DOUBT
FACT SHEET
PRESENTED BY ASOLO REPERTORY THEATRE
Michael Donald Edwards, Producing Artistic Director
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DOUBT a parable by John Patrick Shanley |
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| TICKETS |
$19-$56 |
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Box Office 941-351-8000 or 800-361-8388 |
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Group Sales (10 or more) toll free 877-427-6567 www.asolo.org
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| WHO |
Director: Anne Kauffman |
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Assistant Director: Ryan Clark |
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Scenic Designer: Kris Stone |
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Costume Designer: Emily Rebholz |
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Lighting Designer: Mark Barton |
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Sound Designer: Matthew Parker |
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Vocal Coach: Patricia Delorey |
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Casting: Stuart Howard, Amy Schecter & Paul Hardt |
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Stage Manager: Juanita Munford* |
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Intern Assistant to the Stage Manager: Danielle MacMonagle |
| CAST |
Father Brendan Flynn |
Paul Molnar* |
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Sister Aloysius Beauvier |
Randy Danson* |
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Sister James |
Karis Danish |
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Mrs. Muller |
Sameerah Luqmaan-Harris* |
OPENING NIGHT on Friday, December 14, 2007 at 8 PM.
The opening night show is followed by Asolo Rep’s big champagne reception, and “mingle with the stars” celebration. Members of the media are invited to photograph and interview the cast and creative team at the party.
SETTING The action of the play takes place at St. Nicholas Catholic Church and School in the Bronx, New York, 1964.
SYNOPSIS What price do we pay for absolute certainty? What facts do we ignore if we follow our faith blindly? And what falsehoods might we take for truth simply because we do not question them? In 1964, at Saint Nicholas Catholic Church and School in the Bronx, these questions are among the many that the principal, Sister Aloysius, begins to ask herself when confronted with a priest who may or may not have formed an inappropriate connection with one of the school’s students. Though she has no overt proof, she goes on a quest for the truth of the matter – but only creates deeper and deeper uncertainty for all involved, including herself.
Doubt will be performed without an intermission.
PREVIEWS Wednesday, December 12 at 8 PM / Thursday, December 13 at 8 PM
SHOW TIMES
12/14 8:00 PM ON 01/17 2:00 PM 03/15 2:00 PM
12/22 2:00 PM 01/23 8:00 PM 03/16 2:00 PM AD
12/26 2:00 PM 01/24 8:00 PM 03/19 8:00 PM
12/27 8:00 PM 01/31 8:00 PM PT 03/21 8:00 PM
12/29 2:00 PM IN 02/06 8:00 PM AD 03/29 8:00 PM
01/02 2:00 PM 02/09 8:00 PM 04/04 8:00 PM
01/05 8:00 PM 02/17 2:00 PM PT 04/08 8:00 PM
01/09 8:00 PM 02/21 2:00 PM 04/17 2:00 PM
01/11 8:00 PM 02/27 2:00 PM 04/23 2:00 PM
01/13 2:00 PM 03/04 8:00 PM 05/01 2:00 PM CL
01/15 8:00 PM 03/08 8:00 PM
PLAYTALKS This is a free opportunity for the community to meet the actors of each play and participate in an animated and honest discussion about the production process. Tickets to the show prior to the discussion are $19-$56. In the Mertz Theatre: Thursday, January 31 after the 8 PM evening performance and Sunday, February 17 after the 2 PM matinee performance.
INSIGHTS Asolo Rep Insights series provides a peek at the intriguing and often humorous inside stories behind the selection, development and staging of each production. Moderated by the Asolo Rep education staff, the one-hour Saturday morning talks include discussions with the cast, directors, and technical artists who create the work you see on stage. The discussion is FREE; you may purchase tickets to the 2 PM performance following the discussion for $19-$52; however, attendance of the show is not required.
Saturday, December 29 at 11 AM in the Mertz Theatre
AUDIO DESCRIBED A service provided by Asolo Rep where specially trained audio describers provide elaborate audio imagery of the play action and setting to visually impaired audience members through a headset system. Sponsored by the Center for Sight.
Wednesday, February 6, 8 PM
Sunday, March 16, 2 PM
CLOSING NIGHT CELEBRATION on April 8, 2008
Join Asolo Rep and Prudential Palms Realty for a fun-filled, blow-out cast party! Purchase a ticket to the closing night performance (April 8) and mingle with the cast after the show. Enjoy free wine, late night snack food, D.J. music, beer tasting compliments of Gold Coast Eagle Distributing and a cash bar.
CORPORATE MEDIA SEASON PRESENTER Comcast
MAJOR SEASON PRESENTERS Florida State University, Joan Mendell, and Virginia Toulmin
SEASON PRESENTERS Designing Women Boutique, Janet & Stanley Kane, and Elaine Keating
CO-PRESENTER Mattison’s
CO-PRODUCERS Selma Klingenstein, Abbie and Alan Kurland, Brenda Landry, Nancy Markle, Orion Marx and Atlas Financial, Ann and Harris Silver, Jeanne and Norman Winston, and Sally Yanowitz
CRYSTAL SOCIETY Esther M. Mertz, Lee Peterson, and Ulla R. Searing
Originally produced by the Manhattan Theatre Club on November 23, 2004.
Originally produced on Broadway by Carole Shorenstein Hays, MTC Productions, Roger Berlind and Scott Rudin March 31, 2005.
Doubt, A Parable by John Patrick Shanley is presented by arrangement with Dramatists Play Service, Inc. in New York.
DIRECTOR’S NOTE By Anne Kauffman
In his preface to Doubt, John Patrick Stanley remarks, “When a man feels unsteady, when he falters, when hard-won knowledge evaporates before his eyes, he’s on the verge of growth. The subtle or violent reconciliation of the outer person and the inner core often seems at first like a mistake; like you’ve gone the wrong way and you’re lost. But this is just emotion longing for the familiar. Life happens when the tectonic power of your speechless soul breaks through the dead habits of the mind. Doubt is nothing less than an opportunity to reenter the Present.”
But what are the conditions under which such monumental disruption occurs? Are there ensuing ramifications of “reentering the Present?” And, as is the case with Sister Aloysius, what if the institution under whose influence you have cultivated your very sense of self begins to shift in ways that render what you’ve come to know as essential obsolete?
I am Jewish, but I was brought up by my father to be suspect of the very idea of organized religion, Judaism included. Instead of faith in God, we had faith in my father. We grew up believing he was vested with the power to keep us safe from the evils of the world, that we were the charmed progeny of a greater being. Whenever one of us uttered, “oh God” my father would answer, “Yes?” Because of his particular cosmology, I grew into a young adult cultivating a certainty and confidence that was rarely challenged. Imagine my surprise when I discovered, upon entering the wider world, that my father was a mere mortal and that the paradigm I had been living within was just that, a singular paradigm, which had extremely limited appeal or application elsewhere.
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Asolo Repertory Theatre is funded in part by the Division of Cultural Affairs, Florida Department of State, the Florida Arts Council, the City and County of Sarasota and the Sarasota County Tourist Development Tax through the Board of County Commissioners, the Tourist Development Council and the Sarasota County Arts Council. Funding is also received through efforts of support groups including the Asolo Angel Association, the Asolo Repertory Theatre Guild, the Directors Emeritus and the generosity of individuals, corporations and foundations.