The Savannah Disputation

The Savannah Disputation

The Hit Off-Broadway Comedy!

By Evan Smith
Directed by Paul Daigneault
Featuring Nancy E. Carroll and Paula Plum

“The Best New American Play of the Season” –NYTheatre.com

Sept. 18 - Oct. 17, 2009

New England Premiere! A Pentecostal missionary gets more than she bargained when she drops in on two Catholic spinsters and sparks a crisis of faith. To fight back, the sisters enlist the help of their unsuspecting parish priest, setting the stage for a theological showdown about what it means to truly believe. Nancy E. Carroll and Paula Plum star in this touching and funny new play.

Running time: 100 minutes without intermission

Hear what the critics are saying:

"Faith is a complicated business - and even sometimes, as Disputation shows, a funny business too." -The Boston Globe

"With seemingly endless side-splitting moments, The Savannah Disputation may well be the funniest play of the season." -The Boston Metro

"About as smart a play as you're likely to see this year." -Hub Review

"The funniest thing on the planet! There is a lot of quality theater out right now in Boston, but go see The Savannah Disputation." -Weekly Dig

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Podcast 1
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Podcast 2
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Basic Show Information

The Savannah Disputation
By Evan Smith
Directed by Paul Daigneault
With Nancy E. Carroll, Carolyn Charpie, Timothy Crowe & Paula Plum
Sept. 18 - Oct. 17, 2009

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Nancy E. Carroll (left) and Paula Plum (right) play Catholic spinster sisters who do battle with a beautiful young missionary in a scene from the SpeakEasy Stage Company production of the acclaimed comedy, THE SAVANNAH DISPUTATION, running Sept. 18 - Oct. 17 at the Calderwood Pavilion at the Boston Center for the Arts, 527 Tremont Street in Boston’s South End. Tix/Info: 617-933-8600. Photo: Mark L. Saperstein. A Catholic spinster (Paula Plum, left) listens as a young missionary (Carolyn Charpie, right) tries to convince her to give up Catholicism in a scene from the SpeakEasy Stage Company production of THE SAVANNAH DISPUTATION, running Sept. 18 - Oct. 17 at the Calderwood Pavilion at the Boston Center for the Arts, 527 Tremont Street in Boston’s South End. Tix/Info: 617-933-8600. Photo: Mark L. Saperstein.
A Catholic priest (Timothy Crowe) and a young missionary (Carolyn Charpie) are unwitting participants in a theological showdown in the SpeakEasy Stage Company production of THE SAVANNAH DISPUTATION, running Sept. 18 - Oct. 17 at the Calderwood Pavilion at the Boston Center for the Arts, 527 Tremont Street in Boston’s South End. Tix/Info: 617-933-8600. Photo: Mark L. Saperstein. A surprise visit from a young missionary (Carolyn Charpie, left) sparks a crisis of faith for a Savannah spinster (Paula Plum, right) in a scene from the SpeakEasy Stage Company production of THE SAVANNAH DISPUTATION, running Sept. 18 - Oct. 17 at the Calderwood Pavilion at the Boston Center for the Arts, 527 Tremont Street in Boston’s South End. Tix/Info: 617-933-8600. Photo: Mark L. Saperstein.
A young missionary (Carolyn Charpie, left, seated, red dress) and a Catholic spinster (Paula Plum, right, orange sweater) become unexpected friends in a scene from the SpeakEasy Stage Company production of THE SAVANNAH DISPUTATION, running Sept. 18 - Oct. 17 at the Calderwood Pavilion at the Boston Center for the Arts, 527 Tremont Street in Boston’s South End. Tix/Info: 617-933-8600. Photo: Mark L. Saperstein. (Clockwise from left): Carolyn Charpie, Timothy Crowe, Paula Plum and Nancy E. Carroll in the SpeakEasy Stage Company production of THE SAVANNAH DISPUTATION, running Sept. 18 - Oct. 17 at the Calderwood Pavilion at the Boston Center for the Arts, 527 Tremont Street in Boston’s South End. Tix/Info: 617-933-8600. Photo: Mark L. Saperstein.
Carolyn Charpie as the young missionary Melissa in the SpeakEasy Stage Company production of the acclaimed comedy, THE SAVANNAH DISPUTATION, running Sept. 18 - Oct. 17 at the Calderwood Pavilion at the Boston Center for the Arts, 527 Tremont Street in Boston’s South End. Tix/Info: 617-933-8600. Photo: Mark L. Saperstein. Timothy Crowe as Father Patrick Murphy in the SpeakEasy Stage Company production of the acclaimed comedy, THE SAVANNAH DISPUTATION, running Sept. 18 - Oct. 17 at the Calderwood Pavilion at the Boston Center for the Arts, 527 Tremont Street in Boston’s South End. Tix/Info: 617-933-8600. Photo: Mark L. Saperstein.
Paula Plum as the guileless Margaret in a scene from the SpeakEasy Stage Company production of the acclaimed comedy, THE SAVANNAH DISPUTATION, running Sept. 18 - Oct. 17 at the Calderwood Pavilion at the Boston Center for the Arts, 527 Tremont Street in Boston’s South End. Tix/Info: 617-933-8600. Photo: Mark L. Saperstein. Nancy E. Carroll as Mary in a scene from the SpeakEasy Stage Company production of THE SAVANNAH DISPUTATION, running Sept. 18 - Oct. 17 at the Calderwood Pavilion at the Boston Center for the Arts, 527 Tremont Street in Boston’s South End. Tix/Info: 617-933-8600. Photo: Mark L. Saperstein.