Doubt: A Parable
Everyone is welcome to attend the Theater Department’s performances of Doubt: A Parable, performed by St. Olaf students.
The main message of John Patrick Shanley’s play Doubt: A Parable is that doubt, rather than certainty, requires courage and is essential for moral integrity and genuine faith. The play explores how clinging to certainty can be destructive and encourages audiences to embrace skepticism and moral uncertainty in a world where clear resolutions are often lacking. It also touches on themes of power, authority, abuse, and racial tensions within the strict hierarchy of a Catholic school in the 1960s.
