Across a Barrier of Fear: The Life of Eleanor Roosevelt
“Everything I ever did, I did across a barrier of fear.” --Eleanor Roosevelt Across a Barrier of Fear: The Life of Eleanor Roosevelt is a one-woman performance written by Sharon Whitney and starring Jane VanBoskirk. The play’s title is born of a quote by the former First Lady who comes alive in Whitney’s script. The play traces her life from her childhood as an orphan and her schooling in London, to her marriage to Franklin Delano Roosevelt and beyond. It takes the audienc