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This play is our entry in this year’s VDL Awards
Doubt: A Parable by John Patrick Shanley
Director Ellis Ebell
Sun, 8 July 2012 from 1.00pm
Mon, 9 July 2012 from 7.30 pm
At Williamstown Little Theatre, 2 Albert Street, Williamstown (Melways 56 B7)
Season: 6-22 September 2012
Auditions by appointment only
To book an audition time, or for more information, please contact the production coordinator,
Shirley Sydenham 0402 231 724.
Synopsis
In a Bronx Catholic school in 1964 a popular young priest’s ambiguous relationship with the school’s first black student is questioned by the school’s strict conservative principal. In 1962 the Pope created Vatican 2 to ‘update’ the Church, but not everyone, including Sister Aloysius, was pleased with its introduction. Also in 1964, the Civil Rights Act changed to allow black students to attend all-white schools.
Young Sister James observes the closeness between Father Flynn and Donald Muller, the school’s only black student, and innocently mentions her concerns to Sister Aloysius.
Sister Aloysius, despite having no evidence, sets out to ruin Fr. Flynn’s reputation and eventually forces him to resign from the parish.
Characters:
SISTER ALOYSIUS: aged in her 50’s, conservative, unsentimental, no-nonsense principal of St. Nicholas school. She has a steely determination and will break Church protocol to achieve her ends. She believes in the value of authority.
FATHER FLYNN: aged in his 30’s, well-liked popular young priest, fairly new to St. Nicholas church. Unlike Sr. Aloysius, he has rather modern religious views. He also takes religious studies and coaches the school’s basketball team.
SISTER JAMES: aged in her 20’s, somewhat naïve but a teacher who really cares for the welfare of her students. Unlike Sr.Aloysius, she wants her students to be able to talk to her.
MRS. MULLER: This role has already been cast.