An Hour with Eleanor, written and performed by Cynthia Krause, will take place at the Mattapoisett Congregational Church on Saturday, September 26 at 4:00 pm.
“I was a little controversial,” so says Eleanor Roosevelt in her opening greeting in An Hour with Eleanor. This one-woman play was the winner of the 2022–23 Marion Art Center Playwriting Incubator Contest. Eleanor journeys from a shy, lonely child to a world-renowned U.N. human rights advocate. We see her struggle from her days at a French boarding school to leading the suffragette movement, fighting for an eight-hour, five-day work week, teaching civil rights workshops and traveling to the islands of the South Pacific to carry messages home for the thousands of troops during World War II. Born in the Victorian Age, Eleanor blossomed into one of the most beloved and remarkable First Ladies of all time. Surprisingly, the Grand Dame of midcentury America says, in her self-effacing manner, “My job was to be useful.” The history is all there, revealed in the emotions of this great lady. Come. Witness. Learn. Be inspired. Eleanor shines the way.
Tickets are $10 in advance by contacting the church office at 508-758-2671 or $12 at the door. All proceeds benefit the Mattapoisett Congregational Church Capital Campaign fund.