Twenty-six years after its debut, his quintet of nuns from Hoboken, trying to fund the burial of four nuns presently residing in their freezer, is still entertaining audiences around the world.

Instead of the traditional bake sale or arts and crafts fair, these five nuns decide to put on a show to raise money, using their own singing and dancing skills as fodder for donations.

Instead of the usual stereotypic nun figures - either silly, childish creatures or harsh, cruel ones - Goggin has created five individual human beings from very different backgrounds. They are very different personalities who chose to become nuns for very different reasons. This in itself is a big improvement over most comedies or dramas featuring nuns.

When the story starts, we learn that Sister Julia, their nun chef, has unwittingly poisoned 50 of their fellow nuns, and the remaining five who survived the ordeal could only afford to bury 46 of them. The remaining four await burial until sufficient funds have been raised.

Mother Superior (Sister Regina), Mistress of Novices (Sister Hubert), Novice (Sister Leo), the nun who forgot her name (Sister Amnesia) and the gym teacher (Sister Robert Ann) comprise the remaining brave souls, determined to carry on with their duties.

Each character contributes something unique to the performance. Sister Regina tries to exert control over the whole venture, but is hilariously compromised when she accidentally sniffs a substance which Sister Robert Ann discovered in one of her student’s lockers. Sister Hubert competes for power with Mother Superior.

Sister Leo, the youngest member of the house, still has a longing to be a dancer, and Sister Robert Ann, the street-smart one from Brooklyn, just wants to be on stage in any capacity. Poor Sister Amnesia, who just wants to remember who she is, amuses us with her jokes and her operatic voice.

Each character can belt out a good solo, but their ensemble numbers are among the best. "Growing up Catholic" was especially beautiful. Their little foray into Gregorian Chant was very evocative of another era when Latin was "in" and classical motifs reigned.

All five actors deserve mention: Bria Cloyd, the elegant novice mistress; Lori Nappe, the dreamy novice; Antoinette Stikl, the formidable mother superior; Emily Wacher Schultz, the precious amnesiac; and Cat Zimmerman, the somewhat brazen narcissist longing for a spotlight.

Additionally, Bryan Myers, who served as the musical director and accompanist, and Diana Alioto, director-choreographer, must be credited with the success of the whole.

Those of us who attended Catholic schools will especially enjoy this somewhat irreverent but affectionate reunion with the nuns of our youth.

Those who didn’t will relish it for other reasons of their own. From what I sensed from the audience, everyone on stage and off was having a very good time. In fact, this may have been the "whoopiest" audience I’ve ever observed in Sunset Playhouse.

For those who love musicals, this is the second out of three musical being offered by the Sunset Playhouse this year.