Feb. 17–28: New Play with MMC Alums Supporting Bedford Hills College Program
The play is directed by S. C. Lucier ’12, and includes cast member Frank Monteleone ’04 and general management by Evan Bernardin ’13.
The show was inspired by the story of Ota Benga, a Congolese pygmy exhibited alongside an orangutan in the Bronx Zoo in 1906, one of the more tragic and unusual episodes in New York City history.
Romagnoli, who has taught for more than 20 years at high schools, homeless shelters, substance abuse and incarcerated programs for “at-risk” youth, says, “I always tried to engage my ‘audience’ with something that I knew would shock, perplex or in some way relate to students who, for the most part, suffered some sort of trauma in their lives,” he said. “Ota Benga always got their attention.”
All proceeds are being donated to the Bedford Hills College Program.
Tickets are $18 each and are available online. Learn more about the production on BroadwayWorld.com.
Published: February 08, 2016
The Power of Prison Education: MMC Marks Anniversary at Bedford Hills, Celebrates Program Alums
Though MMC has been the sole degree-granting institution for the college program at the Bedford Hills Correctional Facility in Bedford Hills, New York, since 1997, this year holds special meaning for the relationship: September marks the 20th anniversary of when the program was officially deemed an extension campus of MMC. We’ll be celebrating and sharing the stories of Bedford Hills students and alums, like Monica Szlekovics ’09, all year long.
