'Faith Healer' coming to stage at Wichita State

The Wichita State University School of Performing Arts/Theatre will present the play “Faith Healer” at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 10, through Saturday, April 13, and 2 p.m. Saturday, April 13, and Sunday, April 14, in the Welsbacher Theatre at the Hughes Metropolitan Complex, 29th and Oliver, Entrance F.

Tickets -- $10 for general public; $8 military/senior citizens/faculty/staff; and $6 students – are available through the College of Fine Arts Box Office, 316-978-3233 or wichita.edu/fineartsboxoffice. “Faith Healer” is rated PG.

“Faith Healer” is a darkly lyrical and touching tale of a traveling faith healer roaming through Scotland and Wales with his wife and manager. This play by Irish dramatist Brian Friel deals with the artist as both creator and destroyer.

The three-person cast features theatre performance majors Damian Padilla as Frank, Sheena Monroe as Grace and Caleb Coffman as Teddy. “Faith Healer” is directed by design and technical theatre major Amber Creasser with Chelsey Erskin, also a design and technical theatre major, as stage manager. Design and technical theatre student designers are Jonathan Standridge (set), Maddie Nevins (costumes) and Sandy Cabrera (props). Associate professor David Neville is designing lights.

For more information, contact the School of Performing Arts at 316-978-3360 or performingarts@wichita.edu.