A Southern Regional alumnus (Class of ’91) has designed a program called Ritual4Return that combines theater, education and community to help the formerly incarcerated reenter society with dignity and lead healthy, meaningful lives. Manahawkin native Kevin Bott now lives in Lambertville; he is a community-based theater artist and scholar whose passions lie in the humanities, social justice and movement building.

Bott’s family is well known in the area. His older brother, Christopher, is a Ship Bottom chiropractor, and his younger brother, Ryan, is a member of the band The Following.