Call for Submissions
The Canadian Jewish Playwriting Competition recognizes the most outstanding, unproduced, Canadian plays with a Jewish focus.
Originally a program run by an independent group of dedicated volunteers, The Toronto Jewish Theatre Committee, the Canadian Jewish Playwriting Competition was founded in 1989 and operated out of the Bathurst JCC in North Toronto.
In 1999, the MNjcc adopted this program and ran it with a group of jurors from the professional theatre community. Before 2006 there was an average of six plays submitted each year. With more publicity and exposure, up to 40 plays are submitted from six Canadian provinces, the United States and Israel each contest year. The competition is now a bi-annual program.
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. Generously supported by the Asper Foundation.
The 2025 competition is co-presented by Bema Productions (British Columbia), The Winnipeg Jewish Theatre (Manitoba), The Harold Green Jewish Theatre Company (Ontario), and The Segal Centre for the Performing Arts (Quebec).
The submission deadline is May 25, 2025. Guidelines and submission form can be found here