Quotas

Spanning three eras--1860s Russia, 1940s America and modern academia--Quotas satirizes the shifting face of antisemitism and the traps it lays. Through dark humor and bureaucratic absurdity, the play exposes how discriminatory rules may change but the outcome stays the same.

Spanning three eras--1860s Russia, 1940s America and modern academia--Quotas satirizes the shifting face of antisemitism and the traps it lays. Through dark humor and bureaucratic absurdity, the play exposes how discriminatory rules may change but the outcome stays the same.

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Quotas

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  • Jewish Plays Project: Quotas

    Jewish Plays Project selected QUOTAS as a Semi-Finalist out of 270 plays in our 2nd Ten Minute Play Contest “On One Foot”, which searched nationally from artists of all backgrounds to respond to our prompt “Moving Forward at the Edge of the Unknown". Our readers connected with this piece's use of absurdist comedy as the characters hope their generation's sacrifice is able to better the next generation despite the uncertainty and challenges faced by ancestors.

    Jewish Plays Project selected QUOTAS as a Semi-Finalist out of 270 plays in our 2nd Ten Minute Play Contest “On One Foot”, which searched nationally from artists of all backgrounds to respond to our prompt “Moving Forward at the Edge of the Unknown". Our readers connected with this piece's use of absurdist comedy as the characters hope their generation's sacrifice is able to better the next generation despite the uncertainty and challenges faced by ancestors.

Cossack/ Wasp/ Student are all played by the same actor.
Itzik/ Isaac/ Zach are also played by the same actor.

Development History

  • Type Reading, Organization UC Riverside, Year 2025
  • Type Reading, Organization Festival of New Jewish Plays, Year 2025

Awards

  • Semi-Finalist for the Jewish Plays Project and Plays2Gather’s second annual Ten Minute Play Festival: OOF! On One Foot
    Jewish Plays Project
    Semi-Finalist
    2025