Program / Event Details

In nine sessions, our professional Teaching Artists will lead your class of up to 25 students through the playwriting process; producing short plays that can be submitted to the annual Young Playwrights Festival competition. The residency will culminate in a mini In-School Reading Festival.

In January, we invite and receive hundreds of play submissions from participants in our residencies, and many more from students across the state.
In the spring, up to six plays are chosen to receive a professional production at Baltimore Center Stage.

All Young Playwrights Festival honorees are assigned a mentor to help them refine and edit their scripts before the plays are presented.

The final product from each playwright is directed into one cohesive fully realized production put together by our Learning Department, professional designers, and actors.

Apply here:

https://centerstagemd.wufoo.com/forms/m11k3id31c4jkmn/