Editing The Singing Nun (section)

=== Theatre ===

In 1996, ''The Tragic and Horrible Life of the Singing Nun'' premiered [[Off-Broadway]] at the [[Grove Street Playhouse]]. The play, which was written and directed by Blair Fell, was loosely based on events in Deckers' life. The production featured several musical numbers and followed the life of the title character, renamed Jeanine Fou, from her entry into the convent until her death with Pécher. ''[[The New York Times]]'' review stated the play "milks much of its comic mileage from the incongruous, and willfully tasteless, pairing of its holy setting and its trashy, [[Jacqueline Susann]]-style dialogue ... In dressing up despair in barbed frivolity, Mr. Fell provides his own skewed equivalent of tragic catharsis."<ref>{{cite news
 | url = http://theater2.nytimes.com/mem/theater/treview.html?res=9F05E6D61139F935A25757C0A960958260
 | title = The Tragic and Horrible Life of the Singing Nun
 | work = The New York Times
 | format = Registration required
}}</ref> The [[Catholic League (U.S.)|Catholic League]] spoke out publicly against the production.<ref>{{cite web
 |url         = http://www.catholicleague.org/annualreport.php?year=1996&id=22
 |title       = The Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights
 |year        = 1996
 |publisher   = catholicleague.org
 |access-date  = 26 July 2008
|url-status     = dead
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20081021010901/http://www.catholicleague.org/annualreport.php?year=1996&id=22
 |archive-date = 21 October 2008
}}</ref>

In 2006, a musical version of Fell's play was staged during the [[New York Musical Theatre Festival]], produced by George DeMarco and David Gerard, both of whom produced the 1996 production. Laura Daniel played Jeanine and received the [[NYMF Award for Excellence|NYMF Award]] for Outstanding Individual Performance. The musical featured music and lyrics by Andy Monroe and a book by Fell (who also contributed additional lyrics); it was directed by Michael Schiralli.<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.broadwayworld.com/viewcolumn.cfm?colid=12621
|title=Photo Coverage: NYMF's 'Singing Nun'
|last=Strothmann
|first=Ben
|date=3 October 2006
|publisher=broadwayworld.com
|access-date=26 July 2008}}</ref>