Jewish Plays Project 2018 Season!

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A nonprofit fundraiser supporting

Jewish Creativity International
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National: Jewish Playwriting Contest New York: OPEN Festival of New Jewish Theater Anywhere: Renegade Readings & Artists Shabbats!

$19,730

raised by 159 people

$25,000 goal

Since 2011, the Jewish Plays Project has become the nation's premiere advocate for New Jewish Plays and Musicals. 

  • We have received and vetted 1,132 plays from 884 writers in 32 states and 9 countries. 
  • We have directly impacted the Jewish and artistic lives of more than 300 artists, most between the ages of 24 and 35. 
  • We have actively developed 48 of those plays, and 26 of them have gone on to production in New York, London, Tel Aviv and around the country. 


Simply put, we are reinventing Jewish theater for the 21st Century. We want to make new plays and musicals that express the best of Jewish life: progressive, socially aware, justice-driven, joyfully spiritual shows the uplift, educate and inspire.  

In 2018, the JPP is going to make some big leaps. Our Board and partners are dreaming big, and we can't wait to have you be a part of it!


CHANGE THE FUTURE!

Make a gift of $100 or more and we will invite you to be a part of a JPP Jewish Dramaturgy session where you will hobnob with the finest theater artists and get into some amazing Jewish thought. 

"It is a unique and remarkably successful way to support plays on serious Jewish themes. More than this, it draws unaffiliated Jews in their 20’s and 30’s into meaningful Jewish discussions and experiences. We all know how hard this is to do."
-Rabbi Joel Soffin 

GOALS:
To put bold, progressive Jewish conversations on world stages.

To deeply discuss the place of ethnic, religious and cultural identification in the 21st Century.

To attract the finest artists to engage with Jewish ideas and culture.

To entertain and illuminate the public about 21st Century Jewish life.

 

The JPP seeks plays that find the intersection between Jewish identity and global self. We want to look at the places where Jewish ideas, traditions, stories, myths, culture (and yes, religion) impact, inform, and hopefully improve our lives. While we value history, we will always lean toward plays that tackle vibrant strands of today’s world: social justice, economic justice, diversity, strong women in Jewish life, LGBTQ inclusion, new perspectives on Israel, environmentalism, and interfaith relations.

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Jewish Creativity International

Organized By David Winitsky

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