"Keeping up with the times"- Glenn Hopkins returns to the west coast for a screenplay reading (debut and workshopping event).

All the World's a Stage for Venice Mootney Company's Glenn Hopkins- calling players to a screenplay read through at the Church at Ocean Park this afternoon.  They are asked to ply their craft to reenact "Mrs. Roosevelt" twice and in the process capture the spirit of the Occupy movement with its unique narrative and vitality

Playwright Glenn Hopkins and The Venice Mooney Company are plying their craft today.  At the rock bottom price of $2.00 and a sense of purpose and fun, founder Mr. Hopkins and crew are filling the community hall from 1-5pm, Sunday July 13^th at 235 Hill Street, Santa Monica with actors, activists, and grazing potluck to read through his acclaimed "Mrs. Roosevelt"

Churches must find new ways to outreach to communities to stay vibrant and The Church in Ocean Park, Santa Monica is no different.  And this reading potluck will not only feature two Eleanor Roosevelts (Carla Harary and Nadja Hoyer),  Carla reading at 1pm and Nadja reading at 5pm, but expects to capture a live,open-mike round-robin of "occupy" material and the publicity flier invited guests to come prepared a minute or two of modern rhetoric to help characters (Emma/Eleanor's mentee) stay vibrant, current and interesting.  Bo Lebo will read "Emma"

The play now available for group fundraising in Spanish, Farsi, Korean, Japanese, Mandarin, French, German, Italian, Portugese, and Polish –ask Mr. Hopkins for more information at 310-478-7379.  For the play licensing or to inquire about the screenplay contact Mr. Hopkins directly

Writing about the phenomenon that was Mrs. Roosevelt in his woman's one act play, presently seeking representation and mounting as a film, the following was said about the work:

MRS. ROOSEVELT (2014)

'"Glenn Hopkins is an American Original

. Names like Johnny Appleseed, Woody

Guthrie, Will Geer, and Walt Whitman come to mind."

--Backstage West

"A familiar figure on the Los Angles theatre

scene, Glenn Hopkins has written over twenty

plays. Melodramatic and hilarious, brash and sensit

ive, frustrating yet ultimately rewarding,

Hopkins writes from the heart... his

integrity and purpose shine through"

---Drama-Logue

"outrageous... refreshing...

intriguing... important... worthwhile."

--The Daily Bruin

"infused with lyric imagery... billowing...lovely...fun"

---The Hollywood Reporter

You can find out about the casting, the community event, and the Screenplay-read through by  reading a flier or by attending the potluck and occupying yourself with a line or two about your present day issues about justice, equity, student loans, civil rights, job generation, housing, voting rights, corporations as people, health insurance, democracy v.s. oligarchy, racism, black listing, spying……..(come and have your beef for the sake of contemporizing this important material)…… parking 2 blocks West of the church near the Farmers Market.  Come early enough to have pages assigned, bring food, drinks, fruit

For more information, contact either Mr. Hopkins at www.mootney.org or 310-478-7379 or Ernest Harding, publicist, by letter at 4071 Granview Blvd, Trailer 19, LA, 90066

"No Kind of Love is to be Despised"  Eleanor Roosevelt, co-founder of The United Nations

Note: Actors please pre print your own copy of the screenplay and bring it to the reading you will be encouraged to jot down and submit a critique with contact information from the writer. (actors are assigned 5 pages ahead)

Plays, classes, events, memorials, children's gated play areas on the premises allow the church to continue its legacy of supporting the community and housing highly spirited events that renew interest in faith, hope and courage.  Thank you to the bi-coastal playwright keeping his work current and enlivening many lives.  Thank you to the church for its leadership in the arts, culture, and conversation of the community at large

Address:  The Church in Ocean Park,  235 Hill Street, Santa Monica, CA 90405

Come early for casting/ feedback/direction and for parking nearby

Time:  1-5 pm,

Date: Sunday, July 13^th, 2014

Play – definitions: (noun)

1. The act or art of managing a fish with a line, so as to tire it out and bring it to land;
2. Something unusual, a maneuver or move, or act in a game
3. Fun joking as do a thing in play as opposed  "in ernest"

(verb)

1. To perform on a musical instrument
2. To act as in a drama, to perform as on a stage
3. To have fun
4. To amuse oneself
5. To take part in a game or sport

The Play download:

http://www.o00a.com/glen/glennh0014b.pdf

The Venice Mootney Company:

www.mootney.org

Download:

http://www.glennhopkins.o00a.com/1/015a

"Life and acting can become live play that enlivens the community and helps the playwright- come out express yourself for the sake of art."