The Jewish Theater for Children is offering a prize of $1,000 for the best full-length play for children in English on a Jewish theme, according to an announcement made by Philip Kasakove, chairman of the Theater. This is the eleventh time in as many years that the Theater has offered a similar prize in its annual Golden Pen Playwriting Contest.
The purpose of the contest is to stimulate the creation and development of an original dramatic literature in English for the older age group of elementary and for junior high school children, which will give expression to meaningful ethical and spiritual values as reflected in Jewish life, folklore, history and culture. Funds for the prize are made available by Norma U. Levitt, a member of the Theater’s board of directors. Prize-winning manuscripts are also given a professional production. Manuscripts for the 1967 competition must be submitted no later than September 20, 1967.
The Theater is financially supported by grants from Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York, the Jewish Education Committee of New York, and membership fees of the children in more than 700 Jewish and secular schools in metropolitan New York. It is under the educational guidance and supervision of the Jewish Education Committee of New York.
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