{"id":182682,"date":"2026-04-01T21:16:06","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T21:16:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/182682\/"},"modified":"2026-04-01T21:16:06","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T21:16:06","slug":"iona-players-set-to-perform-sister-act-in-new-rochelle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/182682\/","title":{"rendered":"Iona Players Set to Perform Sister Act in New Rochelle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NEW ROCHELLE, NY (April 1, 2026) \u2014 The Iona Players, a theater group from Iona University, will perform \u2018Sister Act: The Musical\u2019 at the Murphy Auditorium. Performances are scheduled for April 10 at 7 p.m., April 11 at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m., and April 12 at 3 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Based on the 1992 film starring Whoopi Goldberg, the musical features a soundtrack inspired by Motown, soul, and disco, bringing the 1970s to life. The story follows Deloris Van Cartier, a lounge singer who enters witness protection in a convent after witnessing a crime.<\/p>\n<p>John Deveraux, a junior at Iona University who plays Joey, remarked, \u201cPerforming with the Iona Players is such a privilege. All the members are immensely talented and are giving their all for this show!\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/img_1009-1.jpg\" class=\"size-full wp-image-75482\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>Tristen Rosa, a senior playing Pablo, shared, \u201cIt has been a pleasure working alongside the Iona Players in their production of Sister Act. The entire cast and crew have been a joy to work with, and the show itself has been a really fun experience to be a part of. I look forward to showing audiences the hard work this group has put into this production, as well as having a solid show to end off my senior year on.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The performances are free for Iona University students and faculty, with tickets available for purchase at Ionatickets.com.<\/p>\n<p>This article was prepared with the assistance of AI tools under the direction and editing of Robert Cox.<\/p>\n<p>Have information about this story? Email robertcox@talkofthesound (preferred) or contact via WhatsApp: +353 089 972 0669.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEW ROCHELLE, NY (April 1, 2026) \u2014 The Iona Players, a theater group from Iona University, will perform&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":182683,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[128,9,24,63,129,131,130],"class_list":{"0":"post-182682","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-the-bronx","8":"tag-bronx","9":"tag-new-york","10":"tag-new-york-city","11":"tag-nyc","12":"tag-the-bronx","13":"tag-the-bronx-headlines","14":"tag-the-bronx-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182682","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=182682"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182682\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/182683"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=182682"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=182682"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=182682"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}