South Jersey Theater Selected To Host #SheMeansBusiness Facebook Live Event

Eagle Theatre, South Jersey's only year-round professional Equity theatre, has been selected by Facebook Inc. to be one of the official hosts of its #SheMeansBusiness 24 Hour Live event as part of International Women's Day on Wednesday, March 8, the theatre announced on Tuesday.

The theatre, based in Hammonton, is the only organization in New Jersey and one of only a select few in the world picked to participate.

Its Facebook Live broadcast will take place at 5:30 p.m., and can be viewed at facebook.com/theeagletheatre.
Women Entrepreneurs on the live panel discussion include: Chhaya Rowan, Board Member (Host), Eagle Theatre, Inc.; Linda Cashan, Owner, Casciano Coffee Bar & Sweetery/Kitchen 19; Meghan Leahy, Founder and Owner, Leahy Learning; and Norma Percodani, Owner, Chroma Beauty Bar.

"Facebook COO, Sheryl Sandberg are her team have worked diligently to be sure the message #SheMeansBusiness is heard loud and clear,” Eagle Theatre Managing Director, Jim Donio said. “We are honored to have been selected to help give a voice to this monumental global event."

"Art is an outlet in which expressing yourself is key,” said Rowan, who will host the panel discussion. “Facebook Live, along with our New Works Development Series, will provide a bright spotlight for the women of our community to share their empowering stories of success as a modern day business builder."

This live event and its powerful themes run parallel with Eagle Theatre’s upcoming new musical, “john & jen,” which opens this Friday, March 10, and runs through April 9.

Set against the background of a changing America between 1950 and 1990, this heartwarming musical focuses on a woman’s journey to independence as a single mother, overcoming obstacles, and learning to cherish the love of her family, and the joy that can be found from within.

Eagle Theatre's 2017 New Works Development Series focuses exclusively on the unique voices of women writing for professional regional theatre today.

The first New Works Play Reading is March 27, 7:30 p.m. Marlena Lustik will read “The Private Resource.”

The attached image was provided by the Eagle Theatre: Facebook COO, Sheryl Sandberg and Eagle Theatre Managing Director, Jim Donio.