New Jewish Plays
New Play Development
WJT is committed to producing new plays in development and plays a vital role in the development of aspiring Manitoban and Canadian playwrights. We have been involved in the development of the following new plays…
The Boy Genius by Sara Arenson
Going Home by Hanoch Reim and Sharon Bajer
Scrabble from the Apple by Sharon Bajer
Plenty Room by Liza Balkan
Summer of Semitism by Ori Black
Pain to Power by CJ Capital, Tracey Erin Smith, Dan Petrenko, & Seth Zosky
Good Intentions by Ginny Collins
Narrow Bridge by Daniel Thau-Eleff
Pals, Or Scenes from a Friendship by Diane Flacks & Richard Greenblatt
Pop! by David Gale
Louie’s Dilemma by Alex Poch-Goldin
The Tower by Holly Harris
The Golem’s Mighty Swing by Marcus Jamin
The Girl Beneath My Feet by Leigh-Anne Kehler
Cote Saint Joe by Daniel Libman
The Escape by Carol Matas
Shiksa by Cairn Moore
Talk by Michael Nathanson
Ivanov adapted by Michael Nathanson
The Always Prayer Shawl by Sheldon Oberman
Double Cheese Planet by Hanoch Reim
Kindertransport by Diane Samuels
By Chance Alone adapted by Emil Sher
League of Nathans by Jason Sherman
None is too Many by Jason Sherman
Sheltered by Alix Sobler
Some Things You Keep by Alix Sobler
The Father adapted by Julie Tepperman
The Year of the Flood by Howard Wiseman
Meet Our Playwright in Residence
Alex Poch-Goldin
One of the key pillars of our mission at WJT is supporting the development of new Jewish-Canadian plays and playwrights. We are proud to welcome local playwright Alex Poch Goldin to our writing residency. In particular, WJT had committed to supporting Alex’s new play, Edenbridge – a tale of family, tradition, Antisemitism, and new beginnings set within a real Prairie shtetl in the Carrot River Valley.
ABOUT ALEX
A transplant to Winnipeg from Montreal (via Toronto), Alex’s plays have been seen on stages nationally and internationally. He has developed scripts for Winnipeg Jewish Theatre, Royal MTC, The Stratford Festival, The Shaw Festival, Canadian Stage, Tarragon, Factory, Theatre Passe Muraille, Theater Gastpiele-Kempt (Germany) and others.
About Edenbridge
“I stumbled onto the idea for this project after researching the Jewish history of Manitoba. Back in the 1880s, the Canadian government offered eastern European Jews farmland across the prairies, 160 Acres for $10. Jews could not own land in Russia and Ukraine and so they came to this land of opportunity, and dozens of small, rural Jewish communities sprang up across the Canadian prairies, farmed by seamstress and tailors and people more familiar with sewing and t’zfillin than sowing and tilling. I have visited 4 of these colonies, documenting a vanished world. My intention with Edenbridge is to write a full length play about this extraordinary and little known period of prairie history. This story weaves a tale of ancestors, happy and sad, filled with their struggles and accomplishments in the new world. It will bring history to life.”
Submit a New Play
Winnipeg Jewish Theatre is always interested in bold, compelling stories that reflect Jewish life, history, and identity in all its diversity. To submit a script for consideration, please fill out the form below.
Please note: While we appreciate every submission, we cannot guarantee that we will be able to respond to or consider the plays sent to us.