Young Playwrights Roundtable
Teen Writers Creating Together
Young Playwrights Roundtable is an invitation-only teen writing club. Nominated students who have participated in The Coterie’s in-school program, Young Playwrights Workshop. Young writers are interviewed in order to receive an invitation to the Roundtable, which is composed of mostly high school aged students.
The Coterie’s Roundtable is a peer-feedback-driven writing club that meets throughout the school year, approximately every other Sunday afternoon. Once selected for the Roundtable, members may stay on until they graduate from high school (as long as their attendance and participation are maintained).
2026 YOUNG PLAYWRIGHTS SHOWCASE
Join us for our 2026 Young Playwrights Showcase, a collection of fun and thought-provoking new works created by talented Kansas City teens.
ONE NIGHT ONLY!
Sunday, April 26, 2026, 7:00 p.m.
Admission: $5.00 per person
The performance will be held on The Coterie’s Mainstage, located on level 1 of Crown Center
Approx. Length: 60 Minutes
Young Playwrights Roundtable Meeting Dates
2025 Fall Semester Meeting Dates | Sundays 1:00-3:00pm
- September 14
- September 28
- October 12
- October 26
- November 9
- November 23
- December 7
2026 Spring Semester Meeting Dates | Sundays 1:00-3:00pm
- January 18
- February 1
- February 15
- March 1
- March 15
- March 29
- April 12
Young Playwrights Showcase
Each spring, a Young Playwrights Showcase is assembled to create a collection of plays that have been developed during the year performed in a staged reading format. A selection of plays that are ready to be heard (both short plays and excerpts of longer plays) and are representative of the type of work generated during the year are chosen to be performed on The Coterie’s mainstage. To perform in the staged readings of these play, The Coterie draws on Roundtable members and Coterie Master Class students as actors. Selected pieces will be performed in script-in-hand stagings alongside professional directors, coordinated by The Coterie’s Education Department.
Young Playwrights Showcase 2025 – Sunday, April 26, at 7:00pm
Want to Join Us?
Applying for Young Playwrights Roundtable
If you are unable to attend a session of the Young Playwrights Workshop and are still interested in applying for Young Playwrights Roundtable, please submit the following with a sample of your writing:
Submissions received after February 27th, will be considered for the 2026-2027 school year.