Los Angeles Jewish Playwriting Contest

This one-of-a-kind event is a combination of a TED Talk, a play reading and American Idol. Each of the three plays is introduced by a video from each playwright, then 20-minute excerpts are read by a group of stellar actors, and then the audience gets to vote on a winner.

Over 40 Los Angeles Community Readers--actors, directors, community members, theater lovers--have met for several weeks to read, discuss and narrow down the top 7 plays to three finalists.

The Jewish Playwriting Contest seeks to discover, highlight, and nurture contemporary Jewish drama by engaging with artistic and Jewish communities throughout the English-speaking world, as part of the larger mission of the Jewish Plays Project. The Contest has received and vetted over 2,800 plays by 1,800 writers in 34 states and 10 countries. The JPP has actively developed 60 of those plays, 419 of which have gone on to production in cities across the globe, including New York, Los Angeles, London, and Tel Aviv.

The Finalists for the National Jewish Playwriting Contest were selected from over 355 submissions from 32 states and 8 countries. A panel of Los Angeles arts luminaries selected the most important three plays, and audiences at the event will vote on one winner. The winning play will receive a developmental workshop in as part of the Festival of New Jewish Theater at the Berkshire Theatre Group on Labor Day weekend.

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