[Capdist-announce] "DOUBT, a Parable" Opens March 17 at SCP

[John William Hickman]

*Award Winner “DOUBT, A Parable” OPENS *

*MARCH 17 AT SCHENECTADY CIVIC PLAYERS*



 *SCHENECTADY –Award winning “DOUBT, A Parable”, by John Patrick Shanley**
and directed by Tom Templeton, opens Friday, March 17 and runs through
Sunday, March 26, at Schenectady Civic Players, 12 South Church Street in
Schenectady’s historic Stockade district. *



*            In this brilliant and powerful drama, Sister Aloysius, a Bronx
school principal, takes matters into her own hands when she suspects the
young Father Flynn of improper relations with one of the male students.*



*            DOUBT, A Parable is a 2004 play by John Patrick Shanley
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Patrick_Shanley>. Originally staged
off-Broadway <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Off-Broadway> at the Manhattan
Theatre Club <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manhattan_Theatre_Club> on
November 23, 2004, the production transferred to the Walter Kerr Theatre
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Kerr_Theatre> on Broadway
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadway_theatre> in March 2005 and closed
on July 2, 2006 after 525 performances and 25 previews. The play won the
2005 Pulitzer Prize for Drama
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulitzer_Prize_for_Drama> and Tony Award for
Best Play <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Award_for_Best_Play>. It was
turned into an Academy Award
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy_Award>-nominated film
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doubt_%282008_film%29> starring Philip
Seymour Hoffman <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Seymour_Hoffman> as
Father Flynn and Meryl Streep <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meryl_Streep>
as Sister Aloysius*



*            The Civic Players cast features Cristine M. Loffredo (as
Sister Aloysius), Ben Katagiri (as Father Flynn), Meigg Jupin (as Sister
James), and Angelique Powell (as Mrs Muller).*




*            “DOUBT, A Parable” runs Friday, Saturday and Sunday (March 17,
18, 19) and Wednesday through Sunday (March 22 through 26).  Wednesday and
Thursday curtains are at 7:30 pm; Fridays and Saturdays at 8 pm; and
Sundays are matinees only at 2:30 pm. *


Tickets, $20.  Order on-line at www.civicplayers.org   Or call the
Playhouse 518-382-2081.

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