BELFAST – ­ Midcoast Actors' Studio announces the cast and crew of its next production, the hilarious musical Nunsense, which runs Aug. 1 through Aug.­ 10 at the UU Church in Belfast.

This full­ length theatre production originated from a line of outrageous and highly successful greeting cards by Dan Goggin,an American writer, composer and lyricist of musical theatre.
The cards included witty, catchy phrases and featured friend and dental assistant, Marilyn Farina dressed as a Roman Catholic nun.

The successful cards encouraged Goggin to expand the line into a cabaret show called The Nunsense Story. The show opened for a four-day run at Manhattan’s Duplex. Due to its popularity it remained for 38 weeks. The positive response to the show encouraged Goggin to turn it into the full-­length feature production it is today.

Nunsense opened at the off­ Broadway Cherry Lane Theatre on December 12, 1985. It then moved into the Douglas Fairbanks Theatre where it remained for ten years holding 3,672 performances. The show was translated into more than 26 languages with more than 8000 productions held worldwide grossing more than $500 million in revenue.

The cast features two new faces to MAS, although not new to the stage; Irene Dennis and Alex Clausen of Bangor, both of whom have performed with Penobscot Theater Company. MAS company members Leah Smith of Rockland, Jennifer Maher of Knox, and Angela Domenichelli of Belfast round out the five nun cast. MAS founder and artistic director Jason Bannister is the director/producer, Joani Mitchell is music director, Jay Rosenberg is stage manager, Maher is choreographer, Ivy Lobato is props supervisor, and Shari John is house manager.

Friday and Saturday shows are at 7 p.m., and Sundays at 3 p.m. Tickets are $15 and can be reserved by calling the Midcoast Actors’ Studio box office at 370­-7592 or by emailing midcoastactors@gmail.com.

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