Doubt
Friday, May 23, 2008, 7:30 PM
Gerding Theater - Main Stage By John Patrick Shanley
Directed by Rose Riordan
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama and the Tony Award for Best Play in 2005, Doubt takes place in the St. Nicholas Church School in the Bronx in 1964. This sensitive yet provocative play centers around the conflict between Sister Aloysius, a traditional, by-the-book nun who presides over the school, and the more laid-back parish priest, Father Flynn, over what Sister Aloysius considers to be inappropriate behavior toward one of the school’s new students. Described by TheaterMania as “a modern mystery or thriller that ends with no certain answers… [Doubt] is a supreme contest of wills, an unflinching search for the truth and a measure of justice dealt to the audience for 90 minutes without an intermission… Some of the original Broadway cast has even stated in interviews that the second act takes place when the audience leaves the theater to discuss their differing opinions of the play – some agreeing with Aloysius and others siding with Flynn.” But the real issue of the play is not what is right and what is wrong, or who did what to whom and why, but the role that doubt plays in the hearts and minds of all of us, believer and non-believer alike. |  | For further assistance please email us at: boxoffice@pcs.org or call 503.445.3700. |
