We just completed our second week of rehearsal for Doubt. The first week was spent at the table wrapping our brains around all kinds of questions: faith vs reason, what do we really believe versus what we were taught to believe, who were we in 1964 - how does the zeitgeist of the time impact our personal decisions. Other than a few references in the text and you knew the exact dates of certain events; the Kennedy assassination the year prior, the dates the Vatican II council took place - nothing on stage would tell you where we are in time (except maybe the telephone that is amazingly heavy!) From the Civil Rights Act to candy cigarettes, America was going through changes as transforming as the Catholic Church. The old school of thought clashing against the new was evident everywhere - marching on the streets, in the news, magazine covers - leaving fountain pens for ball points. Looking back at that time has helped us find the world in which our play lives.
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