Jewish Plays Project

10/05/2026

Make sure to check out this amazing cast for FLATBUSH LYSISTRATA by Lila Rachel Becker, and to join the Zoom conversation with Tony-Winner Jonathan Spector - BOTH next Sunday, October 11. FREE tickets here - https://jewishplaysproject.wufoo.com/forms/2026-festival-tickets/

10/01/2026

Folks! We are BroadwayWorld official. Come on out for this fantastic set of events next Sunday. Huge thanks to Will Steinberger Judy Bowman Casting Illana Stein Heather Helinsky Wayne L. Firestone for getting us here. Can't wait for the talents of Jonathan Spector and Lila Rachel Becker, the leadership and wisdom of Rabbi Angela Buchdal, and the stellar stage presence of Ino Badanjak, Annie Meisels, Lilli Stein and Madeleine Weinstein!

The Jewish Plays Project will present a one-day festival featuring a virtual talk with Tony-winner Jonathan Spector and Rabbi Angela Buchdal about his…

09/29/2026

The JPP is thrilled to be able to open its Artist Talk with Tony-Winner Jonathan Spector and Rabbi Angela Buchdal to Zoom audiences! Get your registration now and join the live reading of FLATBUSH LYSISTRATA by Lila Rachel Becker at the JCC Manhattan!

https://jewishplaysproject.wufoo.com/forms/2026-festival-tickets/

09/24/2026

GET YOUR SEATS FOR THE JPP MINI-FESTIVAL AT THE MARLENE MEYERSON JCC: Sunday, October 11 - 2 Amazing Events:
An Artist Talk with Tony-Winner Jonathan Spector (Eureka Day) and Rabbi Angela Buchdal (Central Synagogue, Heart of a Stranger) about his new play BIRTHRIGHT, which lit up NYC this summer.

Featured Workshop Reading of FLATBUSH LYSISTRATA by written and directed by Lila Rachel Becker, winner of the 15th National Jewish Playwriting Contest!

09/10/2026

SAVE THE DATE FOR THE JPP MINI-FESTIVAL AT THE MARLENE MEYERSON JCC: Sunday, October 11 - 2 Amazing Events:

An Artist Talk with Tony-Winner Jonathan Spector (Eureka Day) and Rabbi Angela Buchdal (Central Synagogue, Heart of a Stranger) about his new play BIRTHRIGHT, which lit up NYC this summer.

Featured Workshop Reading of FLATBUSH LYSISTRATA by written and directed by Lila Rachel Becker, winner of the 15th National Jewish Playwriting Contest!

05/19/2026

Three more cities met to select their choices for the 15th National Jewish Playwriting Contest!

LA voted for Flatbush Lysistrata, Hartford went for Havurah, and Boston chose Flatbush Lysistrata, Shura, and A Play About A Baby Carrot!

Now we just have one more regional contest before the national finals in Philadelphia! - https://mailchi.mp/c143a6734d7b/jewish-dramaturgy-lab-feature-9305467

05/13/2026

Hey! Playwrights!! We want your play!! Heather Helinsky

The Jewish Plays Project has opened submissions for its 16th National Jewish Playwriting Contest, seeking unproduced full-length plays focused on 21st century Jewish identity. There is no submission fee.

05/11/2026

Results of the 15th National Jewish Playwriting Contest are rolling in. Make sure you stay up to date, and join us LIVE in Los Angeles, Hartford, New York or Philadelphia if you can - or send a friend or loved one to vote in your place! - https://mailchi.mp/b6b76fff8e9b/jewish-dramaturgy-lab-feature-9305440

05/03/2026

The Jewish Playwriting Contest is BACK IN NEW YORK on June ! Get your tickets today! https://ops1.operations.daxko.com/Online/5384/ProgramsV2/Events.mvc/offering?guid=e7d2b516-4034-11f1-99e4-005056921697
(We're also in Los Angeles and Hartford and Toronto). - https://mailchi.mp/93fe6c44c26b/jewish-dramaturgy-lab-feature-9305282

05/01/2026

SO much going on at the JPP these days - events in Toronto this weekend, then LA on Wednesday, May 13, Boston on May 14, and Hartford on May 17. Let's celebrate this great piece on the LA contest with huge yasher koach to Jonah Platt Lauren Schaffel Braunstein Holocaust Museum L.A. The Ebell of Los Angeles Illana Stein and the 50 LA Readers. Gonna be amazing!! https://www.broadwayworld.com/los-angeles/article/Holocaust-Museum-LA-and-Jewish-Plays-Project-to-Host-LA-Jewish-Playwriting-Contest-20260427?fbclid=IwY2xjawRg4U9leHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFoZW10SUFPcFRQOWx4SGxwc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHq2rbqLnafcmT21Q60oaGTg4zg2U4H5XaIn3tObLYUEaDYP99sJHInYkJTvR_aem_69z_wSe6AOPQCz3hXclX8w

Holocaust Museum LA, the Jewish Plays Project, and The Ebell of Los Angeles will present the second annual LA Jewish Playwriting Contest, featuring excerpts from three finalist plays with audience voting to select a winner.