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[The Researcher @JoanTheProfound]

Hi, fandom.

Please enjoy this photo of me absolutely losing my shit over Pam’s cat, Phoebe.

(Photo taken just after the SSE live last night, when I made a fool of myself while chatting with Pam and Atko. Good times!) 😂

[The Researcher @JoanTheProfound]

It’s possible that this is a very silly question!

[The Researcher @JoanTheProfound]

Dang, I love moral ambiguity in plays!

I’m curious as to whether or not Doubt still works nowadays. I mean, of course its ambiguity is timeless, but in an era when not choosing sides has kind of become a form of choosing sides, does ambiguity still work in the same way? 🤷🏻‍♀️

[V @V_Musings]

Doubt: A Parable | Meet Pamela Rabe and Shannen Alyce Quan https://t.co/i51tw2mWcr via @YouTube

[The Researcher @JoanTheProfound]

@V_Musings I shall always support the fangirling, even for your man love!

[The Researcher @JoanTheProfound]

@htmi_ashley YAY FOR BIRTHDAY SUSHI AND FLAN!!!

And if running makes you feel strong and happy, then an extra yay! (But give a big birthday middle finger to fat loss culture—you’re awesome as you are)!

[The Researcher @JoanTheProfound]

@htmi_ashley HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! I hope you have a fabulous day!! 🎂🎈🎁🥳

[The Researcher @JoanTheProfound]

@htmi_ashley We know our priorities! 😆

[The Researcher @JoanTheProfound]

So over on Instagram, we’re debating the big issues:

Do Pam and the cast/crew get to choose their own cubbies (maybe by height), or are they assigned by alphabetical order?

THESE ARE THE IMPORTANT QUESTIONS… 😆

[The Researcher @JoanTheProfound]

Woohoo! New rehearsal pics already! We’re being spoiled! 🙌

[V @V_Musings]

Rehearsals for “Doubt: A Parable” have begun! 🥳

#stcdoubt #stc #pamelarabe #samreid

[The Researcher @JoanTheProfound]

@pamelajrabe @V_Musings I’M SO EXCITED THAT YOU MADE GIFS FROM THE PLAY!!!!!!

(Thank you!)

[The Researcher @JoanTheProfound]

This may be one of my favourite Pam interviews ever, even if the interviewer is strangely obsessed with her accent. PEOPLE IMMIGRATE, SIMON.

PS: I tend to have very different taste from Pamela in art & plays, but VERY similar taste in music. It means nothing, but it’s cool! 😆💃🏻

[V @V_Musings]

Audio: Listen to Pamela Rabe on “In Conversation” with Simon Moore on 2MBS Fine Music Sydney!:

https://t.co/VJBXNOZZX0

#pamelarabe

[The Researcher @JoanTheProfound]

Full disclosure: when these awards were first announced (without this one), I was like: um… did Pam just get snubbed? 🙊

Oh me of little faith… 😆

YAY! NEW AWARD! Congratulations to Pam and all involved with August: Osage County! 👏👏👏

[V @V_Musings]

Congrats to Pamela Rabe for winning the 2026 Performing Arts WA Award for Outstanding Achievement by an Interstate Artist (Theatre) for August: Osage County by Black Swan State Theatre Company & Belvoir St Theatre! 🥳

[The Researcher @JoanTheProfound]

@zinenaiz Thank you! 😆

[The Researcher @JoanTheProfound]

Spoiler? I’m reading the novel of Pam’s play. I thought I’d hate it, but I LOVE it.

But I’ve come to pg 59, & to this final sentence, and… she’s going to die, isn’t she? At the end?

Blake is all about the synthesis of oppositions, so it fits, BUT I AM EMOTIONALLY INVESTED. 😭

[The Researcher @JoanTheProfound]

@zinenaiz DON’T TELL ME but also tell me, but no, DON’T TELL ME!

(Why do I let books do this to me?!) 😆

[The Researcher @JoanTheProfound]

Also: PLEASE DON’T TELL ME if she dies or not. I’m still only at the very beginning of the text, so it’s just the vibe I get. (But the other vibe is that Mrs D kind of has some struggles with the truth, so… who knows?)

[The Researcher @JoanTheProfound]

@V_Musings Your mum is wise and I will continue to do whatever she tells me to do… 🙊😆❤️

[The Researcher @JoanTheProfound]

Last night brought a GIANT thunderstorm (possibly tornado), & at 2am I sat in my basement while sirens blared & outside sounded like a freight train.

Today I lost electricity & tried to fix the house siding that had blown off.

Tonight I do my taxes.

Adulting sucks.😆😭

[The Researcher @JoanTheProfound]

@V_Musings You get the sense that that author was like “WTF is happening with this thing,” and then was happily surprised! 🙊

(Admittedly, we were ALL wondering what was up with those cancellations and delays! 😆 I guess some plays just have rocky starts! I’d still LOVE to see this one)!

[The Researcher @JoanTheProfound]

Victor Orban has been defeated, and now the world is a little bit brighter!

YAY TO KICKING OUT FASCISTS!

Let’s do that here, too!

[The Researcher @JoanTheProfound]

@DeputyCupcake @V_Musings How about the unbothered bit? I’d definitely like that… 😆

[The Researcher @JoanTheProfound]

This is probably not the correct takeaway from this play, but… Pamela Rabe as Duszejko in this pic really is just embodying my future goals! 😆

#PamelaRabe #BelvoirStTheatre #DriveYoirPloeOverTheBonesOfTheDead