Tribe 12 Goes to the National Jewish Playwriting Contest

Tribe 12 is thrilled to partner with The Jewish Plays Project to bring the Finals of the National Jewish Playwriting Contest to Philadelphia for the first time, presenting its signature event on Independence Mall during the celebrations for the 250th anniversary of our country!

This one-of-a-kind event is a combination of a TED Talk, a play reading and American Idol. Artistic Director David Winitsky will speak on the state of new Jewish drama, three plays are introduced by a video from the playwright, 20-minute excerpts are read by a group of stellar Philadelphia actors, and then the audience gets to vote on the National Winner.

The winning play will be presented in a workshop reading at the Festival of New Jewish Plays in New York this fall. The National Finals are the culmination of a 10-city, 1,000 audience member process which the JPP calls Artistic Democracy. The finalists for the National Jewish Playwriting Contest were selected from over 355 submissions from 32 states and 8 countries by ppanels of arts and Jewish luminaries in New York, Los Angeles, Silicon Valley, Boston, Hartford, Tel Aviv, Houston, Philadelphia and Toronto.

Free to attend, with a cash bar available beginning at 6pm. Even though it is a free event, use code tribe12 if you want to receive details about where to meet and sit with the Tribe 12 group!

Presented by The Jewish Plays Project and The Weitzman National Museum of Jewish History in partnership with Tribe 12, Theatre Ariel, Kaiserman JCC, Temple Beth Zion-Beth Israel and Society Hill Synagogue.