"I wish I could lie down beside you tonight and take you in my arms," wrote Eleanor Roosevelt in one of 2,336 letters she penned over the course of 30 years to journalist Lorena Hickok. Known as "Hick," the female Associated Press reporter became a friend, companion, and lover to the so-called "First Lady of the World." Roosevelt's secret lover is the star of a one-woman play researched, written, and acted by Terry Baum with playwright Pat Bond. Directed by Carolyn Myers, the set design by Vola Ruben incorporates reproductions of Roosevelt's handwriting. Hick: A Love Story: The Romance of Lorena Hickok & Eleanor Roosevelt provides a long-suppressed look at the life, love, and work of the spunky journalist who chronicled the Depression and served as chief investigator of the Federal Emergency Relief Administration and executive secretary of the Women's Division of the Democratic National Committee.
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