The 10th Annual National Jewish Playwriting Contest: Digital Edition!

Chosen by an Artist Panel of over 70 readers from 255 submissions, the plays on this list address the essential issues of 21st Century Jewish life: Race, religion, and identity. History, technology, and tradition.

That’s why the JPP exists: to bring these stories to you, to create dialogue about things that matter, and ultimately, to move these plays onto the best stages in the world!

JUNE 24th @ 8 pm EST on www.virtualjcc.ocm

SH@mED

by Joanna Castle Miller • Directed by William Steinberger

Learn more about the play and playwright

• Marnina Schon

  • Tabatha Meier

• Maeve Press

  • Jessica Meier

• Michelle Gardner

  • Sarah Meier

• Fernando Gonzalez

  • Shamed, An App

• Janet Bentley

  • Editor/Sound Design/Sound Mixing

LEO AT YESHIVA

by Emma Horwitz • Directed by Teddy Bergman

• Madeline Weinstein

  • Zoe

• Janet Bentley

  • Editor/Sound Mixing

OKLAHOMA SAMOVAR

by Alice Eve Cohen • Directed by Sara Rodriguez

• Joyce Cohen

  • Sylvia

• Nadia Diamond

  • Emily

• Ben Diamond

  • Jake

• Evelyn Giovine

  • Hattie

• Jacob Heimer

  • Ben, Sooner

• Harper Scalora

  • Clara

• Jacob Heimer

  • Original Music

• Janet Bentley

  • Editor/Sound Design/Sound Mixing

THE WRONG QUESTION

by EllaRose Chary • Directed by Joshua Silverstein

Learn more about the play and playwright

• Alexandra Metz

  • Vashti

• Leta Renée-Alan

  • Lita

• Bruce Sabath

  • Sandy

• Ethan Hova

  • Cam

• Liba Vaynberg

  • Aislin

• Janet Bentley

  • Editor/Sound Mixing

WHO BY FIRE

by Talisa Friedman • Directed by Mia Walker

Learn more about the play and playwright

• Kate Levy

  • Jules Feinstein

• Jim Shankman

  • Len Fienstein

• Noah Robbins

  • Noah Fienstein

• Chloë Levine

  • Abby Feinstein

• Talisa Friedman

  • Eliza Feinstein

• Grantham Coleman

  • Everrett Cole

• Shannon Cochran

  • Aunt Joan

• Janet Bentley

  • Editor/Sound Mixing

ARISTAEUS

by Elizabeth Savage • Directed by Christina Franklin

• Franck Juste

  • Carver Washington

• Macey Weisberg

  • Paris France Washington

• Twinkle Burke

  • Ma'Dear

• Aliza Abramowitz

  • Devora

• Janet Bentley

  • Editor/Sound Mixing

GO DOWN, MOSES

by Dana Leslie Goldstein • Directed by Raz Golden

• Alvin Keith

  • Albert Becker

• Philip Hoffman

  • Philip Hoffman

• Gus Birney

  • Jessica Hoffman

• Kevis Hillocks

  • Terry Mitchell

• Brian Dykstra

  • Police Officer

• Janet Bentley

  • Editor/Sound Mixing

there will come a time for vengeance

by Eric Marlin • Directed by Lila Rachel Becker

• Ella Dershowitz

  • Jessica

• Mari Vial-Golden

  • Abigail

• Ben Pelteson

  • Shylock

• Clea Alsip

  • Portia

• Janet Bentley

  • Editor/Sound Design/Sound Mixing

PART

by Mariel Eve Berlin-Fischler • Directed & Edited by Yehuda Jai Husband

• Jared Kelner

  • David

• Sharona Shooshani

  • Sharona

• Kathryn Kates

  • Louise

• Dariush Kashani

  • Farzan

• Abraham Makany

  • Uri

WHAT WE FOUND

by Molly Olis Krost • Directed by Nikki Meñez

• Erica Ewell

  • Daniel

• Samantha Zaddack

  • Giselle

• Annie Dick

  • Maggie

• Max Maliga

  • Jerry

• Janet Bentley

  • Editor/Sound Mixing

William Steinberger
Producer

Judy Bowman
Casting Director

Heather Helinsky
Contest Dramaturg

• David Winitsky

  • Artistic Director

• Joshua Benghiat

  • Associate Artistic Director

• Ariane Barrie-Stern

  • Community Manager

Land Acknowledgement

The Jewish Plays Project would like to acknowledge the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territory of the Lenape people, where our organization is based, as well as the lands across the continent where these plays were crafted, recorded, and viewed.

You can follow this link to learn more about the land where you are.