The search for truth exacts a cost from those who pursue it. Father Flynn’s sermon about doubt begets a question in the mind of Sister Aloysius, who then becomes consumed with the need for an answer. Her quest shakes the innocence of Sister James, and threatens the happiness and security of others in her school.
John Patrick Shanley’s Doubt: a Parable won a Pulitzer Prize and later earned Oscar nominations for Meryl Streep, Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Amy Adams, and Viola Davis, who played the four leads.
Directed by Donna Davis, returning to Actors Ensemble of Berkeley after a long absence, Doubt is a sophisticated examination of faith, trust, and the ambiguities of truth.
