Faye Sholiton has been writing plays for more than 25 years, developing her work in the Cleveland Play House Playwrights’ Unit (1996-2011); and since 2009, as a member of the Playwrights’ Gym, at Dobama Theatre. Her full-length works include: The Interview (winner of three national new-play contests and presented in more than three dozen venues); V-E Day (first prize winner in the Brigham Young University’s Lewis contest); All Things Being Equal (performed in London); and Telling Lives, which had its workshop premiere at Dobama Theatre. All four works were honored with Ohio Arts Council Individual Excellence Grants. Other full-length titles include: The Good Times (a newsroom comedy); Panama (an exploration of faith vs. reason); A Form of Hope (about the life of Olympic weightlifter David Berger); The Guide’s Guide to Lawnfield (the story of James A. Garfield); A Death in the City (about the history of racial injustice in the Cleveland schools); and  U.S. v. Howard Mechanic, the story of a Shaker Heights High School classmate whose false arrest in 1970 at a campus antiwar rally derailed his life. Her one-acts have been performed around the globe, as far away as the Coral Sea. Closer to home, her one-act Above & Beyond premiered at Playwrights Local. She is delighted to return to PL with Family Markers. Recently, she adapted U.S. v. Howard Mechanic for the big screen. Her screenplay Howard Mechanic was honored with a fifth OAC grant, in 2020. In 2011, Sholiton founded Interplay Jewish Theatre, to revive a century-old tradition in Cleveland. The company has since presented more than 50 works (or evenings of works), running entirely on donations. She often partners with The Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage, producing theater that supports their mission of diversity and inclusion. Professional affiliations include the Dramatists Guild, which she served as Ohio’s regional representative for seven years; the International Centre for Women Playwrights; and the Alliance for Jewish Theatre.