NC YOUNG PLAYWRIGHTS
Since 2003, NC Young Playwrights has been a program for students and teachers dedicated to increasing playwriting in the K-12 classroom in North Carolina. NC Young Playwrights is the perfect opportunity for your students to receive the collaborative, intensive, professional exposure to the world of playwriting that will create lasting memories and highly beneficial experience.

We had some fantastic Elementary, Middle, and High School plays submitted! We are pleased to announce the following winning and Honorable Mention plays for the 2020 NCYPF.
Elementary:
Winner- The Power of the Seasons by Anastasia Kolesnikov from Sharon Elementary School, teacher: Bradley Hood
Honorable Mention- Stand For Your Dreams by Amelie Porper from Washington Elementary School, teacher: Marissa Plondke
Middle School:
Winner- Cargo by Luke Moran, Zoe Cole, Cameron Myers, and Thekla Macon from Cane Creek Middle School, teacher: Ellen Wharton
Honorable Mention- Who Done It? by Kylie Roeder, Reese Peters, and Ashley Horne from Bailey Middle School, teacher: Emily Klingman
High School:
Winner- A Contemporary Courtship by Ada Collins from Weaver Academy, teacher: Keith Taylor
Winner- Silver Lining by Abigail Celoria from North Raleigh Christian Academy, teacher: Zachary Roberts
Winner- The Bumbling Knights by Mitchell Cordell from West Caldwell High School, teacher: Tara Blake Hatton
Honorable Mention- Home by Alex Fritts from Weaver Academy, teacher: Keith Taylor
Honorable Mention- One in Seventy Thousand by Emily Pate from Weaver Academy, teacher: Keith Taylor
Honorable Mention- Mental by Lucas Lauer from Sun Valley High School, teacher: Caleb Dalby
Middle School
One $100.00 Award given
One Honorable Mention
Elementary School
One $50.00 Award given
One Honorable Mention
NCYPF Play SUBMISSION
The first step in becoming involved in NC Young Playwrights Festival is to submit your students work to NC Young Playwrights. Many teacher have playwriting units that end in a written play. By submitting the students play you have provided a perfect opportunity to expand the student's understanding of playwriting and celebrating their hard work. Submissions don't just come from playwriting units. NC Theatre Teachers have found that a passionate playwright is always ready to be encouraged to participate in this event. Each NCTAE member can submit up to five entries from their school. Submitted plays will be read by qualified theatre professionals who will adjudicate based on a common score sheet. The plays that receive the highest communal score will be asked to participate in the NC Young Playwrights Showcase and they will receive an award:
Qualifications for Submitted Plays:
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The teacher must be a current member of NCTAE
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NCTAE member may only submit 1-5 entries from a school
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Entries must be 30 pages or less
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Entries must have 8 characters or less
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Plays can be written by an individual or a class
How to Submit Correctly:
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Submit plays to the NCYPF Google Form
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Make sure the selected plays are in the correct format (see resources below)
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Save selections as the title of the play and either ES, MS or HS. (ex. Hamlet HS)
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Include Playwright's name and school in body of email with script attached
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Use HS, MS, and ES rubrics before submitting to make sure that you have all qualifications covered
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Only submit in word document form. PDFs will not be accepted.
Resources:
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NCYPF Teacher Tips - These tips are sure to help you students to succeed in playwriting
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Middle School & High School Rubric - See the rubric that is used to grade the Middle School and High School submissions
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Elementary School Rubric - See the rubric that is used to grade Elementary School submissions
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Winning Playwriting Example - See a sample of a winning play from Middle School by Savannah Von Kaenel
Submissions for our 2021 NC Young Playwrights Festival are now being accepted through January 29, 2021
Submissions are accepted by Chad Schuermeyer.
Please submit by completing a NCYPF GOOGLE FORM
High School
Three $100.00 Awards given
Two Honorable Mentions

NCYPF Showcase
April 10, 2021 at 12:00pm
VIRTUAL OR Triad Stage - Greensboro, NC
After a team of professional playwrights have selected the most outstanding plays submitted, UNCG students and faculty will produce staged readings of the award winning plays. Each staged reading will be followed by a talk back. This celebration of student writing will take place on April 10, 2021 starting at 12pm. Due to the pandemic, we are uncertain if we will be hosting this event virtually or in-person at this point. Our team is prepared for either option. We are excited to share student's work in 2021, no matter the platform.
If in person: The day is comprised of a final rehearsal on the UNCG campus.
Teachers and playwrights are invited to arrive at 10:30am. Students arrive
and are greeted by a personal liaison from the UNCG theatre department. This
liaison will accompany the student playwright to see the final rehearsal of
their play where they can take a sneak peak and give any final details. As
the rehearsal finishes, students, teachers, and family will travel to downtown
Greensboro to the award winning regional theatre of Triad Stage. Students'
plays will be performed by skilled actors on a stage that host the regions most
prestigious work. The program will feature the elementary performance first,
followed by the middle school performance, and then the day will conclude
with the high school performances.
NC Young Playwrights Festival Showcase is such an amazing
experience for students because they see their imagination come to life in a very real
way. Students eyes light up as they see characters that they had only seen in their mind become moving, speaking, and breathing characters on stage. After their performance, the students have an opportunity to share with the audience their inspiration and their thought process behind their work. This moment of praise and focus on each student leaves them with a strong confidence in themselves and an opportunity to discuss their works with professionals from all areas of North Carolina.
Selected playwrights and their teachers will receive an e-mail once selections are made regarding detailed information about the showcase.
2019 Letter to Winning Playwrights
2019 Non-Exclusive License Agreement
For More information contact: Emma Crumpler

NCYPF Published Playwrights
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Now presenting our NEW published collection of plays on AMAZON!
To purchase the 2020 Winning plays!
Please give the playwright credit for their work. The plays should serve not only as text but as inspiration for your students to create their own works.
ROYALTY INFORMATION FOR ALL SCRIPTS.
The playwrights grant you permission to use all scripts within the classroom for educational purposes. If you wish to produce a play for a performance, you must contact the playwright for royalty information. The amount of the royalty fee is completely up to the individual playwright. However, we suggest a fair compensation to be $25 per performance. Contact with the playwright may be made through Emily Klingman
Teachers may make as many copies as are needed.
All monies received by NCTAE for the plays goes toward the expenses of making the plays available to you and to fund awards for future student playwrights.