Late Nite Catechism at Long Wharf

She is back with her sinfully funny brand of comedy sister returns to the Long Wharf theater with the new show till death do us part Late night catechism 3 and here to fill us in. Please. Welcome Noni Newton Brown She is sister or brain or brain or brain. It's it's my first time doing this and from the Long Wharf theater Scarpa welcome to both of you. Thanks for being here. Thank you. Sister's already corrected me once so from here I have nowhere to go but up I guess right tell me a little about the show What is this? What is this about for people who are not familiar with this show? Well, it's all about the sacrament of marriage and a little bit about the blessing of the sick Which is also a sacrament if you're checking out if you're checking out This is mainly that the rest of the show is about compatibility. We even have a game show we get two Couples pitted against each other for for wonderful prizes And you are the one leading this I am this show you need the audience to participate, right? Yes, absolutely, they love to and that's what I love about New Haven they love to jump in you have been here several times My third visit back here. I'm so happy to be at the Long Wharf and I'm here for Pepe's pizza, too Of course, of course can't miss out on that and I brought you a couple of little prizes. Look at this All right, something new. This is walking with Jesus gummy sandal candy Wow Something you could win if you you know, maybe and I I seem to have lost it I somewhere Here we go. Here's a smile. Jesus loves you lollipop. It's very nice. These are the these are the valuable prizes Oh, there's the audience can play for you might get a pack of tuna. Who knows something Catholic though Well, that would that would be a jar of mayonnaise. We don't know that's Catholic. I carry can should I know that? I'm not Catholic, but should I know that you're not Catholic? Well, that shows yeah Brought up in a religion. I hope I was yeah pagan run in the streets No, you don't have to be Catholic to enjoy this show. Well, and that's part of the deal, right? Yeah, well by the time you leave will you be Catholic if you're smart, but no Not necessarily, but you can just enjoy it and it's a fun way to we have married couples. Maybe you're engaged Maybe you're dating. This is a great way to see if you're on the same page Yes Have you had people come out with with success stories and maybe some people realizing that this isn't for a couple? That's getting married. Yes, and we're The entire audience last night. We've decided to crash their wedding. Why not? I got the got the information So you're part of the family now? What's it like to have sister back to have this this comedy series? It's kind of a nice addition to the Longworth schedule isn't see absolutely our audiences love sister We have tremendous ticket sales off of them We've had a lot of people interested in her coming back and we've gotten a lot of clamor for it So really something that we're very proud and excited about I'm sorry I didn't get to see what Sonya might have been wearing today. No offense to you, you know, and I do love dr Bell, so I love to come back here and see everybody that that that right there is proof that you know You know what you're talking about. You've been here before I love the gang But we kept what's best about late-night catechism. And and so the audience is really the co-star They love to participate and jump in and what about someone who who says, you know what? I'm a little shy this may not I may not want to be called on you're gonna call them. Anyway, you're gonna possibly Yeah, too bad for you. Yeah, too bad But you know the sheer odds are in your favor that maybe I won't you know, because it seats 200 people Yeah, but you know, I'm like a t-rex. I see any movement. I've seen it's exactly the analogy I was gonna make all right sister t-rex, but we have a lot of you know, we'll brush up a little bit on the sacraments We'll have some questions and answers and people can win valuable prizes some wonderful. Holy cards There'll be some saint stories involved and this is a brand new spin on marriage and laughing out loud Really kind of that's a big part of it. You want to hear that audience laugh nowadays? I think we could all use a good laugh. Yeah, Steve What else is on the on the calendar this summer at Longworth? Well, we have coming up starting next week the one-man Star Wars trilogy It's running July 14th through the 26th a gentleman named Charles Ross He's a Canadian actor put together literally the original trilogy. He does all the sound effects. He does all the dialogue He does the you know, the the lightsaber battles and the and the spaceship fights and stuff. It's really funny It's really like an exciting event. Yeah, this is someone who I imagine has seen Star Wars More time than most of the people in this room put together. I think a lot of people quoted as 400 Okay, I think as a kid and I think if I'm remembering correctly he was The he the idea came playing Frisbee with a buddy of his neighbor Versailles lines back and forth as they were tossing the Frisbee and That's how the idea for this this gig came up and that's part of the fun at Longworth to a wide variety of shows Absolutely, and we're doing the next show that we have coming in in August is my mother's Italian My father's Jewish and I'm in therapy. That's all you can help out there, right? I'm free for advice Yeah, that's that's running August 5th through the 9th and the 19th through the 30th and that's starring a gentleman named Steve Solomon and he Tells stories observational humor about his family and he's been likened to you know Billy Crystal and Alan King and George Carlin, that's the sort of comedian he is and that's also very popular late-night catechism How long does that run? When is when is that point of view? I will be here from now through August 16th, and we have shows Wednesday through Sunday And like I said, there's there's wonderful prizes. There's an open bar If you're not into the show, you can always go out and toss a few back wait for your wife to come out You don't want that to happen you want to stay right there well they could try I'll get them there would be a compelling Yeah compatibility marriage issue there if that happens, right? Possibly you can catch till death do us part at long working call now for tickets or go to long work org Of course, we will also have the link on our website Steve and Noni Newton green very good sister. Thank you for being here. Thanks Chris. Nice to see