I’m a recipient of one of Theater J’s Expanding the Canon commissions! I will be developing a new play about Jews of Color over the next few years. Extremely grateful to Theater J and this cohort!
More from Dramatists Guild Industry News – Theater J has announced the seven playwrights who have been selected for its Expanding the Canon initiative: Harley Elias, Zachariah Ezer, Carolivia Herron, Jesse Jae Hoon, M.J. Kang, Thaddeus McCants, and Kendell Pinkney. Selected from among 82 submissions, each writer will receive a $10,000 commission and a $5,000 developmental budget towards the creation of new full-length plays over the next two-and-a-half years. The initiative aims to center ethnically and racially diverse Jewish narratives and to correct and broaden the historically limited portrayals of Jewishness on stages in the US and globally.
Throughout the commission period, the seven playwrights will meet monthly to share and further develop their work. Excerpts of the finished scripts will be presented in December 2024. All commissioned plays will be strongly considered for Theater J mainstage productions.