My guest is Monica Horan Rosenthal. Monica joined Summer Stage when she was a dancer at Prendie. She is remembered for playing Veta in Harvey, Mrs. McAfee in Bye Bye Birdie, Adelaide in Guys and Dolls, and Miss Hanigan in Annie. Monica has also appeared in 66 episodes of Everybody Loves Raymond as Amy McDougall Barone. I hope you enjoy our conversation, so, come along and have some fun. . .
We all have stories to tell and they can be heard here.
Welcome to Brave and Strong and True, a podcast created to engage Summer Stage alumni of all ages. I’m Bob Falkenstein.
Monica would like you to know more about the Delaware County Literacy Council https://delcoliteracy.org/champions-of-adult-literacy/
Of course, Bob botched the quote from Crimes and Misdemeanors. It really is “Don't listen to what your teachers tell you, you know. Don't pay attention. Just, just see what they look like and that's how you'll know what life is really gonna be like.”
The final lines from the same film are thus: “We are all faced throughout our lives with agonizing decisions. Moral choices. Some are on a grand scale. Most of these choices are on lesser points. But! We define ourselves by the choices we have made. We are in fact the sum total of our choices. Events unfold so unpredictably, so unfairly, human happiness does not seem to have been included, in the design of creation. It is only we, with our capacity to love, that give meaning to the indifferent universe. And yet, most human beings seem to have the ability to keep trying, and even to find joy from simple things like their family, their work, and from the hope that future generations might understand more.”
Our music is composed and performed by Neil McGettigan https://neilmcgettiganandtheeleventhhour.bandcamp.com/releases
I’d like to thank Jane Baker for editing this episode.
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