Harold Grinspoon & Diane Troderman
The Dr. David M. Milch Foundation
Abel (z”l) and Judy Friedman
Jessie Wolfson & Larry Kron
present
August 28-30, 2025
FEATURED READING - AUGUST 28 @ 7 PM
An unusual portrait is stolen and departs on a journey around the world. Canvas, pencil, paint, How can one piece of art tear at the hearts of generations?
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SHORT PLAYS FOR HEALING - AUGUST 29 @ 7 PM
An evening of 10-Minute Plays built on the prompt, inspired by the story of Nachshon and the Red Sea, "Moving Forward at the Edge of the Unknown". Just 100 seats - completely sold out last year!
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FIRST EVER CONTEST - AUGUST 30 @ 7 PM
The JPP’s signature event comes to the Berkshires for the very first time! Three of the most exciting, brand-new Jewish comedies and dramas—read by a stellar cast—compete for the Festival’s first-ever Audience Award, and YOU are the judge. Help us choose the most important new Jewish play of the ...
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ARTIST PANEL - AUGUST 29 @ 10:45 AM
Three brilliant Jewish theater makers discuss the state of new Jewish plays - what are we making? what should be be making? why does it matter to the Jewish world? - with JPP Artistic Director David Winitsky.
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STUDY SESSION - AUGUST 30 @ 3 pm
Thought leaders in the Jewish community (clergy, scholars, researchers and lay leaders) meet to investigate the Jewish ideas contained in the best new Jewish plays. Fascinating, one-of-a-kind, and HIGHLY limited seating!
BRING YOUR IMAGINATION
PARTICIPATE - AUGUST 29 @ 12 pm
Join playwright Wayne Firestone and director Illana Stein in a participatory reading of short works from Jewish voices across the globe. Audience members step into the roles of actors and thinkers in this unique salon-style theatre-making experience.
ONLY 25 SEATS!Festival Playwrights
JENNIFER MAISEL
Provenance
BECCA SCHLOSSBERG
Dybbuk Bat Mitzvah
Festival Directors
CASTING DIRECTOR JUDY BOWMAN
Working in the industry since 1992, Judy loves to work on projects with original stories, and brings an emphasis on casting that reflects a specific place in the world, or a cast that’s inclusive. Judy loves to work with many different actor communities. Her past work includes casting audiobooks for Simon & Schuster, several animated series and original programming(PBS, SciFiChannel), NY casting for Carsey-Werner, proud collaborations with INTAR and LAByrinth, and co-cast David Mamet’s “The Old Neighborhood” on Broadway. She was the dedicated CD for American Repertory Theatre(2003-2008), and spent many years on and off, working with the Actors Theatre of Louisville. Former Adjunct Asst. Professor in the MFA Film School at Columbia University, and former faculty at Harlem School of the Arts. She enjoys leading workshops at universities around the country.
FEATURING THESE AMAZING ARTISTS
Morey Norkin
Playwright, THE REPLACEMENT
Ari Brand
plays2gather (p2g)—incubates plays at homes, stages and unusual places that are inspired by a vision of both ancient and inclusive Jewish culture. Founded in 2018 in the DMV (District of Columbia, Maryland, Virginia region) as a volunteer grassroots play makers network, it has evolved around the Jewish World and virtually to curate theater readings and the OOF! Short play competition.
p2g Organizing Committee
Artist Panel Readers
Tina Ball
Haïa R’nana Bchiri
Marshall Botvinick
Diane Brewer
Becca Kitt
Shana Laski
Cassie Seinuk
Sophie Schulman
Marilyn Schotland
Jared Sprowls
Lindsey Walko