G dash D
Sunday, April 25, 2010 • 2 pm
Brooks Theatre, Cleveland Play House 8500 Euclid Avenue
We are delighted to announce that this year's winner of The Mandel JCC's 2010 Dorothy Silver Playwriting Competition is Laura Jacqmin (pronounced Jackman), a '00 Shaker Heights Grad. The play, G dash D, is a contemporary tale of a secular Jewish couple who has just given birth to their first child and quickly discover that they have very different ideas about how big a role religion should play in their lives.
The Mandel JCC will present a staged reading of G DASH D at 2:00 PM on Sunday, April 25 in the Brooks Theatre at the Cleveland Play House, as part of the fifth annual FusionFest 2010. Brian Zoldessy will direct the reading.
The playwright will be in town for the staged reading.
About the Play, G dash D
When secular Jews Simon and Yael have their first child, they decide to go all out: joining a temple, learning Hebrew and – as scary as it sounds – believing in G-d. But they quickly figure out that they have very different ideas about how big a role religion should play in their lives. Can a person just decide to believe in something? And when a couple splits down the middle about their beliefs, how can they be made whole again?
About the Playwright
Ohio native Laura Jacqmin, winner of the 2008 Wasserstein Prize for emerging female playwrights, graduated from Shaker Heights High School in 2000 and earned a BA from Yale, and an MFA in playwriting from Ohio University. Her plays have been produced and developed with Steppenwolf Theatre Company, Victory Gardens Theater, Second Stage, The 24 Hour Plays Off- Broadway, and the inaugural NNPN University Playwrights Workshop, among others. Jacqmin is the recipient of a 2009 McDowell Fellowship, and is currently the artist in residence at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee's Center on Age and Community.
About the Dorothy Silver Playwriting Competition
The Dorothy Silver Playwriting Competition, sponsored annually by The Mandel JCC, is an international writing competition for plays about the Jewish experience. The competition has been running for over 25 years and many past winners have been produced and received national recognition. The judging panel is comprised of seasoned theatre professionals drawn from the Cleveland area, including producers, directors, actors and critics.
Tickets for staged reading:
$10/person Call the Cleveland Play House Box Office at 216.795.7000. For more information contact Deborah Bobrow at 216.593.6278 or dbobrow@mandeljcc.org.
Funding for the playwriting competition is generously provided by the Zeilinger Family.
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Media Sponsor:
A program of FusionFest – a multidisciplinary performing arts festival presented by the Cleveland Play House.
