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May, 2011 TV Characters Motivational Theatre's opening night of "The 'R' Word" celebrates playwright April, 2011 Motivational Theatre Can Help Government Agencies President Obama signed an Executive Order last July establishing the federal government as a model employer of people with disabilities. The order directs federal agencies to design model recruitment and hiring strategies for agencies seeking to increase their employment of people with disabilities, as well as mandatory training programs for both human resources personnel and hiring managers. Motivational Theatre can help you fulfill this mandate within your agency, just as we helped agencies such as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Department of Homeland Security last year. Our innovative workplace programs, which can be tailored to meet your agency's needs, may include: dramatizations of the lives of people with disabilities, dramatizations relating to workplace accommodations, employee discrimination and other workplace challenges, and mock job interviews. We encourage you to visit our website to learn more about our activities and programs, view video clips and read audience comments. We're currently booking performances to recognize National Disability Employment Awareness Month in October, and would welcome adding you to our list of participating agencies. Or perhaps another time slot would be preferable. For more information, please contact Meg or Bob at motivational.theatre@gmail.com or call 410-570-5765. Movie Characters by Peter Howell An actor looking to get noticed could do worse than portray a character with a disability on the big screen. An admittedly unscientific survey of motion pictures and television shows suggests a couple of things. The mov- ies are often based on true stories: Shine, Radio, Rudy, Born on the Fourth of July, Sybil, The Three Faces of Eve, The Miracle Worker. Characters with disabilities are usually treated kindly, at least by their filmmakers (No one ever said an unkind word about Tiny Tim), if not always by the other characters. As you know, Colin Firth recently won his first Academy Award (and 14 other Best Actor awards, including a Golden Globe) for his affecting por- trayal of King George VI of England. In an understated yet harrowing scene with his speech therapist, he reveals that, as a baby, he was deliberately pinched by a nanny who doted on his older brother; and teased by his brother and others and bullied by his overbearing father all his life. Motivational Theatre Welcomes Three New Board Members March, 2011 Motivational Theatre and Peake Players Team Up to Present "The "R" Word." February, 2011 Winner of the 2010 Carlton E. Spitzer Excellence in Writing Award announced Motivational Theatre Names New Executive Director Spotlight on Bob Chauncey Bob says he has had four careers that he can remember. He began as a sociologist, teaching and doing research for several years. In fact, he has recently returned to that field, delighting and boring undergrads with his views on current social issues. In career number two, Bob served in various human resources capacities for two Fortune 50 companies. He likes to believe that his departure was the cause of one of those companies subsequently falling several steps in the Fortune ranking. Career number three, bicycling and pedestrian advocate began some ten years ago. Bob was the first paid executive director for One Less Car in Maryland, and then moved to the National Center for Bicycling and Walking for several years. Career number four began with an interest in theatre. Since one misguided director first cast him in a small role, Bob has performed numerous parts in various productions, tried his hand at directing, then joined the troupe of Motivational Theatre. Bob then served on the board, then as president, now as executive director. Bob is humbled and honored to portray award winning author, historian, and disability advocate Hugh Gallagher at various venues throughout the US. Helping Veterans With Disabilities Live Independently at Home From our friends at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation: “The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), U.S. Administration on Aging (AoA) and National Resource Center for Participant-Directed Services (NRCPDS) have launched a new partnership to help veterans of all ages and disabilities stay out of nursing homes and live independently at home in their communities. Veterans enrolled in the Veteran-Directed Home and Community-Based Services Program manage their own flexible spending budgets for their personal care services–deciding for themselves what services best meet their needs, hiring and supervising their own workers, including family and friends, and purchasing items or services that help them live more independently.” (to learn more, visit: http://www.rwjf.org/vulnerablepopulations/product.jsp?id=71670&cid=XEM_205591
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