JewFace Short Play Lab Staged Readings 
directed by Jeremy Aluma
at Der Nister in Downtown LA
639 S. Spring Street #14A Los Angeles, CA 90014
Sunday, September 10th at 8pm – 9pm
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Yom Kippur Abortion by Shira Gorelick
Jill Remez as MOM
Lily Richards as TOVA

Stand Up for Justice by Matt Gottlieb
Zach Fineman as DANIEL

Catalogue of Noses by Lauren Schaffel
Laura Gardner as MOTHER / KIM / CD
Lauren Schaffel as EMILY
Adam Tsekhman as DOCTOR

Yom Kippur Abortion by Shira Gorelick
When Tova discovers that she accidentally got pregnant after a one night stand, she must find a way to get an abortion during the Days of Awe.

Stand Up for Justice by Matt Gottlieb
When a Jewish comedian is interrupted by a heckler during his set, a comedy show turns into a heated discussion about Israel and Palestine.

Catalogue of Noses by Lauren Schaffel
A 16-year-old Jewish actor faces off with her Jewish mother and plastic surgeon to make the biggest decision of her life.

Come enjoy a night of staged readings at everyone’s favorite Yiddish bookstore/cultural center, DER NISTER.

For the past five months, JewFace’s Short Play Lab has developed 3 new plays by writers Shira Gorelick, Matt Gottlieb, and Lauren Schaffel. In a series of writing workshops, these playwrights developed extraordinary new short works about everything from nose jobs and Hollywood, to abortion and Israel/Palestine tensions. Casey Adler and Yvonne Cone are the producers of this program and the Directors of New Play Development.

What is JewFace?
JewFace is the ugly stepchild of the Jewish-American theater scene. As the experimental play development wing of 501(c)3 theater company ShPIel Performing Identity, we educate ourselves on Jewish theater and incubate new short plays that encourage writers to create stories about the taboo and controversial topics within Jewish culture.