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On Stage: Theatre The Runner Stumbles 6 Normandy Heights Road, Morristown, NJ It is 1911. A young nun has died under mysterious circumstances in a remote parish in northern Michigan, and her pastor, Father Rivard, has been charged with her murder. With alternating action between interrogations, testimony and scenes from the past, the secrets and taboos of their relationship come NewJerseyStage.com to a head, which inevitably spelt tragedy. Not until the explosive and surprising climax of the play is the full extent of their sacrifice made clear and the identity of the murderer revealed. The Bickford Theatre at the Morris Museum presents this play January 28 through February 14. 2016 - ISSUE 1 Table of Contents 79