Doubt: A Parable

Sea Glass Stage Company will offer Doubt: A Parable at Coligny Theatre September 11-27, continuing its tradition of presenting a Pulitzer Prize-winning production per season. The play also won four Tony Awards, including Best Play, and five Drama Desk Awards the same year.

The story takes place in a Catholic school in the Bronx in 1964. The drama centers on an elder nun’s suspicion of a new priest.

Father Flynn, the priest, strives to make the church more accessible to churchgoers with a personal approach. His friendly behavior with students in the church seems suspect to Sister Aloysius. She is convinced that he has abused a vulnerable student.

The younger Sister James is torn between the opinion of her more experienced colleague and wanting to believe that Father Flynn is simply showing compassion for the student – something Sister James practices herself. The child’s mother has a different view.

What is fact? What is presumed? What is wrong? Who decides?

Audiences can decide on their own as they consider the factors involved in forming judgments without all the facts and how doubt can lead to varied conclusions.

Doubt: A Parable is a 90-minute play. Performances will be at 7:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and 2 p.m. Sundays. An optional talkback will be offered after Sunday performances.

Tickets are $35. For more information and to purchase tickets, visit sgstage.org/tickets, or follow Sea Glass Stage at Coligny on Facebook and Instagram.

Sea Glass Stage Company is a nonprofit organization based on Hilton Head Island. The theatre is located at 1. N. Forest Beach Drive, Unit I-5 in Coligny Plaza, across the breezeway from Life Is Good.