Tickets are on sale now for The Greater Danbury Irish Cultural Foundation's presentation of Christmas Bingo: It's a Ho-Ho-Holy Night, an interactive, hilarious comedy about a new church bingo fundraising program that is staffed by one of the funniest women in the parish— Mrs. Mary Margaret O’Brien.
Break out your ugly Christmas sweater and enjoy an entertaining night of theater, trivia, games and fun on Saturday, Nov. 3, 2018 at Rogers Park Middle School, Danbury, Conn., that will have you ho-ho-ho-ing your way right into the holiday season!
Vicki Quade, creator of the smash hit Late Nite Catechism, invites you to get into the Christmas spirit with her entertaining new show Christmas Bingo: It's a Ho-Ho-Holy Night. Brush up on your Yuletide trivia, because with this uniquely interactive show, you'll be playing for actual prizes. Bingo caller Mrs. Mary Margaret O'Brien will have you in stitches as she tackles the wackiest myths and most outrageous facts about Christmas, including jolly old St. Nick's origins and where candy canes come from.
This comedic theatrical production is presented by Nuns 4 Fun, a Chicago-based theater company, in conjunction with the Greater Danbury Irish Cultural Foundation, a 501 (c) 3.
Tickets are $30 and a portion of the proceeds goes to support the philanthropic and cultural work that the GDICF does in the Greater Danbury area.
Tickets may be purchased online on Eventbrite-- https://www.eventbrite.com/e/its-a-ho-ho-holy-night-tickets-50933449318, or with a credit card or in person by cash or check (without the credit card processing fee) at the Greater Danbury Irish Cultural Center, 6 Lake. Ave., Danbury, CT during normal business hours, 7 days a week, 4-11 p.m.
Questions? Email Katie Gehan at kilclogher1@aol.com or call the club at (203) 739-0010.
Review from Chicago Reader:
"Vicki Quade has made a career out of Catholic comedy (Late Night Catechism, Bible Bingo), and she's in top form here as Mrs. Mary Margaret O'Brien, a former nun who now heads up the archdiocese's new bingo fund-raising department. Wearing an appropriately kitschy "Happiness Is Playing Bingo" T-shirt, Quade nonetheless plays her character as the sort of stern taskmaster remembered and perhaps beloved by Catholic audience members, quick to send disobedient bingo players—this includes you—to stand with their noses to the chalkboard. Or donate a dollar to the church's pagan-baby fund. Quade delivers little-known Christmas facts with an effective deadpan, bingo helps keep the audience engaged, and the comical throwback prizes include Bing Crosby records and, for the Jewish set, a little Barbra Streisand." —Marissa Oberlander
About the Greater Danbury Irish Cultural Foundation:
The Greater Danbury Irish Cultural Foundation (GDICF) offers weekly Irish language classes at the beginning and intermediate levels; weekly fiddle and whistle classes at the beginning and intermediate levels; weekly céilí and set dancing classes; monthly seisiún; a 1-day traditional acoustic Irish music festival; and an annual 3-day Irish Festival (the Danbury Irish Festival) with a full program of traditional Irish cultural entertainment. The dance group supports numerous céilís around the New York and CT area.