It was great to work with her at JFSA Cleveland. Sad news. She will be missed.<br><br>T-Mobile. America’s First Nationwide 4G Network<br><br><div id="htc_header" style="">----- Reply message -----<br>From: "Jean Zarzour" <lipschtick@lipschtick.com><br>To: "Martin Cosentino" <martin@ensemble-theatre.org><br>Cc: <neohiopal@lists.neohiopal.org><br>Subject: [NEohioPAL] Debra Wiener Memorial Scholarship Fund<br>Date: Thu, May 24, 2012 7:34 pm<br><br></div><br><p>This is terribly sad news. I was Debra's Katherine in "A View From The Bridge" at Euclid Theatre back in 1988 and then did "A Lie of The Mind" there as well. Debra was a lovably quirky director and her passion for the work was a powerful force. </p>
<p>She always managed to pull together the best talent in the community for every duty from back stage to box office and the productions were as powerful as she was.</p>
<p>I owe her a great debt of gratitude for getting me back into the theatre community after 10 years away. God Bless You Debra. We were lucky to have known you.</p>
<p>Jean Zarzour<br>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On May 23, 2012 6:05 PM, "Martin Cosentino" <<a href="mailto:martin@ensemble-theatre.org">martin@ensemble-theatre.org</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;border-collapse:collapse;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><div style="text-align:center"><font face="garamond, serif"><span style="font-size:large"><b>Ensemble Theatre of Cleveland </b></span></font></div>
<div style="text-align:center">announces the </div><div style="text-align:center"><font color="#333399"><b><span style="font-size:large">DEBRA WIENER </span></b></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font color="#333399"><b><span style="font-size:large">MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP FUND</span></b></font></div>
<div style="text-align:center">in loving memory of </div><div style="text-align:center"><font color="#333399"><b><span style="font-size:large">Debra Joan Wiener Streckal</span></b></font></div><div style="text-align:center">
who passed away in </div><div style="text-align:center">Alexandria, VA on </div><div style="text-align:center">Saturday, March 24th, 2012</div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px"><span style="font-size:12px;outline-style:initial;outline-width:0px;outline-color:initial;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-style:initial;border-color:initial;font-weight:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline"><p style="font-size:12px;outline-style:initial;outline-width:0px;outline-color:initial;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:18px;padding-left:0px;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-style:initial;border-color:initial;font-weight:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:15px">
Debra Joan Wiener, who worked in theater and the nonprofit sector for more than 25 years was 59. In Cleveland, Ms. Wiener was most recently a grant coordinator, strategic planner and fundraiser for Ensemble Theatre, where, in 2009, she organized an Ensemble benefit to honor Cleveland's premiere theatre couple Dorothy and Reuben Silver . She moved to the Virginia-Washington, D.C., area in 2010 to work in the nonprofit sector and expand her consulting globally.</p>
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Ms. Wiener’s involvement in theater included acting, singing, writing and directing. She began in theater with Cain Park, the JCC, Chagrin Valley Little Theatre, Euclid Theatre, and others. Her roles included starring as Susan B. Anthony in “If God Wanted Women” and as Stella in “A Streetcar Named Desire” and directing a production of Arthur Miller’s “A View from the Bridge.”</p>
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Ms. Wiener served community organizations as a grant writer and a volunteer, and she was a manager or executive director for six nonprofit boards, including The Tom Evert Dance Co. and The Repertory Project. The recipient of numerous awards, she was honored in 1991 with President Bush's national 655th Point of Light Award for founding ESTEEM INC., a nonprofit serving the homeless. She also designed and developed curricula and programs and conducted strategic planning for many nonprofits over the course of her career..</p>
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A graduate of Cleveland Heights High School, Ms. Wiener attended Temple on the Heights, now B’nai Jeshurun Congregation. She earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Theater from Ohio University, a Master’s Degree in Humanities from Florida State University, and a Master’s Degree in Non-Profit Organizations from the Man<span style="font-size:small">del Center at Case Western Reserve University. She was a licensed social worker in Ohio.</span>Ms. Wiener is survived by her son Alex; former husband John Strekal; and sisters Natalie Karns and Leslie Nelson of Chicago. Donations or contributions are suggested to the </p>
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<span style="font-size:small"><b>Debra Wiener Memorial Scholarship Fund </b></span></p><p style="text-align:center;outline-style:initial;outline-width:0px;outline-color:initial;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:5px;padding-right:5px;padding-bottom:18px;padding-left:5px;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-style:initial;border-color:initial;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:15px">
<span style="font-size:small"><b>c/o Ensemble Theatre of Cleveland</b></span></p><p style="text-align:center;outline-style:initial;outline-width:0px;outline-color:initial;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:5px;padding-right:5px;padding-bottom:18px;padding-left:5px;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-style:initial;border-color:initial;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:15px">
<span style="font-size:small"><b>2843 Washington Blvd. </b></span></p><p style="text-align:center;outline-style:initial;outline-width:0px;outline-color:initial;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:5px;padding-right:5px;padding-bottom:18px;padding-left:5px;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-style:initial;border-color:initial;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:15px">
<span style="font-size:small"><b>Cleveland Heights, OH 44118</b></span></p></span></div><div>which will be dedicated to the StageWrights Adult Writing Workshops conducted at Ensemble since 1984, and continuing </div><div>
in production as the Colombi New Plays Festival inaugurated in March, 2012. Debra Wiener was a selfless and passionate </div><div>servant of the arts, and her devotion and energy will be sorely missed by the Trustees and Staff of Ensemble Theatre. </div>
</div></span><div><br></div><br><div><b>Martin Cosentino</b></div>
<div><b>Managing Director</b></div>
<div><b>Ensemble Theatre of Cleveland</b></div>
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