Flynn) and Charmaine Bingwa (Mrs Muller), was directed by Dino Dimitriadis. Awards and nominations Adaptations A 2008 film adaptation by Miramax stars Meryl Streep as Sister Aloysius, Philip Seymour Hoffman as Father Flynn, Amy Adams as Sister James and Viola Davis as Mrs. Miller (the name was changed in the film). Production began on December 1, 2007, with playwright John Patrick Shanley directing and Scott Rudin producing. An opera based on the play, commissioned by the Minnesota Opera, premiered in 2013, with music by Douglas J. Cuomo to a libretto by Shanley. References Bibliography External links 2004 in Christianity 2004 plays American plays adapted into films Broadway plays Catholicism in fiction Drama Desk Award-winning plays New York Drama Critics' Circle Award winners Nuns in fiction Off-Broadway plays Plays adapted into operas Plays by John Patrick Shanley Plays set in New York City Plays set in the 1960s Pulitzer Prize for Drama-winning works Tony Award-winning plays