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Theater J Launches Canon-Expanding New-Play Program

The program will commission 7 Jewish playwrights of color in an effort to ‘correct and broaden’ conceptions of Jewishness onstage.

‘Here There Are Blueberries’ by Moisés Kaufman and Amanda Gronich will be honored in a ceremony in December.

The digital Israeli Theatre Collection will offer nine productions from six theatres.

The company will present a series of digital readings and classes in place of its previously scheduled in-person programming.

Plays exploring the Jewish experience receive the first Trish Vradenburg Jewish Play Prize and the Patty Abramson Jewish Play Prize.

The season announcement is accompanied with the launch of a new-work development program and the expansion of its apprentice program.

The season will include the second full production of Theater J’s Yiddish Theater Lab.

The awards will recognize new plays by emerging and established playwrights that explore the Jewish experience.

The season will be presented at the newly renovated Edlavitch DC Jewish Community Center.

The producer will help lead the D.C. Jewish theatre.