By John Patrick Shanley
Directed by David Bradley
Main Stage
David Bradley (Director) and Pete Pryor (who plays Father Flynn) visit NBC's 10! Show:
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Strong-minded Sister Aloysius is an elementary school principal in the Bronx in 1964. She takes matters into her own hands when she suspects Father Flynn of improper relations with a male student, who is the first and only African American in the school. How far will she go when she's not entirely certain of the truth? One of Broadway's most celebrated hits, Doubt: A Parable has won many awards, including the 2005 Tony Award and the Pulitzer Prize.
"Inspired and extraordinary. Tight, absorbing...a superb new drama by John Patrick Shanley."
-- The New York Times
Sister Aloysius: Ceal Phelan*
Father Flynn: Pete Pryor*
Sister James: Elizabeth Webster Duke*
Mrs. Muller: Melanye Finister*
Director: David Bradley
Set Designer: Yoshi Tanokura
Costume Designer: Marla J. Jurglanis
Lighting Designer: Dennis Parichy
Dramaturg: Elizabeth Pool
Stage Manager: Kate McSorley*
Sound Designer: Michael Keck
* Member, Actors' Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 21, 2009
PEOPLE'S LIGHT & THEATRE COMPANY
PRESENTS:
DOUBT: A PARABLE
June 3 - 28, 2009
(Malvern, PA) - People's Light & Theatre Company presents DOUBT: A PARABLE, by John Patrick Shanley. DOUBT runs from June 3 - 28, 2009, on the Main Stage. David Bradley directs. People's Light & Theatre is located at 39 Conestoga Road, Malvern. For tickets call 610-644-3500 or visit www.peopleslight.org.
DOUBT opened off-Broadway at the Manhattan Theatre Club in November of 2004 and transferred to Broadway in March 2005. When it closed July of 2006 it had run 525 performances and 25 previews, making it the fifth longest running play on Broadway in the preceding 10 years. Upon publication, Shanley changed the title from DOUBT to DOUBT: A PARABLE.
The play and its off-Broadway and Broadway performances have garnered numerous awards, including the 2005 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. It also won two Obie Awards. After reaching Broadway, it was nominated for eight 2005 Tony Awards, winning four for Best Play, Best Direction of a Play and two acting awards. It also won the New York Drama Critics Circle Award for Best Play of the season. A film version of DOUBT was released in December of 2008, starring Meryl Streep and Philip Seymour Hoffman.
In DOUBT, strong-minded Sister Aloysius is an elementary school principal in the Bronx in 1964. She takes matters into her own hands when she suspects Father Flynn of improper relations with a male student, who is the first and only African American in the school. How far will she go when she's not entirely certain of the truth?
DOUBT: A PARABLE stars Ceal Phelan as Sister Aloysius, Pete Pryor as Father Flynn, Elizabeth Webster Duke as Sister James, and Melanye Finister as Mrs. Muller.
DOUBT previews on Wednesday, June 3rd and Thursday, June 4th at 7:30pm. The show opens on Friday, June 5th at 8pm and runs through June 28th. Tickets are now on sale and cost $29 - $48, with special discounts available for youth, seniors, and groups of 10 or more.
A two-show subscription is still available and includes DOUBT: A PARABLE (June 3 - 28, 2009) and END DAYS (July 8 - August 2, 2009).
Special performances and discounts, in addition to discount meal packages and talk-backs with the artists, are available for groups of 10 or more. For more information or to purchase group tickets, call 610.647.1900, ext. 134 or email group@peopleslight.org.
KEY BIOS
David Bradley (Director) is a long-time company member at People's Light, having last directed ...Young Lady from Rwanda at PLTC. The past year's projects have included: directing This Wonderful Life at Indiana Rep; mounting the third season of Living News, for which he is artistic director, at the National Constitution Center; co-founding LiveConnections.org, the non-profit partner of World Cafe Live; directing and teaching with Philadelphia Young Playwrights and consulting for the Animating Democracy Initiative of Americans for the Arts. His more than 20 PLTC productions include The Crucible, The Giver, Holes, A View from the Bridge, He Held Me Grand, The Diary of Anne Frank and three holiday pantos. He's directed frequently at Indiana Rep and directed for Children's Theatre Company. His play What's Now, What's Next was commissioned by Scholastic and the National Constitution Center as part of their exploration of youth civic engagement. David's multi-disciplinary arts education work includes collaborations with Art-Reach, the Rosenbach Museum and Spiral Q Puppet Theater. He's on the board of LiveConnections.org and Shakespeare in Clark Park. David is a graduate of Yale University.
John Patrick Shanley (Playwright) was born in the Bronx, New York and is a graduate of New York University. His plays include Danny and the Deep Blue Sea, Savage in Limbo, The Dreamer Examines His Pillow, Italian American Reconciliation, Four Dogs and a Bone, Beggars in the House of Plenty, Psychopathia Sexualis, Cellini, Where's My Money?, Dirty Story, and Defiance. In 2004 he wrote Doubt: A Parable, which was awarded the 2005 Pulitzer Prize, the 2004-2005 Drama Desk Award, and the 2005 Tony Award. He has also written many screenplays including Moonstruck, which received both the Writers Guild of America Award and an Academy Award for best original screenplay, Alive, Joe Versus the Volcano, Congo, Five Corners, and Live from Baghdad for HBO, for which he received an Emmy nomination.
Elizabeth Webster Duke (Sister James) was last seen as Laura in The Glass Menagerie. A member of the Resident Ensemble of Artists at PLTC, she has performed in over thirty productions. Favorite PLTC roles include Catherine in A View from the Bridge, and Gladys in The Skin of Our Teeth. Liz has performed with The Kennedy Center, Ford's Theatre, The Wilma Theatre, The Walnut Street Theatre, InterAct Theatre Company, The Eureka Theatre Company, The Bay Theatre, Taffety Punk Theatre Company, and the Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival. She holds an MFA from the Academy for Classical Acting at the Shakespeare Theatre and teaches acting at Swarthmore College and George Washington University. She is a three-time finalist for Philadelphia's F. Otto Haas Emerging Theatre Artist Award.
Melanye Finister (Mrs. Muller) was most recently seen as Queen Atossa in The Persians. She directs Youth Summerstage and is a Resident Teaching Artist at People's Light. She has been a company member since 1991 and has appeared in many plays at PLTC, including Six Characters in Search of an Author, The Giver, Something You Did, Fabulation, Member of the Wedding, String of Pearls, Gospel at Colonus, and Beauty and the Beast. She has also worked for Arden Theatre Company, InterAct Theatre Company, Venture Theatre, The Walnut Street Theatre, and played Nancy in Third at Philadelphia Theatre Company last season. Melanye is Board Chair at Stockton Rush Bartol and sits on the selecting committee for the F. Otto Haas Award for an Emerging Theatre Artist. She holds a BFA from Carnegie Mellon University.
Ceal Phelan (Sister Aloysius) is a People's Light company member, recently acting in The Persians. Last winter, she directed the PLT Adult Ensemble in Light Up the Sky, and donned fangs to appear in the Arden Theatre's production of James and the Giant Peach. She teaches part-time for the Temple University Theatre Department.
Pete Pryor (Father Flynn) directed last year's smash hit Cinderella. Pete is the Co-Founder of 1812 Productions, for which he directed the Barrymore-nominated Recent Tragic Events and The Four of Us. He is the recipient of two Barrymore awards and two Independence Foundation Fellowships. Some regional credits include: Lantern Theatre Company (Othello, Richard III); Arden (BFG); Wilma (Pillowman, Road); Theatre Exile (American Buffalo, Rounding Third and Full Figured); Azuka (The Boys); Delaware Theatre Company (ART); Philadelphia Theatre Company (Sylvia) and PLTC (Treasure Island, Humble Boy, The Foreigner). International credits include: O'Casey Theatre Company of Northern Ireland (The Plough and the Stars). Film and television: Lebanon, The Cellar, Felix Melman, Surrender Dorothy, The In Crowd, Hack and The Starship Akuno. Next season he will direct First Day of School for 1812 Productions and Snow White for People's Light and Theatre. He is the Artist-in-Residence at The Pathway School.
Click here to listen to an interview with David Bradley, the Director of Doubt: A Parable. This interview was conducted by Philadelphia Sound Designer Christopher Colucci, who also developed the podcast.
David Bradley
Director
David is a long-time company member at People's Light, having last directed . . . Young Lady from Rwanda at PLTC. The past year's projects have included: directing This Wonderful Life at Indiana Rep; mounting the third season of Living News, for which he is artistic director, at the National Constitution Center; co-founding LiveConnections.org, the non-profit partner of World Cafe Live; directing and teaching with Philadelphia Young Playwrights and consulting for the Animating Democracy Initiative of Americans for the Arts. His more than 20 PLTC productions include The Crucible, The Giver, Holes, A View from the Bridge, He Held Me Grand, The Diary of Anne Frank and three holiday pantos. He's directed frequently at Indiana Rep and directed for Children's Theatre Company. His play What's Now, What's Next was commissioned by Scholastic and the National Constitution Center as part of their exploration of youth civic engagement. David's multi-disciplinary arts education work includes collaborations with Art-Reach, the Rosenbach Museum and Spiral Q Puppet Theater. He's on the board of LiveConnections.org and Shakespeare in Clark Park. David is a graduate of Yale University.
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Doubt: A Parable Design Presentation
David Bradley, Director
Doubt: A Parable Goes to the 10! Show
Director David Bradley and actor Pete Pryor are the guests
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