Mariette in Ecstasy

Based on the best-selling novel by Ron Hansen, "Mariette in Ecstasy" explores questions of faith, fear, and sexuality against the backdrop of a convent in the early-20th century. When a young postulant, Mariette, enters The Sisters of the Crucifixion, she arrives with a fierce commitment to God that manifests in divine visitations and visions. Her presence destabilizes the quiet life of her fellow sisters and religious leaders and inspires a crisis of belief and identity that leaves no one in the community untouched. Mariette in Ecstasy is a "really good yarn, grippingly told, forcefully acted and intellectually engaging" (Chicago Tribune) and an example of "a certain kind of perfection [that] can exist in the theater" (Chicago Sun-Times).