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John Patrick Shanley's "Doubt, A Parable" comes to the Winthrop Barn Theatre in a production staged by The Frenzie Life Theatre company.
!["I'm a teacher [in real life], with eighth-grade classes, and we talk a lot about the words we use," says Florence LaPlonta, as Mrs. Muller in the The Frenzie Life Theatre production of Doubt, a Parable. In the play, she notes, words such as "nature" and "inclinations" and "color" are used to highlight the pressing issues of the day in which the play is set.
It is the Bronx, in 1964, and, as LaPlonta notes, "Mrs. Muller knows if her son is going to go anywher [in his life] he has to finish school."
Doubt marks the second outing on stage for LaPlonta, who first appeared in the 2009 Village Players production of Terry Abbott's Snow White.](http://www.mypapernow.com/Other/Frenzie-Doubt-Barn-Theatre/i-DK59j8D/0/Ti/DSC_6788-Ti.jpg "\"I'm a teacher [in real life], with eighth-grade classes, and we talk a lot about the words we use,\" says Florence LaPlonta, as Mrs. Muller in the The Frenzie Life Theatre production of Doubt, a Parable. In the play, she notes, words such as \"nature\" and \"inclinations\" and \"color\" are used to highlight the pressing issues of the day in which the play is set.
It is the Bronx, in 1964, and, as LaPlonta notes, \"Mrs. Muller knows if her son is going to go anywher [in his life] he has to finish school.\"
Doubt marks the second outing on stage for LaPlonta, who first appeared in the 2009 Village Players production of Terry Abbott's Snow White.")
!["Growing as an actor? In this show I have," Thom Miller says. "I think you grow as an actor in every show you do, particularly when you have a director like Michael [Mercer]. One of the biggest things I learned are diction techiques, which he focuses on quite a bit."](http://www.mypapernow.com/Other/Frenzie-Doubt-Barn-Theatre/i-5c2M3D3/0/Ti/DSC_6758-Ti.jpg "\"Growing as an actor? In this show I have,\" Thom Miller says. \"I think you grow as an actor in every show you do, particularly when you have a director like Michael [Mercer]. One of the biggest things I learned are diction techiques, which he focuses on quite a bit.\"")
Thom Miller, as Father Flynn, takes to the stage with a four-member cast in The Frenzie Life Theatre production of John Patrick Shanley's Doubt, A Parable. The Tony award-winning play also received a Pulitzer Prize.
"The whole play is a parable, as the title states, regarding the subject of doubt in general," Miller says. "Do we sometimes come to conclusions with certainty, based on very little information? Is it okay to be in doubt?"
The 2004 play, written by John Patrick Shanley, is set in the Bronx, N.Y., in 1964, at a time when "the winds of political change" sees the enrollment of the Catholic school's first African-American student, Donald Muller, who is set to graduate in June.
The play, according to the show's program, "tells the story of a charismatic priest, Father Flynn, who is trying to up-end the school’s strict customs, which have long been fiercely guarded by Sister Aloysius Beauvier, the iron-gloved principal who believes in the power of fear and discipline."
When doubt is raised by Sister James, a young nun at the school, concerning Father Flynn's attentions to Donald, Sister Aloysius takes on Father Flynn armed with a moral certainty that defies absolute certainty. (Program pages are posted later in this gallery.)
SHOW DATES AND TIMES
The CAST:
PRODUCTION TEAM:
"The whole play is a parable, as the title states, regarding the subject of doubt in general," Miller says. "Do we sometimes come to conclusions with certainty, based on very little information? Is it okay to be in doubt?"
The 2004 play, written by John Patrick Shanley, is set in the Bronx, N.Y., in 1964, at a time when "the winds of political change" sees the enrollment of the Catholic school's first African-American student, Donald Muller, who is set to graduate in June.
The play, according to the show's program, "tells the story of a charismatic priest, Father Flynn, who is trying to up-end the school’s strict customs, which have long been fiercely guarded by Sister Aloysius Beauvier, the iron-gloved principal who believes in the power of fear and discipline."
When doubt is raised by Sister James, a young nun at the school, concerning Father Flynn's attentions to Donald, Sister Aloysius takes on Father Flynn armed with a moral certainty that defies absolute certainty. (Program pages are posted later in this gallery.)
SHOW DATES AND TIMES
- Friday, Sept. 17, at 8 p.m.
- Saturday, Sept. 18, at 8 p.m.
- Sunday, Sept. 19, at 4 p.m.
The CAST:
- Father Brenadan Flynn: THOM MILLER
- Sister Aloysius Beauvier: CINDY MILLER-RAY
- Sister James: RACHEL COMSTOCK
- Mrs. Muller: FLORENCE LaPlonta
PRODUCTION TEAM:
- Director: MICHAEL M. MERCER
- Assistant Director / Stage Manager: PEDRO AMARAL
- Scenic Design: KATRINA KORTE
- Lighting Design: STEPHEN COSGROVE
- Sound Engineer: OSVALDO GONZALEZ
- Assistant Sound Engineer: AMANDA COOLEY
- Scenic Construction and Transport: KATRINA KORTE, STEPHEN COSGROVE, PEDRO AMARAL, SHANE ROSS, MICHAEL MERCER, BEVERLY MERCER, CINDY MILLER-RAY, SKY RAY, JOHN RAY, KIM DAVIS, JIM DOWDY, SUSAN WEBER, BRYAN REILLY, DONI HOLMES, OSVALDO GONZALEZ, RACHEL COMSTOCK, THOM MILLER
- Costumes and Props Coordinator: BEVERLY MERCER
- Costume Construction: KAREN DOWDY
- Costumes and Props Crew: KATRINA KORTE, KAREN DOWDY, DONI HOLMES, TYLER DOWDY, SHANE ROSS, BRYAN REILLY, CAST
- Backstage Tech: TYLER DOWDY House Manager: BEVERLY MERCER
- Box Office: DONI HOLMES
- Memberships: SUSAN WEBER
- Concessions: DONI HOLMES, SUSAN WEBER
- Publicity Design: PEDRO AMARAL
- Photographer: SHANE ROSS
- Program Design: BEVERLY MERCER
- Web Master: STEPHEN COSGROVE
Frenzie Life Theatre production of John Patrick Shanley's Doubt, A Parable. The Tony award-winning play also received a Pulitzer Prize.
"The whole play is a parable, as the title states, regarding the subject of doubt in general," Miller says. "Do we sometimes come to conclusions with certainty, based on very little information? Is it okay to be in doubt?"
The 2004 play, written by John Patrick Shanley, is set in the Bronx, N.Y., in 1964, at a time when "the winds of political change" sees the enrollment of the Catholic school's first African-American student, Donald Muller, who is set to graduate in June.
The play, according to the show's program, "tells the story of a charismatic priest, Father Flynn, who is trying to up-end the school’s strict customs, which have long been fiercely guarded by Sister Aloysius Beauvier, the iron-gloved principal who believes in the power of fear and discipline."
When doubt is raised by Sister James, a young nun at the school, concerning Father Flynn's attentions to Donald, Sister Aloysius takes on Father Flynn armed with a moral certainty that defies absolute certainty. (Program pages are posted later in this gallery.)
SHOW DATES AND TIMES
- Friday, Sept. 17, at 8 p.m.
- Saturday, Sept. 18, at 8 p.m.
- Sunday, Sept. 19, at 4 p.m.
- Father Brenadan Flynn: THOM MILLER
- Sister Aloysius Beauvier: CINDY MILLER-RAY
- Sister James: RACHEL COMSTOCK
- Mrs. Muller: FLORENCE LaPlonta
- Director: MICHAEL M. MERCER
- Assistant Director / Stage Manager: PEDRO AMARAL
- Scenic Design: KATRINA KORTE
- Lighting Design: STEPHEN COSGROVE
- Sound Engineer: OSVALDO GONZALEZ
- Assistant Sound Engineer: AMANDA COOLEY
- Scenic Construction and Transport: KATRINA KORTE, STEPHEN COSGROVE, PEDRO AMARAL, SHANE ROSS, MICHAEL MERCER, BEVERLY MERCER, CINDY MILLER-RAY, SKY RAY, JOHN RAY, KIM DAVIS, JIM DOWDY, SUSAN WEBER, BRYAN REILLY, DONI HOLMES, OSVALDO GONZALEZ, RACHEL COMSTOCK, THOM MILLER
- Costumes and Props Coordinator: BEVERLY MERCER
- Costume Construction: KAREN DOWDY
- Costumes and Props Crew: KATRINA KORTE, KAREN DOWDY, DONI HOLMES, TYLER DOWDY, SHANE ROSS, BRYAN REILLY, CAST
- Backstage Tech: TYLER DOWDY House Manager: BEVERLY MERCER
- Box Office: DONI HOLMES
- Memberships: SUSAN WEBER
- Concessions: DONI HOLMES, SUSAN WEBER
- Publicity Design: PEDRO AMARAL
- Photographer: SHANE ROSS
- Program Design: BEVERLY MERCER
- Web Master: STEPHEN COSGROVE
Thom Miller, as Father Flynn, takes to the stage with a four-member cast in The Frenzie Life Theatre production of John Patrick Shanley's Doubt, A Parable. The Tony award-winning play also received a Pulitzer Prize.
"The whole play is a parable, as the title states, regarding the subject of doubt in general," Miller says. "Do we sometimes come to conclusions with certainty, based on very little information? Is it okay to be in doubt?"
The 2004 play, written by John Patrick Shanley, is set in the Bronx, N.Y., in 1964, at a time when "the winds of political change" sees the enrollment of the Catholic school's first African-American student, Donald Muller, who is set to graduate in June.
The play, according to the show's program, "tells the story of a charismatic priest, Father Flynn, who is trying to up-end the school’s strict customs, which have long been fiercely guarded by Sister Aloysius Beauvier, the iron-gloved principal who believes in the power of fear and discipline."
When doubt is raised by Sister James, a young nun at the school, concerning Father Flynn's attentions to Donald, Sister Aloysius takes on Father Flynn armed with a moral certainty that defies absolute certainty. (Program pages are posted later in this gallery.)
SHOW DATES AND TIMES
The CAST:
PRODUCTION TEAM:
"The whole play is a parable, as the title states, regarding the subject of doubt in general," Miller says. "Do we sometimes come to conclusions with certainty, based on very little information? Is it okay to be in doubt?"
The 2004 play, written by John Patrick Shanley, is set in the Bronx, N.Y., in 1964, at a time when "the winds of political change" sees the enrollment of the Catholic school's first African-American student, Donald Muller, who is set to graduate in June.
The play, according to the show's program, "tells the story of a charismatic priest, Father Flynn, who is trying to up-end the school’s strict customs, which have long been fiercely guarded by Sister Aloysius Beauvier, the iron-gloved principal who believes in the power of fear and discipline."
When doubt is raised by Sister James, a young nun at the school, concerning Father Flynn's attentions to Donald, Sister Aloysius takes on Father Flynn armed with a moral certainty that defies absolute certainty. (Program pages are posted later in this gallery.)
SHOW DATES AND TIMES
- Friday, Sept. 17, at 8 p.m.
- Saturday, Sept. 18, at 8 p.m.
- Sunday, Sept. 19, at 4 p.m.
The CAST:
- Father Brenadan Flynn: THOM MILLER
- Sister Aloysius Beauvier: CINDY MILLER-RAY
- Sister James: RACHEL COMSTOCK
- Mrs. Muller: FLORENCE LaPlonta
PRODUCTION TEAM:
- Director: MICHAEL M. MERCER
- Assistant Director / Stage Manager: PEDRO AMARAL
- Scenic Design: KATRINA KORTE
- Lighting Design: STEPHEN COSGROVE
- Sound Engineer: OSVALDO GONZALEZ
- Assistant Sound Engineer: AMANDA COOLEY
- Scenic Construction and Transport: KATRINA KORTE, STEPHEN COSGROVE, PEDRO AMARAL, SHANE ROSS, MICHAEL MERCER, BEVERLY MERCER, CINDY MILLER-RAY, SKY RAY, JOHN RAY, KIM DAVIS, JIM DOWDY, SUSAN WEBER, BRYAN REILLY, DONI HOLMES, OSVALDO GONZALEZ, RACHEL COMSTOCK, THOM MILLER
- Costumes and Props Coordinator: BEVERLY MERCER
- Costume Construction: KAREN DOWDY
- Costumes and Props Crew: KATRINA KORTE, KAREN DOWDY, DONI HOLMES, TYLER DOWDY, SHANE ROSS, BRYAN REILLY, CAST
- Backstage Tech: TYLER DOWDY House Manager: BEVERLY MERCER
- Box Office: DONI HOLMES
- Memberships: SUSAN WEBER
- Concessions: DONI HOLMES, SUSAN WEBER
- Publicity Design: PEDRO AMARAL
- Photographer: SHANE ROSS
- Program Design: BEVERLY MERCER
- Web Master: STEPHEN COSGROVE
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