Eleanor was a Victorian Woman that through experience and training became her own person.  Her journey can remind us of the power of problem solving.

The one act created by Glenn Hopkins uses her words to give us a vibrant experience of one of our most memorable First Ladies.  From her renewal as a late recreational reader to her shadow that continues to impress us that the uniqueness of one mind can nudge us on to be courageous and risk standing up for others.  Like Ellen DeGenere's character in "Finding Dory", we all need a vibrant reminder of what keeps us swimming.

The Venice Mootney Theatre's playwright's craft brings to life a narrative that stirs our hearts and reminds us to risk becoming ourselves and caring for others.

Our First Lady, once nicknamed "Totty" in finishing school, Eleanor Roosevelt influenced by her father's encouraging letters that strengthened by her belief that she had something to contribute to the world. 

From a childhood that could have led to disillusionment, she honed her character until she felt she understood the importance of contribution and the practicality of protecting children, and woman. Pushed to lead by her finishing school teacher, she became a defender of the vulnerable and a future humanist who persevered beyond war towards a world that could hone communication skills and choose the option reach for self-fulfillment and a new potentiality that leads towards peace.

This Sunday you might visit with Hopkin's E.A.R. and be nudged towards your own greatness.  You can donate your $5.00 for your ticket and be delivered to another  moment in our history with Mrs. Roosevelt.  It may not be a panacea this election season but it can be a philosophical chimera for an hour at the First Unitarian Universalist Church of Los Angeles, on 8^th and Vermont this Sunday…a moment of listening to one of our greatest hearts and minds.  You can join the Mootney celebrants of the Theatre and the playwright's fortieth anniversary and celebrate the discovery of voice and agency in this historic figure who shaped our modern understanding.  She and her husband led us to cope in dark times.  She followed her family values and evoked human contribution, courage, and generosity in her staff, her readers, her entourage and our allies.

In a one time two language performance, actors Bo Lebo and Ande Kims will help the audience to discover and celebrate "The First Lady of the World" via Glenn Hopkin's well written one act cameo at 1pm, Sunday, July 3^rd for the 40^th Anniversary of the Mootney Theatre.  She was groomed for stardom in a time where women were not leaders and did not leave a mark, but as a writer, entrepreneur, social activities, mother, and diplomat, America found solace, vision, direction, and hope in her agenda.

Join us this Sunday in rediscovering the woman who almost made it on the ten dollar bill.

Tickets are now on sale at www.brownpapertickets.com or at the door on the day of the event.  You can park on the street, under the church, or in its corner parking lot ½ block east of the sanctuary. 

Join us for lunch after the church service by donation and at the play for $5.00 per person 75 minutes with Eleanor and after the performance songs by Ande Kims and Ross Altman (Traitor to Her Class). Get your tickets now…seating limited to 240. Ten tickets set aside for press.  Mootney at Large is a theatrical venture supporting the practice of theatre to inspire, entertain, and raise capital for educational programming creating this community arts production in Koreatown in two of the play's 11 translations.

The Church:

http://uula.org/

New Responses:

http://rooseveltinstitute.org/fdr-and-new-deal-response-environmental-catastrophe/

Remarkable leader:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/diana-liverman/the-pursuit-of-environmental-and-social-justice_b_5858170.html

Glenn Hopkins:

http://www.doollee.com/PlaywrightsH/hopkins-glenn.html

Columnist:

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/primary-resources/eleanor-race/

Accomplishments:

http://www.historynet.com/eleanor-roosevelt

Ebook- The Eleanor Roosevelt Encyclopedia on Val-Kill:

https://books.google.com/books?id=5p9GIzyk0XgC&pg=PA158&lpg=PA158&dq=eleanor+roosevelt+and+the+environment&source=bl&ots=eluNkk5RJn&sig=gjyLUZGI11z3v24Jsze6MQGNVtw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjk-fGitczNAhWI24MKHRk1D60Q6AEIezAQ#v=onepage&q=eleanor%20roosevelt%20and%20the%20environment&f=false

Finding Dory…we all want to find our best family:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/comic-riffs/wp/2016/06/27/finding-dorys-trouncing-of-independence-day-resurgence-underscores-a-rule-of-hollywood-sequels/

Hyde Park:

https://www.nps.gov/hofr/index.htm

What will we remember and defend?:

https://www.amazon.com/Universal-Declaration-Rights-Little-Wisdom/dp/1557094551?ie=UTF8&*Version*=1&*entries*=0

https://www.nps.gov/media/video/view.htm?id=90E6955A-155D-451F-67FA33FA73A746A5

Donations from the books sold (10% to the Church) and tickets $5.00:

Ticket sales up for purchase. Please do!

http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/2569634

Any extra gifts past expenses will go to underwriting children's literacy and arts programs under New Education Options, Inc. (818) 742-5099.

Interviews for Glenn Hopkins: 310-478-7379.

Book:

https://www.amazon.com/Slim-Glenn-Hopkins/dp/1436348706?ie=UTF8&*Version*=1&*entries*=0

P.S.  Mootney Theatre's website has been hacked. Please phone Mr. Hopkins to interview him, send him comments or pictures c/o 301-478-7379.

Values:

http://harpers.org/blog/2007/12/roosevelt-on-human-rights-in-the-small-places/

Thank you to Evelyn Giang for videography.

Thank you to Dorinda Carey for makeup.

Thank you to Ande Kims and Bo Lebo for acting.

Thank you for passing information about this performance to your friends.