2023 CANADIAN JEWISH PLAYWRITING COMPETITION
A PROGRAM OF THE MILES NADAL JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTRE SINCE 1999
The Mnjcc welcomes submissions from racialized persons / persons of colour, women, Indigenous peoples, persons with disabilities, LGBTQ2S+ persons, and others who may contribute to the further diversification of ideas.
GUIDELINES:
• Plays must be in standard theatre script formatting.
• If you play has more than 6 roles, you must demonstrate which roles can be played by the same actor.
• Play pages must be numbered.
ELIGIBILITY:
• Playwrights do not need to be Jewish but must be Canadian (dual citizenship is acceptable).
• Playwrights with Canadian citizenship living abroad (i.e Israel, USA, Europe, etc.) are welcome to submit.
• Play content must have a Jewish focus, depicting a prominent theme or aspect of Jewish or Israeli life.
• Plays must be no less than one hour and no more than two hours in length.
• Novel, short story or poetry adaptations are accepted, but the playwright must have the rights to the original source, or the source of the adaptation must be in the public domain.
• Musicals are eligible. Please submit lyrics and/or musical tracks with your play.
• Plays must be in English.
INELIGIBILITY:
• Plays that have been previously produced under a Canadian Actors’ Equity Association (CAEA) production agreement. Workshops are eligible.
• Plays that have been previously produced outside of the CAEA agreements and staged for more than one week, except for Fringe productions.
• Plays that have been previously submitted to the Canadian Jewish Playwriting Competition in the last ten years.
• Plays with more than 6 roles that cannot be divide among 6 actors.
• Plays that are not written in English.
• Screenplays will not be accepted.
PRIZE:
• The winning playwright will receive $1,000 (CDN) and an 8-hour CAEA workshop with a director and up to six actors. This workshop concludes with a public reading.
• The winning playwright will be announced in January 2024.
• This program is generously funded by The Asper Foundation.
JURY:
• The jury members are representatives of Manitoba (Winnipeg Jewish Theatre), Ontario (Harold Green Jewish Theatre Company), and Quebec (Segal Centre for the Performing Arts) Jewish-arts communities.
• Jurors do not provide feedback on submitted plays.
SUBMISSIONS
• Click here to complete the entry form
SUBMISSION DEADLINE: SEPTEMBER 5, 2023
Questions:Deanna Di Lello, Coordinator of Adult Arts and Culture • deannad@mnjcc.org
FANTASTIC forward thinking, truly inclusive, diverse and equitable guidelines. YOU DON’T HAVE TO BE JEWISH TO SUBMIT!! Imagine that. Let’s continue this wise thinking and stop this blinkered, constrictive notion one has to be only in a small group to write about that small group.