Hot Seat: Media Monday Rome Community Theater’s First Date, Sue Francisco from Whitney’s Legacy w/ Zurawski v. Texas, and the United Way’s 211 Day 2/10/25
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This Hot Seat: Media Monday episode features Claire Bosley, director of the musical comedy First Date, onstage at Rome Community Theater, who discusses the show’s unique concept and the challenges of directing a full-scale production. Actors Hannah Pegg and Nick Mellace share their experiences playing multiple characters and navigating quick changes. Also, Sue Francisco, founder of Whitney’s Legacy, talks about how she found the strength to create a foundation in her honor to help others after the death of her daughter Whitney. She also discusses the screening of the documentary Zurawski v. Texas at MVCC in Utica. Then Sarah Macri and Jack Pflanz from the United Way of the Mohawk Valley drop by to celebrate 211 Day.
Photos by Jim Hale
Rome Community Theater is online at Romecommunitytheater.org, Facebook.com/romecommunitytheater, Twitter.com/rome_theater, and Instagram.com/romecommunitytheater/. Whitney’s Legacy is online at Whitneyslegacy.org, Facebook.com, and https://www.instagram.com/whitneyslegacyofficial/. The United Way of the Mohawk Valley is online at United Way of the Mohawk Valley, United Way of the Mohawk Valley | Utica NY, United Way Mohawk Valley (@UnitedWayMV) / X, United Way Mohawk Valley (@unitedwaymv) • Instagram photos and videos, and United Way of the MV (@unitedwayofthemv) | TikTok.
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