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Each year is a different show, a different cast and a unique set of challenges to tackle. Last year the challenge was to transform the multipurpose room at the CJCE into a remote African jungle.

“This is such a full circle moment for me,” says Jamie Pavlofsky, assistant director of the JCC Children’s Theatre production of Tarzan!. Tamar Fishbein, choreographer for this same production, agrees. Both women got their first theatre experiences with the JCC’s production of Fiddler on the Roof in the 1998-99 season. The JCC Children’s Theatre is open to all children in the community grades 2-12, regardless of experience. The program not only provides for a fun theatrical experience, but gives participants a chance to learn some valuable life skills. And these life skills carry through with participants into adulthood. Pavlofsky and...