[In the opening moments of "Sister Mary Ignatius Explains It All For You"] Sister Ignatius can seem to be a piece of humorous nostalgia recalling experiences in a Catholic grammar school and poking fun at some of the sisters who taught in those schools. A type of good natured humor highlighting eccentricities of some grammar school nuns when engaged in by Catholic adults, including priests and nuns, can co-exist with an attitude of both affection and gratitude and in a certain context even be a sign of faith.

Not so Durang's play. Until he frees himself from what he perceives as Catholicism his anger may strangle his creativity. In spite of all the attempts at humor in "Sister Ignatius," Durang's attack on the church is dead serious. What he sets up to attack is less than a straw man. Thomas Wolfe's insight that you can't go home again...