EDLAVITCH JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF WASHINGTON DC INC

Q STREET PRESCHOOL - PROVIDES A FULL-DAY PRESCHOOL PROGRAM IN AN ENVIRONMENT OF OPEN-ENDED EXPLORATION, CURIOSITY, AND GROWTH FOR CHILDREN, TEACHERS, AND FAMILIES.THE CHILDREN WERE ENROLLED IN TEN STATE-OF-THE-ART RENOVATED PRESCHOOL CLASSROOMS, WHICH INCLUDES A GROSS MOTOR INDOOR PLAY AREA AND A DEDICATED ART ROOM.THE PRESCHOOL STRIVES TO DEEPEN CONNECTIONS TO JUDAISM, THE COMMUNITY, ETHICS & MORALS, AND THE WORLD AROUND US. THE SCHOOL EMPLOYS METHODS THAT PROMOTE A CONSTRUCTIVIST PEDAGOGICAL MODEL WHEREBY THE CHILDREN'S INTERESTS DICTATE THE SUBJECTS THROUGH WHICH BASIC SKILLS LIKE NUMERACY AND LITERACY ARE TAUGHT. THIS PROJECT-BASED APPROACH ALLOWS THE CHILDREN TO DYNAMICALLY INTERACT WITH ALL THE ORGANIZATION HAS TO OFFER, AND TO CREATE LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES FROM THE ENVIRONMENT AROUND THEM.

THEATER J - A NATIONALLY-RENOWNED, PROFESSIONAL THEATER THAT CELEBRATES, EXPLORES, AND STRUGGLES WITH THE COMPLEXITIES AND NUANCES OF BOTH THE JEWISH EXPERIENCE AND THE UNIVERSAL HUMAN CONDITION. HAILED BY THE WASHINGTON POST AS "THE MOST INFLUENTIAL JEWISH THEATER COMPANY IN THE NATION," THEATER J HAS OVER 75 HELEN HAYES NOMINATIONS AND TEN HELEN HAYES AWARDS AND PRODUCES FIVE TO SEVEN PLAYS PER SEASON THAT RUN BETWEEN 10 AND 25 PERFORMANCES. ENTERING ITS 33RD YEAR, THEATER J PRESENTS A WIDE VARIETY OF RECOGNIZABLE, UNDER-EXPLORED, AND BRAND NEW WORKS FROM THE JEWISH THEATRICAL CANON, AS WELL AS NON-JEWISH WORKS THAT INVESTIGATE DIVERSE STORIES ABOUT IMMIGRANTS, LANGUAGE, ASSIMILATION, GENOCIDE, RELIGION, AND OTHERNESS. THEATER J DRAWS AUDIENCES FROM ALL EIGHT WARDS OF DC, AS WELL AS MARYLAND AND VIRGINIA, AND REFLECTS THE DIVERSE RESIDENTS OF THE METROPOLITAN DC REGION. THEATER J PRESENTED SIX FULL-LENGTH PLAYS AS PART OF THE 2022-2023 SEASON WITH A TOTAL ATTENDANCE OF 15,020, THE HIGHEST ATTENDANCE SINCE 2018. IN ADDITION TO OUR FULL PRODUCTIONS, WE PRESENTED THE TRISH VRADENBURG NEW JEWISH PLAY PRIZE AND THE PATTY ABRAMSON NEW JEWISH PLAY PRIZE. THEATER J'S YIDDISH THEATER LAB SAW THE COMPLETION OF TWO NEW ENGLISH LANGUAGE PLAYS THAT WERE ADAPTED FROM CLASSIC YIDDISH PLAYS FROM THE EARLY 20TH CENTURY. IN JANUARY 2022, THEATER J LAUNCHED EXPANDING THE CANON, A PROGRAM THAT HAS COMMISSIONED SEVEN ETHNICALLY AND RACIALLY DIVERSE JEWISH PLAYWRIGHTS TO WRITE SEVEN NEW FULL-LENGTH PLAYS THAT CENTER THE UNTOLD STORIES OF JEWS OF COLOR. BOTH YIDDISH THEATER LAB AND EXPANDING THE CANON ARE MULTI-YEAR PROGRAMS THAT WE HOPE WILL LAUNCH NEW PLAYS THAT CHANGE THE LANDSCAPE OF JEWISH THEATER IN THE UNITED STATES AND AROUND THE WORLD.