The Divine Sister

June 4 - July 10, 2016 THE DIVINE SISTER– Chicago Premiere! at Ebenezer Lutheran Church By Charles Busch, Directed by Shade Murray Featuring ensemble members David Cerda and Ed Jones Hell in a Handbag’s season opener is a comic homage to nearly every nun movie to come out of of Hollywood. Lifiting from films like The Song of Bernadette, The Bells of St. Mary's, The Singing Nun and Agnes of God, THE DIVINE SISTER tells the story of St. Veronica's indomitable Mother Superior (David Cerda) who is determined to build a new school for her Pittsburgh convent. Along the way, she has to deal with a young postulant who is experiencing "visions," sexual hysteria among her nuns, a sensitive schoolboy in need of mentoring, a mysterious nun visiting from the Mother House in Berlin and a former suitor intent on luring her away from her vows. Funny, clever and even a little sweet, THE DIVINE SISTER springs from the mind of Charles Busch, creator of the camp the classics Die, Mommie, Die!, Psycho Beach Party and Vampire Lesbians of Sodom.