By John Patrick Shanley; Directed by Rose Riordan
May 20 – June 15, 2008 || main stage
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Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama and the Tony Award for Best Play in 2005, Doubt: A Parable, takes place 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.” 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.
What They’re Saying about Doubt:
“Doubt is a lean, potent drama…passionate, exquisite, important and engrossing”
- Linda Winer, Newsday
“Doubt is a stunningly fine work of dramatic literature, and certainly Shanley’s best.”
- Ben Waterhouse, The Willamette Week
“Center Stage and director Rose Riordan get excellent performances from a four-person cast, most notably Jayne Taini as Sister Aloysius and John Behlmann as Father Flynn.”
- Eric Bartels, Portland Tribune
“vigorously entertaining and thought-provoking”
- Marty Hughley, The Oregonian
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