Tony Award®-winning Best Actress Cherry Jones stars in the National Touring production of the Tony Award®- and Pulitzer Prize-winning play DOUBT, a “superb new drama” (The New York Times) by John Patrick Shanley. The production, directed by Tony Award®-winner Doug Hughes, will make its final tour stop in Philadelphia at the Merriam Theater at 250 S. Broad Street for a limited one-week engagement from Tuesday, May 15 through Sunday, May 20, 2007 as part of the Broadway Across America – Philadelphia 06-07 Season. Tickets are on sale now and can be purchased through authorized sellers found only at the Merriam Theater Box Office at 250 S. Broad Street, all Ticketmaster outlets, by phone at 215-336-1234 and online at www.ticketmaster.com and www.BroadwayAcrossAmerica.com.

Don’t miss the last chance to see Cherry Jones in her Tony Award-winning role as Sister Aloysius, the role she originated in 2005. Along with the Tony Award®, this role has earned her a Drama Desk Award, the Outer Critics Circle Award, the Lucille Lortel Award, and an Obie.

Cherry Jones was hailed as “Extraordinary” by Ben Brantley, The New York Times. Michael Phillips, The Chicago Tribune, said of her performance in DOUBT, “Cherry Jones reminds audiences why Cherry Jones is Cherry Jones, which is an American actress for the ages.”

The producers commented, “We’re delighted to bring Mr. Shanley’s thought-provoking and riveting play to the rest of the country, and we’re thrilled that more audiences will get the chance to see Cherry recreate her indelible performance as Sister Aloysius.”

Set against the backdrop of a Bronx Catholic school in 1964, DOUBT is the story of a strong-minded woman faced with a difficult decision. Should she voice concerns about one of her male colleagues…even if she’s not entirely certain of the truth?

A veteran stage actress, Cherry Jones’ Broadway credits include The Lincoln Center Theater production of The Heiress, Imaginary Friends, Major Barbara, A Moon for the Misbegotten, Our Country’s Good, Angels in America and most recently Faith Healer. She has also been seen in the regional and Off-Broadway productions of Flesh & Blood, Pride’s Crossing, The Baltimore Waltz, Night of the Iguana, The Good Person Setzuan, and 25 productions as a company member of the American Repertory Theatre, including Twelfth Night, The Three Sisters, The Caucasian Chalk Circle, and Lysistrata.

Cherry Jones also has extensive film credits including Oceans 12, The Village, Signs, Swimmers, Cradle Will Rock, Erin Brockovich, The Horse Whisperer, The Perfect Storm, Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood and the Lifetime Television movie “What Makes a Family.”

Throughout her accomplished career, Cherry Jones has been awarded two Tony Awards®, two Obies, two Joseph Jeffersons, three Drama Desks, three Outer Critics Awards, the Sidney Kingsley, two Lucille Lortel Awards, the Elliott Norton and the Drama League Award.

John Patrick Shanley (Playwright) received the 2005 Tony Award® for best play and the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for DOUBT. He is from the Bronx and was thrown out of St. Helena's kindergarten. He was banned from St. Anthony's hot lunch program for life. He was expelled from Cardinal Spellman High School. He was placed on academic probation by New York University and instructed to appear before a tribunal if he wished to return. When asked why he had been treated in this way by all these institutions, he burst into tears and said he had no idea. Then he went in the United States Marine Corps. He did fine. He's still doing okay.

Doug Hughes (Director) most recently won the Tony Award® for directing DOUBT. He is the resident director at MCC Theater, where he has directed Last Easter, Scattergood, Frozen, and The Grey Zone, which garnered an Obie Award and Drama Desk nomination, co-produced Wit and received the first-ever MCC Award. Recent work in New York includes Engaged; Flesh and Blood, which received the Callaway Award, The Beard of Avon and A Question of Mercy, all at NYTW; Othello with Keith David and Liev Schreiber at the Public; John Guare's Lake Hollywood at Signature; and An Experiment with an Air Pump for MTC. He has directed five productions for the Guthrie, where he also served as director of artistic planning. Other regional: Long Wharf; Seattle Rep; LaJolla Playhouse; the Shakespeare Theatre in D.C.; London's Bush Theatre; Yale Rep; and the McCarter. For his work on Frozen, Hughes received Tony, Lortel and OCC nominations.

DOUBT set design is by John Lee Beatty, costume design is by Catherine Zuber, lighting design is by Pat Collins, original music and sound design is by David Van Tieghem.

DOUBT is produced by Carole Shorenstein Hays, MTC Productions Inc. (Lynne Meadow, Artistic Director; Barry Grove, Executive Producer), Roger Berlind and Scott Rudin.

Showtimes for DOUBT are Tuesday through Friday at 8 p.m., Saturday at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m., and Sunday at 1 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. Tickets are on sale now and range in price from $25 to $64.50. Purchase tickets only from an authorized ticket seller at the Merriam Theater box office at 250 S. Broad Street in Philadelphia, all Ticketmaster outlets, by phone at 215-336-1234 in PA, 856-338-9000 in NJ, or 302-984-2000 in DE, or at www.ticketmaster.com or www.BroadwayAcrossAmerica.com/Philadelphia.

DOUBT is sponsored locally by CBS3, PECO, an Exelon Company, and Ruth’s Chris Steak House.

This production is presented as part of the Broadway Across America - Philadelphia 06-07 season at the Merriam Theater.

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