Young Playwrights Festival

CENTERSTAGE presents its 20th Annual Young Playwrights Festival (YPF), hosted by WJZ-TV’s Denise Koch. Six plays — representing elementary, middle, and high school level Maryland students — receive professionally staged readings.

Plays receiving Staged Readings include:

Paint Ahoy! by James Morogiello

Whetstone Elementary, Grade 4

Montgomery County

Getting There by Malcolm Steinberg

Chevy Chase Elementary, Grade 5

Montgomery County

Writer’s Block by Jennifer Baker

Harford Day School, Grade 7

Harford County

Another Man’s Treasure by Tariq Al-Sabir

St. Ignatius Loyola Academy, Grade 7

Baltimore City

Poker? by Ben Ostrow

Towson High School, Grade 11

Baltimore County

Summer Solstice by Tara Richter-Smith

Bryn Mawr School, Grade 11

Baltimore City