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Monday, June 20, 2022

You're Invited - Jewish Play Project National Contest Finals!!

 

 

Reinventing Jewish theater.

 


 

THE FINALS ARE HERE!!!

We're so excited to invite you to our final event of the year, the National Finals STREAMING on the VirtualJCC, the largest platform for Jewish digital content!

 

 

Coming to you LIVE from the 14th Street Y in Downtown Manhattan, starring these amazing actors.

 

Debbie Bernstein, Matthew Boston, Myrna Cabello, Annie Meisels, Jacob Heimer, Lauren Spencer, and Gabra Zackman

 


 

FEATURING OUR AMAZING TOP 3 PLAYS!

 

Madeleines by Bess Welden

Spiced with poetry, Yiddish, and Spanish, MADELEINES is about a family of Jewish women grappling with how to love each other through shared grief and the solace of baking.

 

To Reach Across a River
by Marshall Botvinick

Yehudis and her husband spend years struggling with infertility. After her marriage falls apart, she decides to adopt a biracial girl, forever altering her relationship with the ultra-Orthodox community she grew up in.

 

Tree of Life by Victor Wishna

A declining, small-town Iowa synagogue welcomes a surprising visitor, as the tale of its origins—and its Torah’s mysterious past—unfolds contiguously, a century before.

 


 

Over 1,200 voters!

The Top 3 plays have been chosen by more than a thousand voters all over the U.S. and Israel. Follow the road to the National Finals.

 

Generously supported by the Roth Family Foundation and these major funders.