Ben Penticoff cast in LeTourneau University's performance of "Rabbit Hole" by David Lindsay-Abaire

LONGVIEW, TX (02/28/2011)(readMedia)-- Ben Penticoff of Sugarland, Texas, a senior chemistry major at LeTourneau University has been cast in the role of Howie in LETU's student performance of "Rabbit Hole" by David Lindsay-Abaire.

Performances are at 7 pm, Thursday, Friday and Saturday, March 31, April 1-2, and Sunday, April 3 at 2 pm in the S.E. Belcher, Jr. Chapel and Performance Center at the LETU main campus in Longview, Texas.

"Rabbit Hole" won the Pulitzer Prize in 2007, and was recently made into a movie starring Nicole Kidman and Aaron Eckhart. The story centers around a couple, Becca and Howie, as they try to figure out how to still enjoy life while they deal with the grief from the sudden death of their four-year-old son. Becca's mother, Nat, and her younger sister, Izzy, try in their own quirky ways to comfort them. When Izzy, a rambunctious and outspoken young woman, announces that she is pregnant, Becca and Howie must come to terms with the new life in the family along with their grief. A visit from Jason, the young man who accidentally hit their son, also challenges Becca and Howie to evaluate their grief. Extremely funny, provoking and always heartrending, the Rabbit Hole explores the ways we deal with grief, both individually and as families.

LeTourneau University is an interdenominational Christian university located in Longview, Texas, offering academic majors in aeronautical science, business, education, engineering, health care, the humanities and sciences. LeTourneau University also offers graduate and undergraduate degree programs for working adults online and at educational centers in Austin, Bedford, Dallas, Houston and Tyler.