Chestnut Street Playhouse stages "Doubt"
Chestnut Street Playhouse's next production is of a much-lauded and much-awarded play — John Patrick Shanley's "Doubt: A Parable."
The drama won the 2005 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. It won the 2005 Tony Award for Best Play. And its 2008 film version garnered a number of Oscar nominations, including those for best adapted screenplay and for acting by all of its stars — Meryl Streep, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Viola Davis and Amy Adams.
The framework of "Doubt" is this: In 1964 at a Bronx parochial school, a rigid mother superior suspects a progressive priest of having an improper relationship with a male student.
Hunter Parker directs the Norwich production, which stars Linda MacCluggage, Casey McDougal, Aurelia Clunie and Patrick Robinson. It opens tonight and runs through June 26.
"Doubt," Chestnut Street Playhouse, 24 Chestnut St., Norwich; opens tonight and runs through June 26; 7:30 p.m. Thurs.-Sat. and 2 p.m. Sun.; $20; (860) 886-2378.
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