ZIONISTA RISING (Dec 11-13, 2026) workshop reading

ZIONISTA RISING

workshop reading 

By Alexa Derman

Winner of the 12th Jewish Plays Project Contest

December 11-13, 2026

Produced by Voices Festival Productions

Ari Roth, Founding Artistic Producing Partner  
A. Lorraine Robinson, Artistic Producing  Partner
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Zionista Rising

Two Gen Z interns working at a Jewish American media organization compete on a daunting assignment: to rebrand Israel and Zionism in the American mind as a #girlboss

#progressive #diversity-win via an AI-generated Instagram influencing avatar. Meanwhile, a Jewish American playwright wrestles with a question she can't escape: Who are we if not a nation?