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Jewish Plays Project congratulates VARIATIONS OF CROSSING THE ALPS for receiving our COMMENDED status for the 15th National Jewish Playwriting Contest in 2025. Commended plays received strong advocacy for consideration through our signature Jewish Artistic Democracy community reading process out of the 315+ plays we received. Our readers appreciated the exact feeling of needing to know a Holocaust family member's story and what bubbles up in the present due to generational trauma.

Jewish Plays Project congratulates GOOD MOURNING for receiving our COMMENDED status for the 15th National Jewish Playwriting Contest in 2025. Commended plays received strong advocacy for consideration through our signature Jewish Artistic Democracy community reading process out of the 315+ plays we received. Our readers appreciated the reflections on the traditions of shiva and we hope this plays further development on its journey to production.

Jewish Plays Project congratulates CATATONIC for receiving our COMMENDED status for the 15th National Jewish Playwriting Contest in 2025. Commended plays received strong advocacy for consideration through our signature Jewish Artistic Democracy community reading process out of the 315+ plays we received. Our readers appreciated the depth and nuance granted to each character's perspective as well as the empathetic approach to such difficult conversations.

Jewish Plays Project congratulates L'DOR V'DOR for receiving our COMMENDED status for the 15th National Jewish Playwriting Contest in 2025. Commended plays received strong advocacy for consideration through our signature Jewish Artistic Democracy community reading process out of the 315+ plays we received. Our readers appreciated in this newly revised version of a 3-part play, we are taken through generations through the eyes of bi-racial bat mitvah Sarah, digging into family secrets & history.

Jewish Plays Project congratulates A PUNCHLINE for receiving our COMMENDED status for the 15th National Jewish Playwriting Contest in 2025. Commended plays received strong advocacy for consideration through our signature Jewish Artistic Democracy community reading process out of the 315+ plays we received. Our readers appreciated the story of how humor is used to process trauma, weaving the bitter & comedic, and the examination of how we remember & tell stories.

Jewish Plays Project congratulates IF GOD WERE BLUE for receiving our COMMENDED status for the 15th National Jewish Playwriting Contest in 2025. Commended plays received strong advocacy for consideration through our signature Jewish Artistic Democracy community reading process out of the 315+ plays we received. Our readers appreciated the centering of a Jewish women in the midst of the male Christian world of Renaissance Rome, and the message of empowerment, affirmation and legacy through Art.

Jewish Plays Project congratulates MISS MAY DOES NOT EXIST for receiving our COMMENDED status for the 15th National Jewish Playwriting Contest in 2025. Commended plays received strong advocacy for consideration through our signature Jewish Artistic Democracy community reading process out of the 315+ plays we received. Our readers appreciated the tension between genders and how they're perceived professionally, which readers found frustratingly relatable, as well as distinctively Jewish humor.

Jewish Plays Project congratulates SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT for receiving our COMMENDED status for the 15th National Jewish Playwriting Contest in 2025. Commended plays received strong advocacy for consideration through our signature Jewish Artistic Democracy community reading process out of the 315+ plays we received. Our readers appreciated the fast-paced dialogue and the dramatic questions explored of how do we balance our personal feelings with our call to do good in the world?

Jewish Plays Project congratulates ANTI-SEMITES! for receiving our COMMENDED status for the 15th National Jewish Playwriting Contest in 2025. Commended plays received strong advocacy for consideration through our signature Jewish Artistic Democracy community reading process out of the 315+ plays we received. Our readers appreciated the provocation this play creates and comedy that is biting and uncomfortable in an enjoyable way, as it asks bold and satirically outlandish dramatic questions.

Jewish Plays Project congratulates THE MESSENGER for receiving our COMMENDED status for the 15th National Jewish Playwriting Contest in 2025. Commended plays received strong advocacy for consideration through our signature Jewish Artistic Democracy community reading process out of the 315+ plays we received. Our readers appreciated how the stories of four women who were all dynamic, sympathetic but also flawed were woven together to speak to ethical questions that will create community dialogue.