing a local choir in songs of the season that are sure to add even more clues to her investigation.

 

Colleen Moore has played the role of ‘Sister’ in national tours and Off-Broadway for several years. Ms. Moore graduated from & was taught by Sisters of the Holy Cross at Blessed Sacrament School and at St. Mary’s High School in Alexandria, VA.  She lives in New York City.

  

Sister’s Christmas Catechism, with hysterical audience interaction, musical highlights, wacky prizes, non-stop laughs and the irrepressible, irresistible Sister, is bound to become a must-see holiday tradition.

 

Kimmel Center, Inc., a charitable, not-for-profit organization, owns, manages, supports and maintains The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts, which includes Verizon Hall, Perelman Theater, Innovation Studio and the Merck Arts Education Center.  Kimmel Center, Inc. also manages the Academy of Music, owned by the Philadelphia Orchestra Association, and the University of the Arts’ Merriam Theater. Our mission is to operate a world-class performing arts center that engages and serves a broad audience from throughout the Greater Philadelphia region.  The 2010/2011 season is sponsored by Citi, and the Broadway 2010/2011 season is sponsored by Verizon, and American Airlines.  For additional information visit kimmelcenter.org.

 

 

Broadway Season press contact:

Carole Morganti/CJM Public Relations

CJMpr01@aol.com  /609-953-0570

                              

 

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