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Robert\xa0Galinsky\u2019s\xa0had a\xa0very rough couple of years\xa0with his father growing up. His father had\xa0undiagnosed depression\xa0which as we discussed,\xa0he worked through and resolved.\xa0\n\xa0His childhood experiences motivated him to heal and help others has given him a more than full life as an artist: an actor, a writer, director, teacher, coach. Galinsky's suburban life drew him to find out directly how struggling people lived. Galinsky has been running youth writing workshops in Riker's Island for the past 7 years, so he helps us imagine what\xa0life is like in Riker's; the teens who are held there what they dream of, how they got there, what they hope to accomplish upon release. After this session, I felt that if there were more Galinsky's and if there was a pipeline for people to become Galinskys, the world would be a better place. When asked about this, Robert says, we're\xa0a consumer society and we don't have the will to deal with these issues. I agree, but I will think about incarcerated\xa0teens differently because of our talk.\nhttps://linktr.ee/galinskynow\nSign up! Go see his play when you it's running ! https://thebenchplay.com/home \nBased on true stories and real people,\xa0The Bench,\xa0set in urban decay and rubble, explores the emotional heartbreak of five homeless characters and the catastrophic hysteria surrounding AIDS in the late 1980\u2019s. It\u2019s solo theater, where one actor plays five characters, written in dialogue form.\n\u201cA slice of life carved from the lower depths. Galinsky brings a wrenching realism to his material." LA Times--\xa0\n\u201cIf you enjoy the work of Anna Deavere Smith or 'Humans of New York" you're in for a treat. Galinsky transforms himself into a living ghost. His vital solo piece, is the most important kind of urban voyeurism. It puts a smile on your lips and moisture in your eyes.\u201d Theater Is Easy\n\u201cDirector Jay O. Sanders has built a career on roles that are inseparable from the worlds that spawned them; that same sensibility is certain to be in evidence in the play The Bench.\u201d DEADLINE Hollywood\n\u201cGalinsky is a theatre operative, impresario, and a bundle of energy and curly black hair.\u201d Wall Street Journal\nBIO: Galinsky is a contributing writer to The Fresh Toast, is Head Speaker Coach for TEDxTeen, TEDxFultonStreet, and teaches writing and performance at Rikers Island Jail, through the non-profit Literacy for Incarcerated Teens and GalinskyCoaching.com. His work as an artist activist has been featured in The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, New York Magazine, and on The VIEW, NPR, ABC Nightline News and many media outlets.