On Stage This Week: "Doubt"

    Marshall's Theatre Alliance will present the play Doubt this week and next.

   Paul Sebert wrote an excellent story about the production in today's edition of the Herald-Dispatch - here's an excerpt:

   The subjects of doubt, faith, toler­ance and hypoc­risy are going to be addressed in a new production by the Marshall University Theater Alliance. 

   Doubt: A Parable, is a play by John Patrick Shanley. Origi­nally produced in 2004, the play won a Tony award for Best Play and the Pulitzer Prize for drama. In 2008, the play was adapted into a film starring Meryl Streep and Philip Sey­mour Hoffman. The movie was nominated for four Academy awards. 

   Set in 1964, the “Doubt” takes place in a Bronx Catho­lic school. The school’s head nun, Sister Aloysius Beauvier has come to suspect a young priest, Father Brendan Flynn may have an inappropriate relationship with a student. Caught between them are the student’s mother and a young nun. Suspicions, lies, intoler­ance and half-truths collide. Nothing proves to be quite what it appears to be. 

   The play will take place in the Francis-Booth Experimental Theater at the Joan C. Edwards Performing Arts Center. The shows will run nightly at 8 p.m. from Feb. 20-23, and Feb. 28-March 3. General admission tickets are $20. Tickets for seniors and faculty are $15, $5 for children ages 12 and under. Admission is free with a valid student ID. To buy tickets or for more information, call 304-696-ARTS (2787). The play contains mature subject matter.