XU Announces Regional Premiere of FROM WHITE PLAINS

Xavier University Department of Music & Theatre Announce
Regional Premiere of  FROM WHITE PLAINS

Patrick McWilliams as Ethan, Patrick Phillips as Gregory, Sean Burlingame as Dennis & Mac Blais as John.

CINCINNATI, January 28, 2014—Xavier University’s Department of Music & Theatre is proud to announce the regional premiere of Michael Perlman’s FROM WHITE PLAINS. This production is directed by Craig Wesley Divino, Fault Line Theatre Co-Artistic Director. Divino was an original company member of the world premiere production.

After a shocking announcement on international television, 30-year-old Ethan Rice finds himself finally having to confront who he was and what he did as a teenager. From White Plains follows four men, straight and gay, as they attempt to take responsibility for past actions and move beyond them, aided and frustrated by social media and viral videos. The play examines how male relationships change as boys grow into men and asks who speaks for a victim of bullying when he is no longer here to speak for himself.

Just because it gets better doesn’t mean it didn’t happen.

Performances of From White Plains are scheduled from February 14 – 22, 2014 at the Xavier University Gallagher Student Center Theater. Single ticket prices are $15 for adults and $10 for seniors, Xavier faculty/staff and all students. Tickets are currently on sale and are available through the Xavier University box office website at: www.xaviertheatre.ticketleap.com/whiteplains, or by calling the Xavier box office at 513.745.3939. The box office will open on Monday, February 3 with hours Monday-Friday from 1:00 – 6:00pm.

For more information on From White Plains or for interviews with any member of the cast, crew or company, contact Stephen Skiles, Director of Theatre at skiless1@xavier.edu or 513.745.3578, or visit www.xavier.edu/theatre.

About the Xavier Department of Music and Theatre
Xavier University’s theatre program combines practical experiences and professional collaborations with a rigorous and diverse curriculum. In addition to a strong foundation of theatre courses, the Bachelor of Arts Degree in Theatre offers students the opportunity to focus in either the area of performance or design and technology. The program prepares students for professional experience outside of Xavier by fostering a practical, cross-cultural and student-oriented curriculum.

Xavier University’s Theatre program will prepare students for professional experience outside of Xavier and will foster a practical, cross-cultural and student-oriented program that bridges the gap between the student, faculty member and different academic disciplines. By educating students in such a diverse, open, and free environment, they will establish themselves in their community by bringing an integrated understanding of humanity, the world, and God to their profession and lives.

About Xavier University
Xavier University is a private university located in Cincinnati, Ohio, providing a liberal arts education in the Jesuit Catholic tradition. Founded in 1831, the University is the sixth-oldest Catholic university in the nation. U.S. News & World Report ranks it No.4 among master’s-level universities in the Midwest, and The Princeton Review names it as one of the “Best 377 Colleges in America.”

About Craig Wesley Divino
Craig is the Co-Artistic Director of Fault Line Theatre Company in New York City, and an actor, musician and fight choreographer. Now based in New York City, Craig was raised in the United Kingdom. He received his undergraduate education in English Literature and Theatre Arts at Cornell University, focusing primarily on William Shakespeare and his contemporaries, and completed his Master of Fine Arts in Acting at the Brown

University/Trinity Rep MFA Programs. Selected Credits: Fault Line Theatre: Doctor Faustus, Frogs, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, From White Plains. NYC: Two Noble Kinsmen (Guerrilla Shakespeare Project); The Tragedy of Cardenio (Braintrust Theatricals); Romeo and Hamlet (GayFest 2010). Regional: A Christmas Carol (Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park); Amadeus (Chautauqua/Virginia Arts Festival); In the Next Room (or the Vibrator Play) (SpeakEasy Stage Co); The Winter’s Tale, Rx, Arcadia (Chautauqua Theatre Co); In Spite of the Devil (Brown/Trinity Playwrights Rep); Henry V (Rites and Reason); A Christmas Carol (Trinity Rep).