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Tag: Playwriting

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Mazel to the power of Tov — my lifelong friendship with Richard Greenberg

Amy Gottlieb in Forward · 10 Jul 2025

Celebrating their lifelong friendship, Amy Gottlieb recounts her relationship with the celebrated playwright Richard Greenberg, offering glimpses into their shared cultural and personal history.

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MAiD takes centre stage in a new comedy about the difficulty of preparing to die

Culturally Jewish · 27 Mar 2024

Jordi Mand and director Philip Akin discuss the issues of medically assisted dying (MAiD) within the Jewish community, as inspired by a personal experience that prompted Mand to write the play "In Seven Days."

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Meet the queer Jewish theater nerd who just won the national Jewish Playwriting Contest

Mira Fox in Forward · 19 Jul 2023

Alexa Derman, a queer Jewish playwright, recently won the Jewish Playwriting Contest for her script "Zionista Rising."

0 Literature Culture

Why Arthur Miller paid a price for greatness

PJ Grisar in Forward · 25 Oct 2022

Arthur Miller's complex relationship with his Jewish identity and personal life intricately influenced his acclaimed body of work, as explored in John Lahr's biography, "Arthur Miller: American Witness."

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Meet the writer whose semi-autobiographical Jewish conversion story won her Canada's top Jewish playwriting prize

The CJN Daily with Ellin Bessner · 24 Feb 2022

Primrose Madayag Knazan, a Winnipeg-based playwright, discusses her award-winning play 'Precipice,' which mirrors her own journey from her Filipino roots to converting to Judaism.