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<p class="s12" align="center" style="margin:0in;text-align:center"><span class="s13"><b><span style="font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Beck Center for the Arts Announces Acclaimed Play,
<i>Doubt: A Parable,</i> </span></b></span><span class="s13"><b><span style="font-size:20.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="s12" align="center" style="margin:0in;text-align:center"><span class="s13"><b><span style="font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">With Powerful Performances In A Compelling Story
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<p class="s12" style="margin:0in"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="http://www.beckcenter.org/"><span class="s11"><span style="color:windowtext">Beck Center for the Arts</span></span></a><span class="s10"> will produce the Pulitzer Prize-winning,
captivating, <b><i>Doubt: A Parable</i></b><i>, </i>May 26 to June 25, 2023 in the intimate Studio Theater.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Written by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Patrick_Shanley">
John Patrick Shanley</a>, <a href="https://www.beckcenter.org/shows/doubt"><b><i>Doubt: A Parable</i></b></a> is a gripping story of suspicion and morality set in a Catholic school in the 1960s. When a popular priest is accused of misconduct, a determined nun
becomes convinced of his guilt, despite having no evidence to support her claim.<b><i> Doubt: A Parable</i></b> has been performed in theaters around the world and was adapted into a critically acclaimed film in 2008 with standout performances by Meryl Streep
and Viola Davis. The play has won numerous awards, including the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 2005, and has been called a modern classic. The play explores themes of power, authority, and the dangers of certainty in the face of ambiguity.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="s8" style="margin:0in"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">This locally produced work includes a performance by the incomparable talent,
<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/derdriu-ring-9a409227/">Derdriu Ring</a>, who plays Sister Aloysius, an
<a href="https://theater.case.edu/faculty/christopher-bohan/">Christopher Bohan</a>, who plays Father Brendan Flynn, both members of Actor’s Equity Association.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Director<a href="https://www.clevelandplayhouse.com/education/cwrucph-mfa/leadership-faculty"> Don Carrier</a>, head of the
<a href="https://www.clevelandplayhouse.com/education/cwrucph-mfa">CWRU/CPH MFA Acting Program</a> states,
<span style="color:black"> “I saw the original production of <b><i>Doubt</i>: <i>
A Parable</i></b> a number of years ago and was taken by its ambivalence, suspense and element of mystery. The central question about truth and certainty is something we all experience. And while the play was written as a reaction or response to a specific
place and time in the world- in that case, the Iraq War--it remains a potent play because of the personal dynamics at play. Truth, faith, certainty, doubt. We struggle to align these things. I hope our audience will experience that doubt as the play unfolds.
Where does truth live?"<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="s15" style="margin:0in;text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#121212;background:white">“The grey gulf between Sister Aloysius and Father Flynn’s entrenched positions is where the audience are left to swim. The play
leaves us, unnervingly, in that place of doubt.” <i>The Guardian</i> </span><span style="color:#121212;background:white"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span class="s16"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Ticket prices from </span></span><span class="s17"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">$38 (adults), $34 (for seniors 65 and older) and $17 for students with valid ID. A $3 service fee
per single ticket will be applied at time of purchase. </span></span><span class="s16"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Curtain times are 7:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, and 2:30 p.m. Sundays.
</span></span><span class="s17"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Preview performances are 7:30 p.m. the Thursday before opening night, with general-admission seating for just $10. Smart Seats® are available for each performance at just $10 per person.
For more information please visit </span></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://www.beckcenter.org/shows/doubt">beckcenter.org.</a><span class="s17">
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<p class="s8" style="margin:0in"><b><i><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Doubt
</span></i></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">contains adult themes and suggestions of sexual abuse.
<span class="s10">Produced through special arrangement with Dramatists </span></span><span class="s10"><span style="background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="s15" style="margin:0in;text-align:justify"><span class="s25"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">All performances are at theaters inside </span></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="http://www.beckcenter.org/"><span class="s29"><span style="color:blue">Beck
Center for the Arts</span></span></a><span class="s16"> located at 17801 Detroit Avenue in Lakewood, just ten minutes west of downtown Cleveland. Free onsite parking is available. For more information visit </span><a href="http://www.beckcenter.org/"><span class="s29"><span style="color:blue">beckcenter.org</span></span></a><span class="s16">.</span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Beck Center for the Arts is proud to be a part of Northeast Ohio’s professional theater landscape, operating under a letter of agreement with Actors’ Equity Association. We are a Small Professional
Theater (SPT) based on the number of seats, number of our performances, and the maximum weekly hours of work we provide to actors. We produce every show on our stages, by choosing the play, casting and rehearsing it, building the sets, props, and costumes,
directing and performing the live music, and designing lights and sound. We proudly utilize regional resources and talent.
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