Date: Monday, Sept. 15
Start Time: 6:30 p.m.
End Time: 8 p.m.
Location: Virtual
This presentation will be given by Jay Sefton who is the author of the play, “UNRECONCILED.”. The play itself is performed by Jay Sefton. He will tell his story using excerpts from the play. Set in the Catholic suburbs of Philadelphia in the 1980s, the play is based on the true story of a teenage actor cast as Jesus in a school play directed by a parish priest. The solo performance chronicles a survivor’s journey to confront his past, navigate a Catholic Church reparations program, and ultimately find the courage to speak out—a poignant and humorous exploration of family, place, and the meaning of reconciliation.
Jay Sefton (Playwright/Performer) is an actor and licensed mental health counselor, originally from Philadelphia, and currently based in Easthampton, Massachusetts. He is a member of Actors’ Equity and SAG-AFTRA. Jay is the recipient of the LA WEEKLY Award for Best Solo Performance for The Most Mediocre Story Never Told, and the winner of the Berkshire Theatre Critics Association Award for Outstanding Solo Performance for Unreconciled, which also won Outstanding World Premiere of a New Play in 2024. He is the Executive Director of The Unreconciled Project and was honored by SNAP (Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests) for his work with survivors in Pennsylvania, and by CHILD USA with the Sean P. McIlmail Hero Award in 2025.
For more information contact Paula Kaempffer, Coordinator for Restorative Practices & Survivor Support for the Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, at kaempfferp@archspm.org.
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