Pulitzer
Prize-winning playwright John Patrick Shanley will appear at Barnes
& Noble Lincoln Triangle (1972 Broadway) on Wednesday, May 25th at
6:00 PM to speak about his behind-the-scenes experience on Doubt; a question and answer session and script signing will follow.
Doubt,
which is currently playing at the Walter Kerr Theatre, has all but
swept the awards season; it won the 2005 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, the
New York Drama Critics Circle Award for Best Play of the Year, the
Drama League Award for Distinguished Play, the Outer Critics Circle
Award for Best Play and the Lucille Lortel Award for Best Play. The
production is nominated for eight Tony Awards, including Best Play.
Produced
on Broadway by Carole Shorenstein Hays, MTC Productions, Inc. (Lynne
Meadow, Artistic Director; Barry Grove, Executive Producer), Roger
Berlind and Scott Rudin, Doubt is
directed by Doug Hughes and stars Cherry Jones as Sister Aloysius and
Brían F. O'Byrne as Father Flynn, with Heather Goldenhersh as Sister
James and Adriane Lenox as Mrs. Muller.
As described in the press release, Doubt
is "set against the backdrop of a Bronx Catholic school in 1964, and is
the story of a strong-minded woman faced with a difficult decision.
Should she voice concerns about one of her male colleagues…even if
she's not entirely certain of the truth?"
Doubt is author John Patrick Shanley's first play to be produced on Broadway. Other credits include Sailor's Song, Danny and the Deep Blue Sea, Cellini, Savage in Limbo, the dreamer examines his pillow, Beggars
in the House of Plenty, Welcome to the Moon, Four Dogs and a Bone,
Italian American Reconciliation, Missing/Kissing and The Big Funk.
Doubt's
performance schedule is Tuesday through Saturday at 8:00 PM, with
matinees on Wednesday and Saturday at 2:00 PM, and Sunday at 3:00 PM.
Tickets, which range from $26.25 to $90.25, are available by calling TeleCharge at 212-239-6200 or can be ordered through at www.telecharge.com or at the Walter Kerr box office (219 West 48th Street).