About the Play
This award winning play set in New York City in 1964, was written by John Patrick Shanley and is being directed by Judie Hanel.
All the elements come in-vigoratingly together like clockwork in John Patrick Shanley's provocative new play, DOUBT, a gripping story of suspicion cast on a priest's behavior that is less about scandal than about fascinatingly nuanced questions of moral certainty.
Set at St. Nicholas Catholic school in 1964 on the cusp of the Second Vatican Council, the play involves a nun, Sister Aloysius, who does not approve of teachers who offer friendship and compassion instead of the discipline she feels students need in order to face a difficult world. When she suspects, Father Flynn, of an unspeakable crime, she is faced with the prospect of charging him with unproved allegations and possibly destroying his position as well as her own.
To help build her case, she asks Sr. James for help. Sr. Aloysius also turns to the young boy’s mother for support.
Father Flynn: I want to say to you: Doubt can be a bond as powerful and sustaining as certainty.
—Doubt
Awards
The play was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 2005, the Drama Desk Award and the Tony Award for Best Play.
Cast
- Sister Aloysius Beauvier: Played by Desiree Amyx Mackintosh. A powerful woman with much insight into people’s failings, but less compassion and humour. A woman who lacks doubt and does not value it.
- Father Brendan Flynn: Played by Joe Garoutte. An articulate, even charismatic priest, who has a more modern outlook than Sister Aloysius, but who also enjoys the power of the priesthood and his position.
- Sister James: Played by Isabel Martin. A young woman still finding her role, given to an optimistic view of people, but also prone to fears and doubt.
- Mrs. Muller: Played by Linda Kaplan. A woman of insight and awareness, prepared to fight for her son in a world of injustice.
Showtimes
The show opens on May 10 and continues on May 11, 12, 17,18 and 19 at 7:30 p.m., with a matinee on May 13 at 2:00 p.m.
Tickets
Tickets are available at Columbia Arts and Waucoma Bookstore in Hood River, aas well as online.
Click for Online Ticketing: Doubt, at Columbia Center for the Arts
Tickets are $15 for adults, $12 for students and seniors and $10 for groups of 10 or more.
Presented by ...
This play is presented by CAST and McDowell and Son, specialists in heating, cooling, and home performance. Learn more about McDowell and Son on their website: McDowell and Son
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