The Mootney Company in the Community

1976 Founded .  For The U.S. bicentennial:  Aint This It?
           a family is torn apart by the American Revolution

surrogates  (premier at Venice Methodist)
Our Mission Statement: "to shed light on the human condition"

1977 Emptiness (now called CIRCUS  SHRINK)
taped by UCLA Theta Committee under Shirley Clarke

1979 The waning Labor Movement is given a "banquet play"
DINOSAUR (also published by The  California. Theatre Council)

surrogates  David Hillbrand's U.C. Berkeley Production

ICA, London reading :: surrogates

Dramatist's Guild Grant

1980   N o t    J o b,  Chandler Hall,  Church in Ocean Park
L.A. torn by quakes; to argue with God is better than no relationship

1981 Charms  by Wayne Lindberg, Church in Ocean Park

1982, The Complex, Hollywood.  Inspired by "Radical Faeries"
The Adventures of Robin Hood Narrated by Quentin Crisp

1983,"Robin" again at Church in Ocean Park

1984 Geodome barnraising for the 300 block of Market Street and
surrogates

Residency,  McDaniel College's co-production :  C O L O N Y ;
for the (800-seat) Venice Pavilion Revitalization:
          the first lunar C O L O N Y remembers the mother planet

Jazz/Rally against Corporations Paying No Taxes

For The Committee to Monitor Poppers (banning the disco drug)
1986,   W H I T E    B R E A D    (three theatres,  8 months)
Draamalogue Award, Best  New Play

1987 LGBT March on Washington, Sylvan Theatre, Washington.Monument Grounds:
The Adventures of Robin Hood Narrated by Quentin Crisp

1989  Networking and Opening Circle for the Tongva Springs Community
University High School Campus

For Stoner Park Mural Refurbishment:
:The 60's // thesuffragette-teens, the 80's// the 20's;  homage to Jewish Progressives
Animal Husbandry 1917-1929

by permission of John Updike, for OPICA and MAHOOD senior centers
taped  for KPFK at The Ivar Theatre The Poorhouse Fair

Site-specific musical for the Uni/Tongva Springs (still opposed by LAUSD)
The Tears of Saint Monica

The World Health Organization Smallpox-shot scandal exposed in
all in the same boat !
Stoner Park; Uni. Community Adult School 1996-8

M E A T readings, Venice UMC,  Dramatists' Guild, NYC, Baltimore Thtr.Festival
Zionist genocide's and homophobia's Biblical roots
Premier run benefits affordable senior/homeless fam. housing, Santa Monica UMC :
M E A T, 1998-
via A&BB Foundation grant, 2003

Residency,  The Woodstock Guild  produces: Three Made Only of Clay

M A R K   AND   B  A R B A R A   F R O G
3 years in the making; First production, Masquer's Cabaret, 2003

MRS. ROOSEVELT, Three Made Only of Clay
Readings around the country benefit the Green Party campaigns, including in W.L.A.

MRS. ROOSEVELT  (in Czech)  Prague, 2004
In Spanish, Korean, English and Farsi simultaneously, gathering after for songs
Westside Community Adult School, 2005

Red Carpet Award and State Senate Commendation 2005
For outstanding contribution to theatre in California

Commissioned playlet for Christmas Eve, 2005
"Okay, Mary, Seriously.  Who's the father?"
Church in Ocean Park

and currently through stories and improvisation with Asians from all over L.A.
S o u t h    L a k e    G a r d e n
(first readings in early September)

contact:  Ernest Harding ( 310- 478-7379;  310 430-9559 )