Thursday, March 5, 2009
While Doubt has been garnering critical acclaim on the silver screen, the Lawrence Community Theatre is bringing it back to its roots.
Director Mary Doveton says it was an easy decision to put Doubt on the performance list at the Lawrence Community Theatre this season because it is so well written and won the Pulitzer Prize for drama in 2005.
“I have doubts. I have such doubts”: From left, Father Flynn, played by Jason Abramowitz; Sister Aloysius, played by Sandra Gray; and Sister James, played by Amanda Thomas. ‘Doubt’ is playing this weekend at the Lawrence Community Theatre.
KU professor of anthropology Sandra Gray plays the lead role of Sister Aloysius Beauvier. Gray says audience members should not come to the theater expecting the same version as the film, which is a problem with the movie being released so close to the performance dates. She says it affects how the audience views someone’s portrayal of a role.
“Someone will say, ‘Well, she wasn’t Meryl Streep,’” Gray says. “Well of course I’m not Meryl Streep!”
The play is set in the 1960s and revolves around Principal Beauvier’s suspicions that a priest in their Catholic school is having an improper relationship with a student.
Director Doveton says the substance of the play is very powerful and she relates to the education aspect of the play. “I was actually in Catholic schools at the time they’re writing about,” Doveton says.
Doveton and Gray both agree that the experience is enhanced in the Lawrence Community Theatre because of the thrust stage, which protrudes out into the audience. Both think this makes the play more intense for the audience. “The audience is part of the play,” Gray says.
If you want to be a part of Doubt, you can see the performance at the Lawrence Community Theatre at 1501 New Hampshire Street at 7:30 tonight, 8 p.m. Friday or 8 p.m. Saturday.
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