Bay Street Theater has two new additions to its year-round staff.Allen O’Reilly joins the Sag Harbor theater as the director of education and community outreach and Paul Anthony Mongelluzzo joins as the manager of sales and sponsorships.
Mr. O’Reilly, an educator and professional actor for more than 30 years, has served as artistic director at Young Audiences of Atlanta, education director at Georgia Shakespeare and most recently education programs manager at Cleveland Play House. He has acted at Cleveland Play House, Geva Theatre Center, Clarence Brown Theatre and the Alliance Theatre and was an associate artist at Georgia Shakespeare for 24 seasons. Among his television and film credits are “Sleepy Hollow,” “Turn: Washington’s Spies,” “Bobby Jones,” “Stroke of Genius,” “The Assassin’s Code” and the upcoming “Anhedonia.”
“With his years of experience, we know that he will help to build a robust education program, including new initiatives as well as developing even more ties and partnerships with the community,” Artistic Director Scott Schwartz said of Mr. O’Reilly.
Mr. Mongelluzzo has worked in Long Island broadcasting for more than 25 years, spending the majority of his career as a sales manager with WALK-FM. He has experience in media sales, marketing, public relations, social media as well as experiential/event marketing, according to Bay Street. He also has his own company, Long Island Comedy, which produces the annual Long Island Comedy Festival, New Year’s Laughin’ Eve and the new 50+ Comedy Tour.
“We are thrilled to welcome both Allen and Paul to the Bay Street team,” said Executive Director Tracy Mitchell. “Their participation will help Bay Street continue to grow and thrive as a theater and as a center for the arts. Education plays a key role in future development of theater audiences, and having the financial support to allow everyone to participate who wishes to, is at the core our mission of what we offer to our community.”