[NEohioPAL]Faye Sholiton's V-E Day

Tue Jan 11 13:46:15 PST 2005

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WEATHERVANE PLAYHOUSE
Sundays at Seven: Salon Reading Series
V-E Day by Faye Sholiton

Wartime Newsletters Inspire Drama
When playwright Faye Sholiton first read through a box of wartime =
newsletters that circulated among Jewish troops from Cleveland during =
World War II, they struck a responsive chord. In fact, these newsletters =
became the inspiration for her play V-E Day. Weathervane Playhouse will =
present a reading of the resulting play Sunday, January 23 at 5 p.m. at =
the Playhouse in the Jack and Libby Jacobs Library on the second floor. =
(Please note time change.)

A tribute to America's "Greatest Generation," Sholiton's play revolves =
around 79 year-old Evelyn Bergfeld, who inhabits a lonely world where =
telemarketers and Home Shopping Network voices provide companionship. =
Regretting decisions made 60 years ago, Evelyn takes out her frustration =
on her caretaking, adult daughter. She receives a surprise visit from an =
old beau who brings a box of wartime newsletters she had written for =
hometown boys in the service. For a day, Evelyn becomes young again, =
rejuvenated by past memories. "I was also inspired by the dynamic young =
women who came of age at a time their talents were needed, and were then =
shoved back into suburban kitchens after the soldiers came home," says =
Sholiton.

Sholiton's play garnered an Ohio Arts Council Individual Artist Grant =
and received a critically-acclaimed run at Cleveland's Dobama Theatre. =
Jacqi Loewy, who directed that production, is also directing =
Weathervane's Salon Series reading. Loewy is in her fifth year of =
collaboration with Weathervane Playhouse. Her credits there include the =
award-winning production of The Laramie Project. Loewy has directed =
extensively throughout Northeast Ohio in theatres ranging from Cleveland =
Lyric Opera to The University of Akron.

Faye Sholiton is a member of the Playwrights' Unit at the Cleveland Play =
House, where she has developed her work since 1996. V-E Day won the 2003 =
Arlene and William Lewis New Play Contest at Brigham Young University =
and placed Fourth Place in the 2003 Writers Digest Playwriting =
Competition. It was also honored in the 2004 Jane Chambers New Play =
Competition.

Sholiton's other works include The Interview, The Good Times, A Form of =
Hope and her newest work, All Things Being Equal, which is the Salon =
Reading selection for February 27. Originally a journalist, she is =
theatre writer for Northern Ohio Live Magazine.

The reading will be Weathervane's Jack & Libby Jacobs Library following =
a performance of Ain't Misbehavin' and just prior to the first =
performance of Angels in America: Millennium Approaches in the =
Playhouse's new John L. Deitz Classroom Theater.

Weathervane's free Salon Reading Series provides exposure to new plays =
and playwrights. Audience members have the opportunity to provide =
feedback in discussions following the reading. Refreshments are also =
served.

The V-E Day reading takes place at 5 p.m. on January 23rd, rather than =
the customary 7 p.m. Weathervane Community Playhouse is located at 1301 =
Weathervane Lane in Akron's Merriman Valley.

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When playwright Faye Sholiton first read through a box of wartime =
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that circulated among Jewish troops from Cleveland during World War II, =
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struck a responsive chord. In fact, these newsletters became the =
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her play V-E Day. Weathervane Playhouse will present a =
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the Jack=20
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change.)
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telemarketers and=20
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She receives a surprise visit from an old beau who brings a box of =
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Sholiton=92s play garnered an Ohio Arts Council Individual Artist =
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received a critically-acclaimed run at Cleveland=92s Dobama Theatre. =
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Loewy, who directed that production, is also directing =
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Series reading. Loewy is in her fifth year of collaboration with =
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Playhouse. Her credits there include the award-winning production of =
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Laramie Project. Loewy has directed extensively throughout Northeast =
Ohio in=20
theatres ranging from Cleveland Lyric Opera to The University of =
Akron.
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Play=20
House, where she has developed her work since 1996. V-E =
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Form of=20
Hope and her newest work, All Things Being Equal, which is =
the Salon=20
Reading selection for February 27. Originally a journalist, she is =
theatre=20
writer for Northern Ohio Live Magazine.
The reading will be Weathervane=92s Jack & Libby Jacobs Library =
following a=20
performance of Ain=92t Misbehavin=92 and just prior to the =
first=20
performance of Angels in America: Millennium Approaches in =
the=20
Playhouse=92s new John L. Deitz Classroom Theater.
Weathervane=92s free Salon Reading Series provides exposure to new =
plays and=20
playwrights. Audience members have the opportunity to provide feedback =
in=20
discussions following the reading. Refreshments are also served.
The V-E Day reading takes place at 5 p.m. on January =

23rd, rather than the customary 7 p.m. Weathervane =
Community=20
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