DOUBT - Kentwood Players Non Equity Auditions

Kentwood Players announces auditions for

“DOUBT, A Parable”

The Pulitzer and Tony Award-winning play by John Patrick Shanley

On Saturday, May 12 and Sunday, May 13, 2012

At the Westchester Playhouse

Kentwood Players announces auditions for “DOUBT, A Parable” by John Patrick Shanley on Saturday, May 12 from 10:00am to 3:00pm and on Sunday, May 13 from 6:00pm to 9:30pm at the Westchester Playhouse, located at 8301 Hindry Avenue in Westchester (LA 90045). Callbacks will be held on Monday, May 14 from 7:30pm to 10:00pm. The production is directed by Gail Bernardi and produced by Calia Mintzer-Wolf and Linda Reinhardt by special arrangement with Dramatists Play Service, Inc., New York.. Performances will be from July 13 to August 18, 2012 on Fridays and Saturdays at 8:00pm and Sundays at 2:00pm at the Westchester Playhouse.

“DOUBT, A Parable” won the 2005 Pulitzer Prize for Drama and Tony Award for Best Play. It tells the story of a nun in a Bronx Catholic School in 1964 who suspects a popular priest of inappropriate behavior with a student. Armed with nothing more than a resolute belief in her suspicions and a few circumstantial details, Sister Aloysius instigates a campaign to remove Father Flynn, the beloved and progressive parish priest, from St. Nicholas School. She enlists the help of a Sister James, young nun in the order, and the child's tormented mother, Mrs. Muller.

The simple, always shifting plot leaves all four characters and the audience wondering whether they were justified in their thoughts, motives and actions for as Father Flynn states in his opening sermon, "Doubt can be a bond as powerful and sustaining as certainty."

Auditions will consist of reading short scenes from the script. The director requests that you be familiar with the play. Please bring your headshot, resume, and appointment calendar with you as the rehearsal schedule will be posted. Advance appointments are not necessary.

Cast Breakdown:

• Sister Aloysius Beauvier: 45-60. Principal of St. Nicholas School.
• Father Brendan Flynn: 35-55. A middle-aged priest. Articulate and personable.
• Sister James: 20’s. A young nun. An enthusiastic but inexperienced teacher.
• Mrs. Muller: Late 30’s. African American woman, the mother of Donald Muller, a student at St. Nicholas School.

For more information about Kentwood Players including our current productions, upcoming auditions, and our Kentwood Kids Children’s Theatre Classes, please visit the Kentwood Players website at
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To meet the “DOUBT, A Parable” production team and learn more about Kentwood Players and what goes on at the Westchester Playhouse, the public is invited to attend our general membership meetings, which are free and held on the third Wednesday of each month at 8pm at the Westchester Playhouse located two blocks west of the San Diego Freeway and two blocks north of Manchester at8301 Hindry Avenue in Westchester, CA 90045.