Played by newcomer Tyler Young, Philip Shea is a teenager from the projects who's seen more pain than any adult ever should and he gets a fresh chance to start over in an idyllic small town with his new foster mother, Helen. He is on the verge of falling in love, when he witnesses a triple murder with his closeted boyfriend – and the two boys swear themselves to secrecy for fear of being outed.
Eyewitness is the first crime thriller series ever on national U.S. television to center around two gay characters. The cast is going to get together for a cast and crew special party in Los Angeles and engage live with the audiences on Twitter and in a Facebook Live conversation with fans immediately following the 10pm ET and 10pm PST broadcasts of Eyewitness.
Fans are encouraged to Tweet in their questions directly to the cast and series while watching the show and the questions will be answered during the Facebook Live sessions after the show airs. The Facebook Live session will run on www.facebook.com/itgetsbetterproject/ and hashtags for the social media coming out party are #Eyewitness and #PhilipsComingOutParty.
Series creator Adi Hasak and his team at Adi TV Studios with the help of It Gets Better Project and Storytellers United have been able to help create a groundswell of support from the LGBT community and amplify their enthusiasm of the series. The It Gets Better Project's mission is to communicate to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender youth around the world that it gets better, and to create and inspire the changes needed to make it better for them.
