Catholic Schoolgirls

Written by Casey Kurtti
Directed by Kellie Powell

Photography by Kellie Powell, Dan Oltman, Stephanie Krimmer, and Kathy Briggs.

Rehearsal Photos * Tech Week Photos


Maria Theresa (Elizabeth Johnson) hides under a desk from the approaching nuclear bomb, on the first day of first grade at St. George's school.


Sister Mary Agnes (Katie Karl) comforts Maria Theresa (Elizabeth Johnson), telling her that the air raid siren is just a test.


Elizabeth (Lauren Schumacher) condemns the audience to Hell.


The girls review what they will say when they have their First Confession.
Right to left: Lauren Schumacher, Elizabeth Johnson, Miriam Gebhardt, Katie Sebald.


The girls await their First Communion.
Right to left: Elizabeth Johnson, Katie Sebald, Miriam Gebhardt.


Wanda: "I'm telling!" Colleen: "NO YOU'RE NOT!"
Right to left: Elizabeth Johnson, Katie Sebald, Miriam Gebhardt.
(Notice how Wanda and Colleen are both smiling and not in character.)


Sister Mary Lucille rules her class with an iron fist.
Right to left: Lauren Schumacher, Krystal Wilcox, Elizabeth Johnson, Miriam Gebhardt.


Right to left: Lauren Schumacher, Elizabeth Johnson, Miriam Gebhardt.


Right to left: Elizabeth Johnson, Miriam Gebhardt, Katie Sebald.


My favorite photo - Wanda, being a diva, as the other girls crowd around.
Right to left: Katie Sebald, Lauren Schumacher, Miriam Gebhardt, Elizabeth Johnson.


Sister Mary Thomasina (Paige Osborn) asks Wanda (Miriam Gebhardt) if she feels it is neccessary to make a spectacle of herself - especially in front of the boys.


Miriam Gebhardt delivers her monologue (and breaks into a tap dance).


Miriam Gebhardt delivers her monologue... She's going to be famous.


Maria Theresa (Elizabeth Johnson), Wanda (Miriam Gebhardt), and Colleen (Katie Sebald) mourn the news that their second-grade Drill Seargant of a teacher will be moving up to teach eighth grade.


We honestly don't know what Elizabeth Johnson is so excited about in this picture.


Elizabeth (Lauren Schumacher) and Maria Theresa (Elizabeth Johnson) pray together.
(Note that Elizabeth has her fingers and legs crossed.)


Wanda (Miriam Gebhardt) asks Colleen (Katie Sebald) why Maria Theresa isn't in class.


Wanda (Miriam Gebhardt) sits at her desk, while Colleen (Katie Sebald) stands in front of the blackboard as punishment.
Of course, this photo was taken before we actually had a blackboard...


Colleen (Katie Sebald) delivers her disturbing and heart-wrenching monologue.


The girls plot against Sister Mary Lucille in her absence.
Right to left: Katie Sebald, Lauren Schumacher, Elizabeth Johnson, Miriam Gebhardt.


Maria Theresa (Elizabeth Johnson) and Elizabeth (Lauren Schumacher), stand together at the 8th grade dance.


Elizabeth (Lauren Schumacher) reads aloud from a sociology book that claims Jesus Christ was Jewish.
Right to left: Katie Sebald, Lauren Schumacher, Miriam Gebhardt.


Sister Mary Agnes (Katie Karl) tells Elizabeth (Lauren Schumacher) that God will never give up on her.