John Patrick Shanley's DOUBT
3/27/2008
6:30 pm
- 7:30 pm
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Location:
Tennessee Performing Arts Center Johnson Theater
Category:
Open to the Public
Doubt
by John Patrick Shanley
TPAC's Johnson Theater
Directed by Rene Copeland
Featuring Rona Carter and Jessejames Locorrieri
6:30 PM, Wednesdays and Thursdays, March 13, 19, 20, 26 and 27
7:30 PM, Fridays and Saturdays, March 14, 15, 21, 22, 28 and 29
2:30 PM, Saturdays, March 22 and 29
Tennessee Premiere
2005 Tony Award Best Play, New York Drama Desk Award,
2005 Pulitzer Prize for Drama
Tennessee Rep is one of two Tennessee theatre companies to obtain production rights for this spellbinding and expertly written play by Shanley (Best Original Screenplay Oscar, Moonstruck). Set in a Catholic grammar school in 1964 at the time of Vatican II reforms, the plot focuses on the possible misbehavior of Father Flynn. He is a popular and more contemporary spiritual leader than Sister Aloysius, the indefatigable school principal who doubts his moral character. Once her doubts are set in motion, an explosive cat-and-mouse game ensues between the two. Is she on a witch hunt or is her continued probing justified by new information? Their confrontations will keep you on the edge of your seat. Is Father Flynn a pedophile? Is Sister Aloysius a zealot or is her crusade justified? What do you think? Do you have a shadow of a doubt? "All the elements come invigoratingly together like clockwork in John Patrick Shanley's provocative new play -- a gripping story of suspicion cast on a priest's behavior that is less about scandal than about fascinatingly nuanced questions of moral certainty." - Variety "ÂÂÂ an inspired study in moral uncertainty with the compellingly certain structure of an old-fashioned detective drama." - The New York Times Appropriate Audience: High school and above. No Late Seating.
Tickets: $10-$40 (some restrictions apply). TPAC Box Offices: 505 Deaderick St., Downtown Nashville; Davis-Kidd Booksellers in The Mall at Green Hills; 615 255-ARTS; www.tennesseerep.org
by John Patrick Shanley
TPAC's Johnson Theater
Directed by Rene Copeland
Featuring Rona Carter and Jessejames Locorrieri
6:30 PM, Wednesdays and Thursdays, March 13, 19, 20, 26 and 27
7:30 PM, Fridays and Saturdays, March 14, 15, 21, 22, 28 and 29
2:30 PM, Saturdays, March 22 and 29
Tennessee Premiere
2005 Tony Award Best Play, New York Drama Desk Award,
2005 Pulitzer Prize for Drama
Tennessee Rep is one of two Tennessee theatre companies to obtain production rights for this spellbinding and expertly written play by Shanley (Best Original Screenplay Oscar, Moonstruck). Set in a Catholic grammar school in 1964 at the time of Vatican II reforms, the plot focuses on the possible misbehavior of Father Flynn. He is a popular and more contemporary spiritual leader than Sister Aloysius, the indefatigable school principal who doubts his moral character. Once her doubts are set in motion, an explosive cat-and-mouse game ensues between the two. Is she on a witch hunt or is her continued probing justified by new information? Their confrontations will keep you on the edge of your seat. Is Father Flynn a pedophile? Is Sister Aloysius a zealot or is her crusade justified? What do you think? Do you have a shadow of a doubt? "All the elements come invigoratingly together like clockwork in John Patrick Shanley's provocative new play -- a gripping story of suspicion cast on a priest's behavior that is less about scandal than about fascinatingly nuanced questions of moral certainty." - Variety "ÂÂÂ an inspired study in moral uncertainty with the compellingly certain structure of an old-fashioned detective drama." - The New York Times Appropriate Audience: High school and above. No Late Seating.
Tickets: $10-$40 (some restrictions apply). TPAC Box Offices: 505 Deaderick St., Downtown Nashville; Davis-Kidd Booksellers in The Mall at Green Hills; 615 255-ARTS; www.tennesseerep.org