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

ThisHot Seat: Media Monday episode featuresClaire Bosley, director of the musical comedyFirst Date, onstage atRome Community Theater, who discusses the show's unique concept and the challenges of directing a full-scale production. ActorsHannah PeggandNick Mellace share their experiences playing multiple characters and navigating quick changes. Also,Sue Francisco, founder ofWhitney'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 documentaryZurawski v. Texas at MVCC in Utica. ThenSarah Macri andJack Pflanz from theUnited Way of the Mohawk Valley drop by to celebrate211 Day. Rome Community Theater is online at Romecommunitytheater.org, Facebook.com/romecommunitytheater, Twitter.com/rome_theater, and Instagram.com/romecommunitytheater/.Whitney's Legacy is online atWhitneyslegacy.org,Facebook.com, andhttps://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. Ron Klopfanstein is an award-winning multimedia investigative journalist, news and features editor, and creative content producer for 95.5 FM “The Heat” broadcast and streaming. He hosts Hot Seat: Media Monday every Monday at 5 pm, broadcast on 95.5 FM and streaming at 955TheHeat.com. Like him at Facebook.com/ReadRonKlopfanstein, Follow him at Threads.net/@RonKlopfanstein, Instagram.com/RonKlopfanstein, Tiktok.com/@ronklopfanstein, Twitter.com/RonKlopfanstein, and subscribe to his channel at YouTube.com/@RonKlopfanstein. His podcasts are on Spotify, Amazon, Apple, and Pandora. Read all his work at Muckrack.com/ron-klopfanstein. NOW at BLUESKY Bsky.app/profile/ronklopfanstein.bsky.social