DOUBT: Share your opinion!
Tennessee Repertory Theatre is thrilled to offer the Middle Tennessee premiere of Doubt by John Patrick Shanley–winner of the 2005 Tony Award for Best Play and 2005 Pulitzer Prize for Best Drama. The play runs from March 13 through March 29 at TPAC’s Johnson Theater. (Ticket information at www.tennesseerep.org.)
Now, we want to hear from you!
Is Father Flynn guilty?
Is he innocent?
Are you unsure or do you have doubts?
Why?
Let the blogging begin!
Tags: doubt, father flynn, guilt, innocence, john patrick shanley, tennessee rep, tennessee repertory theatre
March 13, 2008 at 5:27 pm
I have read the Doubt script and this show is bound to have everyone who sees it discussing their opinion. The ending was a big surprise to me!
March 17, 2008 at 8:41 pm
from Jimmy…
Honestly, it was one of the best written dramas I have ever seen. The acting and directing were superb. I cannot express enough my enjoyment of the evening.
March 17, 2008 at 9:33 pm
Father Flynn was not guilty. I believe that he was innocent. I have no doubts, because Sister A. is jumping to conclusions. If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. She is willing to lie to take an innocent man down because of her delusion. That’s not to say Father F. is innocent. There is the possibility that he is guilty as charged. In my book you are innocent until proven guilty. It is the nature of life that we live in a certain amount of uncertainty. We have a choice whether to look for the good or for the bad.
As a side note I might add that I have attended a Catholic school and have experienced a nun who was judgmental and vindictive. In my case I appreciated the order that came from strict discipline. An innocent girl in my class was not as lucky. Her mother had the girl change schools to get away from the nun. Once she was on your case she could make life hell.
March 19, 2008 at 9:50 pm
from Robert…
My wife believes Father Flynn is guilty based on his response to the false accusation of a witness from an earlier parish. I am less convinced I feel that he simply had enough of a paranoid sister and wanted to move on without creating a confrontation. Things are often not as they seem, including the motives for an apparent choice to run.