THE TM 911 Franklin Street Weekly Newspaper Michigan City, IN 46360 VolumeSister 30, Number 24 Thursday, Act June 19, 2014 Chicago Playwright’s Religious Comedies Resonate With All Audiences by Andrew Tallackson Vicki Quade grew up in Chicago’s southwest She attended Catholic school and came to know suburbs, in what she describes as a “very Catholic the nuns well. The nuns, in fact, frequently bor- household” and a community populated mostly by rowed one of her family’s cars. They’d walk over to Catholics and Lutherans. her house and tap on a window to signal their ar- People of other faiths rarely crossed her path. rival, never standing on the porch or coming inside. She was well into her teens when she met someone “We would hear, tap tap tap, on the dining room who wasn’t Catholic or Lutheran. window and my mom would say, ‘Oh, the nuns are Continued on Page 2 Vicki Quade has made a cottage industry for herself of religious comedies. THE Page 2 June 19, 2014 THE 911 Franklin Street • Michigan City, IN 46360 219/879-0088 • FAX 219/879-8070 In Case Of Emergency, Dial e-mail: News/Articles -
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