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By John Patrick Shanley
Directed by Denise Gordon
Produced by Sandi Clark of Jukwaa Mazua
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Set at a Catholic school in the Bronx, the play centers on a nun who grows suspicious when a priest begins taking too much interest in the school’s first black student Donald Miller.  Sister James, a hopeful innocent, shares with Sister Aloysius her guilt-inducing suspicion that Father Flynn is paying too much personal attention to Donald. Sister Aloysius sets off on a personal crusade to unearth the truth and to expunge Flynn from the school. Now, without a shard of proof besides her moral certainty, Sister Aloysius locks into a battle of wills with Father Flynn which threatens to tear apart the community with irrevocable consequences. Is she being overly protective or not protective enough? And can she work within the system to discover the truth?

Winner of the 2005 Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award.