Stage Right

Stage Right Program

Dallas, TX…Dallas Police Department Deputy Chief Julian Bernal and other members of the DPD, along with representatives from community organizations, held a press conference at 10 a.m. Thursday, May 31 in the lobby of the Music Hall at Fair Park. The conference kicked off the second year of the successful Stage Right program that introduces at-risk youth ages 12-15 to arts and culture events.

Also speaking at the kickoff event were Michael A. Jenkins, President and Managing Director of Dallas Summer Musicals, who helped create the initiative to reach out to at- risk students, and DPD Narcotics Detective F. Monty Moncibais, who heads up the program for DPD. Stage Right’s mission statement is “Raising the curtain for education and spotlighting the appreciation of the arts through experience and positive quality lifestyles.”

Stage Right Steering Committee members include Chris Hawkins, Federal Bureau of Investigation; James Brown, Drug Enforcement Administration; Millie DeAnda, North Texas Crime Commission; Gail Gray, Phoenix House; Julia Miller, Dallas Summer Musicals; Carolyn Jordan, Boys and Girls Club; Herbert Moncibais, Hispanic Business Alliance; Gloria Moncibais, Hispanic Business Alliance; and Susan Moncibais, community activist.

Also present at the conference were Mike Hathcoat of Phoenix House, Anita N. Martinez of the Anita N. Martinez Ballet Folklorico Company, Charles English of the Dallas Boys & Girls Club, Reginald Hurd of Dallas Parks and Recreation, Deisy Martinez of Trinity River Mission, Bea Salazar of Bea’s Kids, Monisha Randolph of Girls, Inc., Paul Monroe of the Dallas Mavericks, Greg Elkin of Texas Rangers Baseball, Danny Nunez of Coca Cola Bottling of North Texas, and Eddie Campbell and Ed Campbell, of Campbell Concessions.

The students entering the program are recommended by DISD teachers and counselors and other youth programs including Boys & Girls Clubs, Girls Inc., and Dallas Recreation Centers as part of their ongoing efforts to keep students from joining gangs, getting involved in drugs and crime, or engaging in other activities that prevent their enjoying success in school. Stage Right seeks to raise awareness of the arts, increase appreciation for different lifestyles and also increase self esteem.

Over 100 students attended the 2006 Stage Right summer program, with 98 graduating from the program. These students and their parents were invited to attend several Dallas Summer Musicals presentations at the Music Hall at Fair Park in 2006.

For more information about Stage Right, please contact DPD Detective Moncibais at 214-671-3128.

Dallas Summer Musicals
P.O. Box 710336 :: Dallas, TX 75371 :: 214.421.5678