October 22, 2009 in Features

Interplayers staging Pulitzer-winning ‘Doubt’

Play explores accusations of abuse in Catholic Church

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Aaron Murphy, center, plays Father Flynn and Ann Russell Whiteman, right, plays Sister Aloysius in Interplayers’ production of “Doubt: A Parable,” a drama where Flynn may or may not have abused some boys. Bethany Hart, left, plays Sister James.
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The Pulitzer-winning play “Doubt: A Parable,” by John Patrick Shanley, is timely and pertinent for Inland Northwest audiences: It’s about a priest accused of sexually abusing a student.

“Doubt” explores many thorny moral questions, including the thorniest question of all: What if the priest didn’t do it?

So when the Actors Repertory Theatre met a sudden death about a year ago, the area’s first production of “Doubt” died as well, in mid-rehearsal. Both ticket-holders and actors were left stranded.

“As an actor, I felt bereft on behalf of the actors,” said Reed McColm, artistic director of Interplayers Professional Theatre. “They …

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