CINCINNATI (OH)
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May 29, 2026
By Greater Cincinnati VOTF
[Note from BishopAccountability: If you can get to Cincinnati in the next twelve days, we urge you to see clergy abuse survivor Jay Sefton perform his beautiful play, “Unreconciled.” It’s hilarious and incredibly moving and will stay with you a long time. See performance times listed below. Following the performance on Sunday 5/31, BA co-director Anne Barrett Doyle will participate in a “talk back” session with Jay and Teresa Dinwiddie-Herrmann of Greater Cincinnati VOTF and Ohioans for Child Protection.]
Greetings to members, friends, community advocates and supporters,
Greater Cincinnati VOTF invites and encourages you to join us in welcoming Jay Sefton and his play “Unreconciled” to Cincinnati. Jay will be performing his award-winning play at the First Lutheran Church, 1208 Race Street, as part of the Cincinnati Fringe Festival. There are five performance dates scheduled:
SAT, 5/30 @ 6:45PM
SUN, 5/31 @ 4PM
FRI, 6/5 @ 6:45PM
SUN, 6/7 @ 6:45PM
WED, 6/10 @ 8:30PM
To purchase tickets, click here.
Greater Cincinnati VOTF hopes to “pack the seats”. So please come, bring a friend and share this invitation with your family, friends, coworkers and members of your faith community. Post a link to this invite on your social media page—spread the word.
Jay Sefton is a courageous and talented survivor of clerical abuse. His show has traveled from Massachusetts to Pennsylvania to Los Angeles and across the Atlantic to Ireland. Greater Cincinnati VOTF is pleased to welcome and support Jay and his one-person play “Unreconciled” here in Ohio. The play reflects the impact and challenges of addressing sexual abuse trauma for the victim, the family and the community.
Greater Cincinnati VOTF will host a follow-up Q and A talkback session immediately following the May 31st performance.
Justice and healing go hand in hand. Greater Cincinnati VOTF invites you to journey with us and the many victims of abuse to that place of justice and healing
VENUE:
First Lutheran Church
1208 Race Street
Cincinnati, OH
SAT, 5/30 @ 6:45PM
SUN, 5/31 @ 4PM
FRI, 6/5 @ 6:45PM
SUN, 6/7 @ 6:45PM
WED, 6/10 @ 8:30PM
Artist Bio
Jay Sefton is an actor and licensed mental health counselor, originally from Philadelphia, and currently based in Easthampton, Massachusetts. Jay is the recipient 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. The Executive Director of The Unreconciled Project, he was honored for his work with survivors by CHILD USA with the Sean P. McIlmail Hero Award in 2025.