Communication Arts: Faculty Performances (1997-2020)
Catholic Girl Gun Club
Roles
Nicholas Newell, Directing
Performance Type
Theatrical Production
Performance Subtype
Directing
Performance Date
6-2015
Description
“Catholic Girl Gun Club” takes place in a Kansas military town in 1926, where head nun Sister Perpetua drills the local Catholic schoolgirls in rifle routines, shaping them into expert marksmen to defend their town from a Russian invasion, which the paranoid Perpetua believes is imminent. The girls, however, are not quite convinced on the subject of the Communist threat, and they start to question their teachings. Partly a coming-of-age story, the show tackles several different issues, including feminism, gender roles and challenges veterans face as they reintegrate into civilian life.
Copyright
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Sponsor/Institution/Organization
Georgia Southern University Theatre
Place of Performance
Statesboro, GA
Recommended Citation
Newell, Nicholas D., "Catholic Girl Gun Club" (2015). Communication Arts: Faculty Performances (1997-2020). 12.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/comm-arts-facperf/12
Comments
Summer Theatre, Playwright Stacia Saint Owens traveled from London, England to be in residence for the production