[NEohioPAL] Berko: New Faye Sholiton play

[Roy Berko]

New Faye Sholiton play

Roy Berko

(Member, American Theatre Critics Association)

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Sholiton play at Notre Dame College

Cleveland playwright Faye Sholiton’s newest script,
‘ALL THINGS BEING EQUAL,” is in  production at Notre
Dame College’s Tolerance Resource Center.  The
student-faculty project, which was directed by Peter
Manos, addresses the tension of a “reverse
discrimination” lawsuit in which a suburban Cleveland
school board is confronted with having to lay off a
social science teacher due to budgetary cuts.  The
teachers,  one white and the other black, were hired
the same day,  so the first in-first out union rule
does not hold.   The script adroitly probes into
prejudices, how one’s history forms who a person is,
and the legal aspects of discrimination.

The play, which won a 2007 Ohio Arts Council grant,
and several honors in national competitions, is
presented as a staged reading and lasts about 90
minutes.  

CAPSULE JUDGEMENT: This is a well-written,
thought-provoking script.  The performance is followed
by a question-and-answer session with the writer and
cast.   

The  production, which is free of charge, will be
presented on Saturday, February 9 at 7:30 PM and
Sunday February 10 at 2 PM in the Little Theatre at
Notre Dame College, 4545 College Drive, South Euclid. 
No reservations are necessary.  For further
information go to:  http://bodwin_theatre.tripod.com

‘WALK, DON’T RIDE’ at Cleveland Play House

Also of interest from the Tolerance Center of Notre
Dame is ‘WALK, DON’T RIDE,’ which will be presented at
the Cleveland Play House on February 12 at 7 PM,
immediately preceding CPH’s ‘GEE’S BEND.’  

Written and directed by Peter Manos, Artistic Director
of Bodwin Theatre Company,  the production recalls
seminal moments in our nation’s history when heroes
endured brutality and injustice for the radical idea
that race does not determine the worth of a human
being.  
For information go to:
http://bodwin_theatre.tripod.com





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