FROM WHITE PLAINS

(Midwest Premiere)
Written by Michael Perlman. Directed by Spenser Davis.
January 24 - February 23, 2014 at Greenhouse Theatre Center, 2257 N Lincoln Ave.

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When filmmaker Dennis Sullivan uses his Oscar acceptance speech to call out the high school bully whose actions he believes led to his best friend’s suicide, he ignites a media firestorm that quickly spirals out of control, threatening to forever change the lives of both men and those closest to them.

Winner of the 2013 GLAAD Media Award, FROM WHITE PLAINS asks: How do you face the consequences of your actions when you don’t even remember what you did wrong? When enacting revenge, how far is too far?

“ONE OF THE SMART PLAYS OF 2014”
- Windy City Times

Press for FROM WHITE PLAINS…

Highly Recommended! Michael Perlman has written a very smart play, about very smart people, asking very smart questions … Director Spenser Davis never allows the characters to slip into easy stereotypes, but keeps the emotions always rooted in a fundamental rationality.
— Mary Shen Barnidge, Windy City Times
3 Stars! An earnest but often-taut production… fluid staging and [a] solid cast create an engaging morality play...
— Kerry Reid, Chicago Tribune
An intriguingly complex social-issue set up, none of these four men are uncomplicated … Davis’s staging for Broken Nose Theatre efficiently manages the interlocking scenes...
— Kris Vire, Time Out Chicago
Recommended! An emotionally compelling, ethically confounding ride … Davis coaxes grounded, nuanced performances in this swiftly paced Broken Nose Theatre production … the final confrontation between Dennis and the bully is a doozy.
— Justin Hayford, Chicago Reader
It was a show about things that are wrong in life, like bullying, but it wasn’t just sad and depressing, it was sometimes funny and you cared for all the characters … It is a great show because it made me think differently about a girl who was sort of bullying me and it made me feel sad for people who are being bullied much worse than my problem.
— Ada Grey (age 9)
Recommended!
— John Olson, Chicago Theater Beat

PRODUCTION TEAM

  • SPENSER DAVIS* | Director, Associate Producer

  • MICHAEL PERLMAN | Playwright

  • BENJAMIN BROWNSON* | Producer

  • ELISE SPOERLEIN* | Associate Producer

  • KILEY MORGAN | Stage Manager

  • CAITLIN BOYLAN | Production Manager

  • TIANYU QIU | Scenic Designer

  • IVY REID* | Lighting Designer

  • MITCHELL HAMPTON | Sound Designer

  • RACHEL S. PARENT | Costume Designer

  • DANIELLE CASE | Props Designer

  • CONOR CLARK | Technical Director

  • MAX LAWSON | Master Electrician

    * Indicates Broken Nose Theatre company member

CAST

  • DAVID WEISS* | Dennis

  • ADAM SOULE | Ethan

  • JOHN O. LEWIS III | John

  • BEN BURKE | Gregory

  • MATTHEW HARRIS | Dennis + Gregory U/S