Published Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2002
GREENVILLE
'Faces of America' diversity program set at ThielThiel College's Theatre Arts Department and the Office of Multicultural Affairs will present "Faces of America" at 7 p.m. Thursday in the Lutheran Heritage Room of the Howard Miller Student Center on Thiel's campus, Greenville.
The program features moving, true accounts of nine Americans, enabling the audience to see the "real faces" of our nation. The stories told belong to young Americans -- African, Asian, Latino, East Indian, European and Native.
They challenge the stereotypes of race, class and sexual orientation, and tell of their hopes for the future.
Created by Colin Cox and Fran de Leon in response to demands for diversity workshops, the show premiered at the Los Angeles Theatre Center in March 1995. After receiving rave reviews, a national tour was launched with bookings at several American venues.
In 1996 the program was chosen to commemorate the 51st annual United Nations Day; the show played to a sold-out house and was honored by foreign dignitaries and political activists.
The event at Thiel College is free and open to the public. For more information, please call (724) 589-2220.