[NEohioPAL]Staged Reading-Dorothy Silver Playwriting Competition- JCC Halle Theatre

[Barnes, Kris]

Splitting Infinity by Jamie Pachino,
Winner of the 2004 Dorothy Silver Playwriting Competition 

September 9, 2004 (Beachwood, Ohio) - The Jewish Community Center Of
Cleveland (JCC) presents a staged reading of Splitting Infinity by Jamie
Pachino, winner of the 2004 Dorothy Silver Playwriting Competition.  The
reading, directed by Jacqi Loewy, will take place at 7:00 PM on Sunday,
October 10 in the Halle Theatre at the JCC, Mayfield Building, located at
3505 Mayfield Road in Cleveland Heights.  The reading is free and open to
the public.  For additional information call 216-382-4000 ext. 215,
reservations are recommended. Playwright Jamie Pachino will engage the
audience in a post-show discussion.

Splitting Infinity, originally commissioned by Steppenwolf Theatre in
Chicago, was developed at the Women Playwrights Festival, A Contemporary
Theatre, Seattle WA, and American Conservatory Theatre's First Look Festival
in San Francisco CA. The play tells the story of a Nobel prize-winning
physicist who decides to go after evidence of God, through physics. As she
single-mindedly pursues her goal, she upsets the balance of her relationship
with Rabbi Saul Lieberman, her oldest and best friend, and her star
post-doctorate student, the child of a Christian Scientist.

About Jamie Pachino
Jamie Pachino is an award-winning playwright and screenwriter.  Her works
have been showcased in festivals throughout the world including Women
Playwrights' Festivals in Athens, Greece, A Contemporary Theatre, Seattle,
and the First Look Festival at American Conservatory Theatre in San
Francisco.  Jamie has been named the winner of the Kennedy Center Fund for
New American Plays production grant as well as Chicago's Joseph Jefferson
("Jeff") Award for Best New Work, among dozens of others.  Her plays The
Return of Morality and Aurora's Motive have also been optioned for the
screen.

Ms. Pachino has written screenplays for Walden Media and Lifetime Television
and has a blind script deal with DreamWorks. She is currently at work on
Ribbit, an animated feature rewrite for Vanguard Films (producers of Shrek).
Jamie has served on the faculties of Northwestern University, Columbia
College, and the Chicago Academy for the Arts. She currently makes her home
in Los Angeles with her husband and son.

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About the Dorothy Silver Playwriting Competition
The Annual Dorothy Silver Playwriting Competition is designed to encourage
new plays that provide significant, fresh perspectives on the range of
Jewish experience.  Submissions are received from playwrights throughout the
world.  The competition is made possible by the generosity of Marilyn and
Harry Cagin.

About The JCC
The Jewish Community Center of Cleveland builds and strengthens Cleveland's
entire Jewish Community by providing exceptional programs and services that
enhance Jewish continuity and Jewish identity in four key program areas:
Fitness, Wellness and Recreation, Preschool/Early Childhood Education,
Camping and Cultural Arts. Membership to The JCC is open to all. The JCC has
been serving the greater Cleveland community for more than 50 years. The
Center is a non-profit social service agency that receives funding from The
Jewish Community Federation, The United Way, grants, donations and other
public funding sources.

Kris Barnes
Playmakers Youth Theatre 
The Jewish Community Center of Cleveland
kbarnes at clevejcc.org 
216-382-4000 ext. 274 

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