Jewish theatre--plays about and usually by Jews--enters the twenty-first century with a long and distinguished history. To keep this vibrant tradition alive, the National Foundation for Jewish Culture established the New Play Commissions in Jewish Theatre in 1994. The commissions are awarded in an annual competition. Their goal is to help emerging and established dramatists develop new works in collaboration with a wide variety of theatres. Since its inception, the New Play Commissions has contributed support to more than seventy-five professional productions, staged readings, and workshops. This anthology brings together nine commissioned plays that have gone on to full production. Ellen Schiff and Michael Posnick have selected works that reflect many of the historical and social forces that have shaped contemporary Jewish experience and defined Jewish identity-among them, surviving the Holocaust, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and the lives of newcomers in America, Israel, and Argentina. Following a foreword by Theodore Bikel, the editors provide introductory explanations of the New Play Commissions and an overview of Jewish theatre. The playwrights comment on the genesis of their work and its production history. (20060414)
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Mainstream readers are encouraged to visit the drama bookshelf to locate this intelligent, probin collection filled with vivid examples of how dramatic literature can humanize moral and social dilemmas by embodying them in the personal irritations and intimacies of daily life. (Eithan Kanfer Forward )
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Nine Contemporary Jewish Plays is a refreshing collection. It refreshes our understanding of contemporary Jewish theatre. The plays are authentic, challenging, and inspiring. (Leonard Nimoy, film and television actor )
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This review is from: Nine Contemporary Jewish Plays: From the New Play Commission of the National Foundation for Jewish Culture (Paperback)
I enjoyed all the plays in this anthology; it was a tapestry, with each playwright contributing to the richness of the pattern and texture of the whole. But if I had to pick the best, I must say that the last play, "The Last Seder" by Jennifer Maisel, would win hands down. It had that spark, walking that fine line between laughter and tears, and her voice is so strong and clear. One of the best plays I've ever read, and one I'd just love to see a production of someday. Fine work.
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