About Xavier
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Vital, transcendent new plays and films
Xavier Theatre & Film develops and produces new works in the Catholic arts tradition that seek truth, promote human dignity and glorify God.
Collaborators
Alexandra Bonesho--Actor
Deniz Demirer--Filmmaker
Hannah Beck--Actor
Hal Robinson--Actor
Rocio Mendez--Actor
Dennis Oberhoffer--PR/Biz Stuff
Brian Faherty--Actor
Jessie Ruane--Actor
Joe Hoover--Actor/Playwright
Tyler Brown-Actor
Devon Ahmed--Actor
Tom Paolino--Director
Emily Claire Schmitt--Playwright
Jim Shankman--Director/Actor
Peter Tedeschi--Actor/PR
Flor de Liz Perez--Actor
Geri-Nikole Love--Actor
John Roney--Actor
John Roney--Actor
Jay and Ruby Get Religion
by Joe Hoover
Ruby is a struggling actress searching for the purpose of life and Jay is an ex-seminarian just starting to live life in a world where God is distant, the church is irrelevant, and vampires aren't what they used to be.
Directed by Jim Shankman
w/ Geri-Nikole Love
Joe Hoover
John Roney
Javana Mundy
Jeremy Levy
September 2015
Medicine Show Theatre
w/Rocio Mendez, Joe Hoover
Flor de Liz Perez, David Sedgwick, Tyler Bellmon
April 2016 Davenport Theatre
The Institute
A Staged Reading
by John Frank
Young men struggle with honor, conscience and coming of age at a Catholic military academy during the Vietnam War. A co-production with Second Act Players.
January 2019
Xavier High School
The Good Life
by Joe Hoover
Tommy is the most virtuous guy in town--and Jane can't take it anymore. The Good Life examines morality in a culture of relativism, the slippery definition of human goodness and the insidious power of suggestion.
Directed by Tom Paolino
with Tyler Brown, Jessie Ruane, Devon Ahmed
November 2016-Midtown International Theatre Festival
December 2017 Manhattan
Detention Center
w/Joe Hoover
Alexandra Bonesho
Hannah Beck
May 2017--Actor's Chapel Presents
August 2017--Mt. Sinai Coming Home Program
The Immigration Project
By Rajendra Rajoon Maharaj,
Laura Pettinger and Joe Hoover
Catholic playwrights create documentary theatre based on interviews with immigrants seeking asylum in the U.S.A. A co-production with the New Sanctuary Coalition and Xavier Church.
MARCH 2019
Xavier High School
