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The 12th Annual Silicon Valley Jewish Playwriting Contest

Sun Mar 29, 2026 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM Freidenrich Conference Center (Bldg F) 4th Floor, 94303

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The 12th Annual Silicon Valley Jewish Playwriting Contest

Sun Mar 29, 2026 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM Freidenrich Conference Center (Bldg F) 4th Floor, 94303

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The Jewish Plays Project returns to the OFJCC to celebrate new voices in playwriting—and to choose one brilliant new play!

Silicon Valley City Producers Deb Radin, Ellice Papp, Susan Sims and Barbara Shapiro, in partnership with the Oshman Family JCC in Palo Alto, are proud to present THE 12TH 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, 7 actors, 3 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 THE JEWISH PLAYWRITING CONTEST

The Jewish Playwriting Contest seeks to discover, highlight and nurture contemporary drama by engaging with artistic and Jewish communities throughout the English-speaking world. The contest has received and vetted over 2,800 plays by 1,800 writers in 34 states and 10 countries. The JPP has actively developed 60 of those plays, 419 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 100,00 audience members.

ABOUT THE JEWISH PLAYWRITING PROJECT

The Jewish Plays Project, founded in 2011, identifies, develops and presents new works of theater via one-of-a-kind explorations of contemporary Jewish identity between audiences, artists and patrons. The JPP's innovative and competitive development process engages Jewish communities in the vetting, selecting and championing of new voices and secures mainstream production opportunities for the best new plays.

The JPP has featured some of 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 Marc Bruni (Beautiful), Stephen Brackett (A Strange Loop), and Tamilla Woodard (Yale School of Drama); and actors Joshua Malina (The West Wing, Billions), Ronald Guttman (Mad Men, Homeland), Alysia Reiner (Orange is the New Black), and Obie and Drama Desk nominee Marcia Jean Kurtz.