Education:
KidsWrite Festival
Performance Dates: May 24-25, 2024
Every spring, Burning Coal Theatre receives play submissions from local 6th-12th graders that are then professionally produced for the public.
Education:
KidsWrite Festival
Every spring, Burning Coal Theatre receives play submissions from local 6th-12th graders that are then professionally produced for the public. Burning Coal has assembled a team of skilled theatre artists to bring these young writers’ stories to life.
The KidsWrite Festival was created in 2004 to encourage young writers in central NC by producing their original one act plays. Finalists are chosen from numerous submissions. Those scripts are produced at the theatre and then published in a book available for purchase.
KidsWrite! 2024 Plays
Every spring, Burning Coal Theatre receives play submissions from local 6th-12th graders that are then professionally produced for the public. Burning Coal has assembled a team of skilled theatre artists to bring these young writers’ stories to life.
The KidsWrite Festival was created in 2004 to encourage young writers in central NC by producing their original one act plays. Finalists are chosen from numerous submissions. Those scripts are produced at the theatre and then published in a book available for purchase.
This year’s selected plays are:
Disaster at Lakeview by Avery Seppala
Regrets of Man by Noah Howard
Through the Years by Carson Adams
To Be Deceased by Brynn Bolick, Sophia Moore, Bridget Morin, Lavie Nguyen, Gibson Scoggins, and Morgan Strickland
WHAT IS KIDSWRITE?
The KidsWrite Festival was created in 2004 to both encourage and support student writers between the sixth and twelfth grade located in central North Carolina. Every spring, Burning Coal Theatre receives numerous submissions of original one-act plays that are reviewed by a group of readers in order to select the finalists. The chosen scripts are then professionally produced by a team of hand-picked, skilled theatre artists. Burning Coal then holds a festival for the public showcasing the new plays, as well as publishing them in a book available for purchase.
Applications for 2024 have closed and the winners have been selected. Please check back for information on how to submit for 2025!
PLAYWRIGHTING TIPS
Feeling stuck? Piedmont Laureate Tamara Kissane gives her tips on how to start writing a play in this brief Youtube video. Remember, you can write about any topic for KidsWrite!
SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITY
Sponsor KidsWrite! or other Burning Coal educational events for $100 – 500 (tax deductible). Sponsorships may include program ads, curtain speech recognition, and / or social media shout-outs. Email development@burningcoal.org or call (919) 834-4001 to learn more.
WHEN (AND WHERE) CAN I SEE THE PERFORMANCES?
ABOUT THE PERFORMANCE
The KidsWrite! Festival will take place on May 24-25, 2024 at the Murphey School Auditorium (Burning Coal’s usual performance space at 224 Polk St. Raleigh, NC 27604). All selected plays will be performed both days.
TICKETS are available HERE
The selected plays will be published in the KidsWrite Collection 2024. The KidsWrite Collection 2023 is still available for purchase here.
For additional information, please call 919.834.4001.
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Burning Coal Theatre Company is funded in part by the City of Raleigh based on recommendations of the Raleigh Arts Commission. Burning Coal Theatre Company is supported by the United Arts Council of Raleigh and Wake County.
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