BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P3D REFRESH-INTERVAL:P3D CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20260517T230000Z DTEND:20260518T010000Z X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:The 10th Annual Hartford Jewish Playwriting Contest DESCRIPTION:It's a combination of a TED Talk\, a play reading and American Idol ... and it needs your vote! Join our Artistic Democracy and vote for Hartford's best new Jewish play of 2026. Come see a fantastic cast in these plays. Directed and Hosted by Illana Stein Generously supported by the National Endowment for the Arts FLATBUSH LYSISTRATA Lila Rachel Becker\, Washington\, DC Three Hasidic women gather at an axe-throwing parlor to plan a sex strike. A play about how women carve spaces for themselves within fundamentalism. HAVURAH Margot Connolly\, Brooklyn\, NY After a shooting at a synagogue\, a club of Jewish college students is left reeling\, while their Christian counterparts try to help without knowing how. SHURA: The mission of identifying life Roee Joseph\, Tel Aviv\, Israel A playwright-soldier documents the impossible task of identifying the dead after October 7th\, uncovering the fragile line between witnessing horror and choosing life. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:It'\;s a combination of a TED Talk\, a play reading and American Idol ... and it needs your vote! Join our Artistic Democracy and vote for Hartford'\;s best new Jewish play of 2026. Come see a fantastic cast in these plays. Directed and Hosted by Illana Stein Generously supported by the National Endowment for the Arts FLATBUSH LYSISTRATA Lila Rachel Becker\, Washington\, DC Three Hasidic women gather at an axe-throwing parlor to plan a sex strike. A play about how women carve spaces for themselves within fundamentalism. HAVURAH Margot Connolly\, Brooklyn\, NY After a shooting at a synagogue\, a club of Jewish college students is left reeling\, while their Christian counterparts try to help without knowing how. SHURA: The mission of identifying life Roee Joseph\, Tel Aviv\, Israel A playwright-soldier documents the impossible task of identifying the dead after October 7th\, uncovering the fragile line between witnessing horror and choosing life. LOCATION:Playhouse on Park: 244 Park Road\, West Hartford CT 06119 UID:e.3366.4053 SEQUENCE:3 DTSTAMP:20260511T161956Z URL:https://www.simsburycoc.com/events/details/the-10th-annual-hartford-jewish-playwriting-contest-4053 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR