Silicon Valley City Producers Lauren Berman (former OFJCC Board Member), Judy Kitt, Patti Sue Plumer, Susan Sims, Ellice Papp and Deborah Radin (JPP Board Member), in partnership with Michelle Shabtai and the Oshman JCC, are proud to present the 11th Annual Silicon Valley Jewish Playwriting Contest!
Join the JPP, Oshman JCC, our City Producers and the 30-member Silicon Valley Community Reader's Panel for a stellar evening of community, culture and the JPP's specialty—artistic democracy! 90 minutes, seven actors, three playwrights and ONE WINNER—we need your votes and voice to choose! Arrive early to schmooze with the cast during the reception on the terrace.
ABOUT JPP
The Jewish Plays Project is the nation's leading development theater for 21st century Jewish theater. The JPP's one-of-a-kind, best-in-class programs are rooted in community, committed to diversity and focused on making Jewish stories into public stories. In 13 years, the JPP has received and vetted over 2,100 plays from more than 1,400 writers in 34 states and 10 countries. Best of all, the JPP has actively developed 57 of those plays, 37 of which have gone on to production in cities across the globe, including New York, Los Angeles, London and Tel Aviv, playing for more than 100,000 audience members. The JPP regularly features the best artists working in New York, including writers David Hein and Irene Sankoff (Come from Away), Robert Askins (Hand to God), and Lauren Yee (Cambodian Rock Band); directors Stephen Brackett (Be More Chill, A Strange Loop), Daniella Topol (Rattlestick Theater AD), and Tamilla Woodard (Yale Drama, WP Theater); and actors Andrew Polk (The Band's Visit, Mrs. Maisel), Ronald Guttman (Mad Men, Homeland), Gus Birney (The Mist, Dickinson), and Obie and Drama Desk nominee Marcia Jean Kurtz.
Founder and Executive Artistic Director David Winitsky is the Founder and Executive Artistic Director of the Jewish Plays Project, the nation's leading development house for contemporary Jewish theater. Since founding the JPP, he has been a Storahtelling/LabShul Maven, a 2014–17 UpStart National Fellow, a 2013 LABA Artist Fellow and a 2011 PresenTense New York City Fellow. Currently, he is a Fellow at UJA's Institute for Jewish Executive Leadership at Columbia Business School.