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HANNUKAH GIFT FROM THE JPP: GREAT NEW JEWISH PLAYS
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by Deborah
Zoe Laufer (Mount Kisco, NY)
In a post-insurrection,
Christian America, an ancient Yiddish-speaking woman is deposited on
Hannah and Paul's doorstep. Should they hide her, or save themselves?
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by Noga
Flaishon (London, UK)
Memoriam, Inc. buys and sells memories, digitizing them for
mass-viewership. Now they are after the memories of the last
Holocaust survivor.
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by Abigail
Henkin
A headstrong, young, Russian-Jewish woman decides to unionize her
brother-in-law's dress shop.
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by Elisa
Wein (New York, NY)
Tech, online life, and Kabbalah meet in this loose adaptation of
"The Dybbuk".
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by Jake
Brasch (Denver, CO)
A lost, queer, neurotic mess of a twenty-something moves home to get
sober. Struggling with memory loss, he finds unlikely allies in his
four grandparents.
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by Dan
Kitrosser (Philadelphia, PA)
It's like if Agatha Christie, John Waters and Tevye the Milkman had
an orgy, but with m-OY-der!
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by Joanna
Castle-Miller (Beacon, NY)
We're thrilled to support Joanna, a previous JPP Finalist in this
moving and funny solo piece evangelism, conversion, and migration
across history.
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WE ARE SO LUCKY TO ADD 18
AMAZING SEMIFINALISTS
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Writers in 34 states and 4 countries
submitted plays this year, which were read by
an astonishing panel of 92 Artist Panel Readers with depth
and passion, creating a true community unearthing the best
Jewish stories of our age. These readers also recognized 18
semifinalist plays.
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EXPERIENCE THESE PLAYS WITH US
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Be among the first to dive into these plays by
becoming a JPP Community Reader! Read and discuss them with other
Jewish story lovers. Just sign up here and we'll get you placed
on a Community Panel in the spring!
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Give the JPP a Hannukah gift and support the future
of Jewish theater today!
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HAPPY NEW PLAYS AND HAPPY HANNUKAH TO ALL!
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* Conversa
will receive developmental support, but will not compete in the
Contest
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