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.

We need new Jewish stories now more than ever, and your voice is part of that. Come be part of the conversation (and the vote)!

Over 50 Los Angeles community readers including actors, directors, community members, and theater lovers, have met for several weeks to read, discuss, and narrow down the 3 finalist plays for the LA Contest: 

Flatbush Lysistrata by Lila Rachel becker: Three Hasidic women gather at an axe-throwing parlor to plan a sex strike. A play about how women carve spaces for themselves within fundamentalism.

A Play About a Baby Carrot by Juliet Roll: A grieving mother starts to see her child in an unexpected place in this absurdist comedy set over the seven days of shiva.

This Place Stinks by Jacob Surovsky: Noah chooses to destroy his family in order to save the world.