A MOVING PICTURE

by Jennie Berman Eng

Four NYU film students are chosen for an elite screenwriting class, to be taught by legendary screenwriter, Solzberg. The class is cross-listed with Holocaust Studies, and students are tasked with writing scripts about that era. One of the students, Ivy, finally confronts her own family history in the Holocaust, and as her script about Jewish women in a Mercedes Benz’ labor camp is read in class, it comes to life onstage--with her classmates and professor as fellow prisoners and Nazi guards. As they analyze Ivy's script for accuracy and storytelling, Solzberg's own integrity comes into question. When he demands Ivy kill off her protagonist, the class and the teacher confront some ugly truths about themselves, the business they're in, and human nature.

Development:
Workshop, Mosaic Theater, 2018
Reading, Page-to-Stage, The Kennedy Center, 2017
Workshop, Spooky Action Theater, 2017

JPP Development:
2020 Jewish Playwriting Contest

Jennie Berman Eng is a playwright, screenwriter and educator based in the DC metro area. Her play, A MOVING PICTURE received a workshop reading at Spooky Action Theater and at Mosaic Theatre in Washington, DC. She was a 2017-2018 member of Playwrights Arena at Arena Stage and a 2014 and 2016 Theater J Locally Grown Playwright. DC productions include EXIT CAROLYN (Nu Sass Productions), WHENEVERY YOU’RE NEAR ME I FEEL SICK (2015 Women’s Voices Theater Festival), BETHESDA (DC Capital Fringe). NYC productions include EXIT CAROLYN, A STALL OF ONE’S OWN, and FAMILY. Jennie was a member of the all-female comedy group, The Greasy Girlz, which toured New York and Los Angeles when Jennie was younger and had better knees. Jennie is currently a screenwriter at WILL Interactive. She has two fantastic children and a loving and tolerant husband who she is pressuring for a pet dog.