doubt, a parable

january 16 - january 31, 2009

by John Patrick Shanley
directed by Keely Enright
A LOWCOUNTRY PREMIERE

Pulitzer and four time Tony Winner. Doubt asks the difficult questions — What price do we pay for absolute certainty? What facts do we ignore if we follow our faith blindly?
Set in a Bronx Catholic School in 1964, Doubt follows Sister Aloysius Beauvier, a deeply principled nun, who suspects Father Brendan Flynn, a popular new priest, of improper conduct with a student who happens to be the only African American child in the school. Meanwhile Sister James, an earnest young nun, gets caught up in the conflict. "On some levels this play is very much a whodunit. However, the audience is missing the point of the play if they focus just on whether or not the priest is guilty." Doubt is raised in throughout the play; doubting anyone's right to moral certainly, the system, and perhaps even the church.
Doubt stars Paul Whitty, Libby Campbell, Katherine Chaney and Yvonne Broaddus

Sponsored by the Joan Coulter Pittman Fund of the Coastal Community Foundation of South Carolina

A Drama