The 2016 JEWISH PLAYWRITING CONTEST
TOP 10!

A family of Jewish gangsters in 1930's Canada debates how to a) hide the body and b) celebrate Yom Kippur.<strong>4M, 3F</strong>

Eli - beard, payes and all - went out to play basketball and didn't come back. Javi did, but he's Mexican and Catholic, and he's making Aviva feel zingy. <strong>3M, 5F</strong>

Deep in the south, the doyens of the Jewish community come together to gossip, to commiserate, to fight - and to lay one of their own to rest.<strong>4F</strong>

At her mother's shiva, Rachel struggles with how to come out to her baal teshuva father Simcha. Simcha (originally Sam) battles demons of his own.<strong>2M, 2F</strong>

Shmuley and Zalmy are two of the Rebbe's foot soldiers, driving the Mitzvah tank. Today they found a real convert to Chabad! But is he who he seems? For that matter, are they?<strong>3M, 1F</strong>

Leo and Ben need kidneys. Maddy has one to give; Moss can get you one cheap. Altruism, self-doubt and belief collide.<strong>3M, 2F</strong>

A soldier returns home from the front in 1948 to his fallen friend's parents and girlfriend. His best efforts to heal them - and himself - lead to a dubious new line of work.<strong>3M, 3F</strong>

Sadie has a newly Muslim father, an Israeli mother, a smarts sister, a Rabbi brother, and a new love interest. She also hears the voice of G-d. <strong>3M, 3F</strong>

The Kaufman family, troubles and all, need to eat. But the best restaurant is on the other side of town, literally and figuratively. When they cross, what will they find?<strong>5M, 3F</strong>

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When Allen is fired from his TV job on reality TV show "To Catch a Predator", he begins to get mystical visits from Rabbi David, a perp on the show.<strong>4M, 1F</strong>

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These plays represent the most promising, most intriguing, most Jewy plays of the 209 submissions received this year. Each was read by 2-5 readers on the 45-member Artist Panel, and received at least 2 recommendations for the Top 10, all under the guidance of Resident Dramaturg Jeremy Stoller. Final decisions were made by Artistic Director David Winitsky (blame everything on him).

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