The thought-provoking production of Doubt running at the Olney Theatre Center explores the gory, tragic, frustrating and ultimately futile ramifications of "hunting" for the truth.

Sister Aloysius, the principal of a Catholic elementary school in the Bronx in 1964, treats the truth as though it were her prey. She pounces upon it like a cat stalking a mouse. She tracks the truth to its lair, sticks a shotgun in the hole and blasts away. When the answer she seeks is unearthed and laid at her feet, she finds that her own actions have mangled it beyond recognition.

If you go Doubt is running at the Olney Theatre Center, 2001 Olney-Sandy Spring Road, Olney, through March 9. Show times are 2 p.m., 8 p.m. Wednesdays; 8 p.m. Thursdays-Fridays; 2 p.m., 8 p.m. Saturdays; 2 p.m., 7:30 p.m. Sundays. $25-$48. Call 301-924-3400 or go to www.olneytheatre.org.