Update: The Cayman National Cultural Foundation wishes to
inform the public that Doubt has been postponed due to the unavoidable
temporary unavailability of a cast member. The new dates are:
Friday, 28 and Saturday, 29 September – 8:00 pm; Sunday, 30 Sept. 6:00 pm.
Friday, 5 and Saturday, 6 October – 8:00 pm; Sunday, 7 October – 6:00 pm.
Friday, 12 and Saturday, 13 October – 8:00 pm; Sunday 14 October 6:00 pm.
Anyone who has purchased a ticket may contact the Foundation on 949-5477 for exchange or refund.
Doubt: A Parable is the award-winning play being tackled by the Cayman National Cultural Foundation.
We asked Marcia Muttoo all about it.
Can you tell us a little about the play?
Sister Aloysious Beauvier, (Marcia Muttoo) principal of a Catholic school, suspects a male member of staff – Father Brendan Flynn (Peter Kosa) – of having an improper relationship with a young male student. Needing to get at the truth and protect her students and school, she uses her superior position to elicit the assistance of a young nun – Sister James (Rita Estevanovich) in trying to find the necessary evidence to bring Father Flynn’s transgressions to church authorities, in order to remove him from the school and priesthood.
Armed with a bit of “news” from the reluctant but dutiful Sister James, Sister Beauvier calls in Mrs. Muller (Juliet Garricks) the mother of the student, to break the disturbing news to her and seek the woman’s comradeship in her quest.
The audience will decide whether Father Flynn is guilty or innocent or, if there is doubt.
What is the Cayman version going to be like?
There are no allowances being made because the play is being produced in Cayman. The script is good enough to withstand “colonisation” and still deliver its powerful message.
Why did CNCF decide on this play particularly?
By any measure, it is a terrific play. The language is precise; the characters are complex and elegantly drawn.
It presents the sort of serious challenge actors need to help them grow. And it engages a topic, through the prism of human frailty, that is necessary in society.
This apart, the play won the prestigious Pulitzer Prize and has been made into a successful movie – with all four lead actors and the writer being nominated for Academy Awards. If you have ever believed fiercely in anything and if you have ever questioned your actions – see this play.
What’s the set like?
Simple/stark. The production is being staged in the 75 seat Harquail Studio Theatre.
Ticket and performance information
Anyone from 8 years and upward can attend and the dates are Friday, 14, Saturday, 15 and Sunday, 16 September; Friday, 21, Saturday, 22 and Sunday, 23 September; Friday, 28, Saturday, 29 and Sunday, 30 September.
Friday and Saturday performances start at 8pm and Sunday performances are at 6pm. It takes place at Harquail Theatre.
Tickets are $20 for adults, $10 for children of 12 and under. They can be purchased from Foster’s Food Fair at Airport, Strand and Countryside Village; Funky Tangs; Harquail Theatre box office.
Call 949-5477 for more information.
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