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Ezra Berkley Nepon (ACG '07) will be performing in the musical, Sunrise at Hyde Park about the romance between Eleanor Roosevelt and Lorena Hickok. Playing at the William Way Center (1315 Spruce Street) July 23 through 25. All seats $10; Ticket reservations: SunriseAtHydePark@gmail.com (please indicate date and number of tickets requested).
1932: Lorena Hickok, a hot-shot reporter for the Associated Press, is assigned to interview Eleanor Roosevelt, wife of New York State Governor and Presidential candidate Franklin D. Roosevelt. Hickok wants to be covering crime, corruption and war. The shy, reluctant Eleanor wants to be left alone. This awkward interview changes the lives of both women.
1962: Ray Corry, an ambitious young curator at the Roosevelt Museum in Hyde Park, pressures the ill and aged Hick to donate her 30 years of letters, the intimate correspondence of two remarkable women. Corry is shaken by the content he discovers - the passion and complexity of the Eleanor/Hick relationship and the impact the letters have on his own life.
Based on Eleanor and Hick, words & music by Tom Wilson Weinberg, book by Peggy Stafford, original direction by Darren Katz.
You can also see Sunrise at Hyde Park at the Arts Project Cherry Grove on Fire Island in August. More information here.
