Jewish Plays Project 2023
Date: Jun 22, 2023
Time: 7:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Sponsor: JTS Hendel Center for Ethics
Location: JTS
Category: Public Lectures & Events
12th Annual Jewish Playwriting Contest National Finals
Thursday, June 22, 7:30 p.m.
At JTS
The Jewish Plays Project is proud to present the 12th Annual Jewish Playwriting Contest National Finals. This live event is co-sponsored by the JTS Hendel Center for Ethics and Justice, and is best described as part TED talk, part play reading, and part American Idol. Three amazing new Jewish plays, selected by the combined efforts of over 800 people in 10 cities in the United States and Israel compete to be crowned the “Top New Jewish Play of 2023.”
Come participate in our experiment in artistic democracy and vote on one of these three amazing plays:
By Beth Kander (Arlington Heights, Illinois)
Faye is back from the dead, so now everything’s fine, right? (Nope.) Superstition and science intertwine as a family wrestles with what “return” matters most.
By Carey Perloff (San Francisco)
Three generations of Jewish women compete for attention, reckon with the past, struggle with their futures, and eat cake, as the eldest—once a wartime refugee—returns to Vienna to accept an award.
By Alexa Derman (Providence, Rhode Island)
Two interns at a Jewish publication struggle with their latest assignment: rebranding Zionism as progressive, #girlboss, and Gen Z via Instagram. A playwright struggles, too.
Cost: Pay what you will.
