Doubt (Pacific Theatre)
I love Meryl Streep, who was nominated for the Oscar a few years ago (as well as Viola Davis, was also nominated) for her role on Doubt. And it’s very coincidental that now Pacific Theatre is putting Doubt on stage.
How far would you go to protect a child? In John Patrick Shanley’s Doubt, a Parable, presented by Pacific Theatre, Sister Aloysius is faced with this very question. Her answer is swift and ferocious: if a child’s welfare is at stake, there is no time to waste. She acts. So when suspicions are raised that the young priest Father Flynn is spending too much time with one of the young male students, she does not hesitate. Hit by her fierce crusade Father Flynn is left to defend his actions, but without concrete proof on either side both are guided only by the strength of their convictions and the nagging of their doubts to guide them.
In the role of Sister Aloysius is Erla Faye Forsyth (Holy Mo). Giovanni Mocibob (from My Name is Asher Lev fame) will be bringing Father Flynn to life, while Kaitlin Williams (The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe) takes on Sister James, and Leslie Lewis Sword (Miracle in Rwanda) as Mrs. Muller. Meryl Streep was Sister Aloysius and Viola Davis was Mrs. Muller in the widescreen.
The second in Pacific Theatre’s Shanley Series, Doubt, a Parable provides a fascinating contrast to Danny and the Deep Blue Sea. Both represent high-stakes conflict between fierce characters, one slithering along with eloquent and subtle nuance, while the other stumbles, screams, and battles its way to the finish line.
Details: DOUBT, A PARABLE by John Patrick Shanley
When: March 2-31, Wednesday-Saturday at 8pm with 2pm matinees Saturdays
Where: Pacific Theatre, 1440 West 12th Ave (at Hemlock St), Vancouver, BC
Tickets: $16.50-29.50 (HST not incl.) – to reserve call 604.731.5518, or visit pacifictheatre.org.
To enter my giveaway for a pair of tickets to the March 7th performance, please tell me an anecdote of how you’ve protected someone you love. After all, this play is all about protecting the innocent (in this case, at whatever cost). I am overprotective with my friends always, and most of them know this.
I will draw a winner on March 5th at 2pm. Please check back here on that date to see whether you won. For an additional (maximum of 2 entries overall) entry into the contest you can post the following:
Entered @hummingbird604 and @pacifictheatre’s giveaway for Doubt, A Parable. You can enter too!
Living with my grandparents earlier in the 2000s and helping them out with tasks such as cleaning, yardwork, and errands as they were in their 70s and leading into their 80s at the time. Ensuring their health/safety in the process by also being around as they battled a myriad of health issues.
Also re-tweeted:
https://twitter.com/#!/evdav1/status/175904916441808896
I am reluctant to post this, but I`m sure it`s commonplace behaviour. I was terribly suspicious about a loved one`s boyfriend, so I did some Googling and found some alarming things. Thankfully the relationship broke up soon for unrelated reasons.
I copied (imaged) the very inappropriate comments made on my nieces’ facebook account by other children about other children and showed the school principal.
my friend had met someone she really liked and was very excited that they were going to be able to get together (finally) on a real date – Happens he was a customer of the coffee bar I worked in and I found out he was already married. Yes, I did tell her.
I’m not sure if this counts, but it is a poignant recent example of protecting one who cannot protect themselves in my life. I recently saved an old, sick, and injured seagull from dying outside in the cold alone by working with a wonderful BC SPCA Emergency Line worker named Harrison to get the seagull in a box lined with a comfy towel so that Harrison could take the seagull to Wildlife Rescue. There, I know the right choice would be made, whether that would be rehabilitation or euthanization. No one else would have saved the seagull, they would have just kept walking by him in the dark under the skytrain, heads down, not going the extra mile. I’d do it again in a heartbeat.
I helped identify the kids who were bullying my cousin and a couple of her friends as they refused to participate in a practical joke to harass one their teachers.
UPDATE – Evan, you’re the lucky winner – can you email me at raul(@)hummingbird604(.)com
Thanks!