Encore Players Celebrates National Public Works Week (May 21-27, 2023)
Sunday, May 21, 2pm, Livermore Library
Welcome – Bob Cowgill
Urinetown opener – Bob/Officer Lockstock, Marsha/Little Sally, Victorian/Soupy Sue
Federal Theatre Project (WPA – Works Project Administration, 1935) – Marsha Howard
New Deal – 1930’s – Victorian King-Bowman
- Eleanor Roosevelt – Diann McCannon
Andrew Carnegie (1835-1919) – Industrialist and Philanthropist – Paul Sevilla
- The Little Engine That Could – Judy Fenton
America’s Interstate Highway System – 1956/Eisenhower – Intro/Bob
- Steinbeck’s Travels With Charley – Grare Davis
- Phil Mumford, First Person Narrative Biking Across America
Unions – Intro/Bob
- Norma Rae – 1979 film based on true character – Joyce Rocha
- Reuben Warshowsky, Union organizer – Bill Leach
The International Labour Org (ILO) – Intro/Bob
Enabling Women – Myrna Pitaluna-Alngog. Philippines – Ellie Lopez
National Parks Service – Intro/Bob
- Rosie the Riveter – Grare Davis
- Betty Reid Soskin, Retired Park Ranger – Lea Blevins
Richard Finn, City Historian – The Livermore Light Bulb – Intro/Bill Leach
Closing – Thank you – Questions? – Bob