KidsWrite Festival at Burning Coal Theatre
- When: Friday, May 29, 2026, 7:00 pm
- Location: 224 Polk St., Raleigh, NC 27604
- Cost: $10 per day
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 collection features nine productions each night, listed below - directed by Christina Polge and Zoe Matney!
Focus, by Eliza Basch
And I Feel Fine, by Jonathan Noah Howard
Today I Feel Like Death, by Taite Capes
Hope in Faith, by Mia Hayes
A Love Letter, by Talia Tran
Split Screen, by Simon Payen
Roulette, by Neil Joshi
Apollo's Great Adventure, by Del Traylor
Karmic Sickness, by Sam DuMond
- Website: burningcoal.org
- Contact Phone: 919.834.4001
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- Category: Shows & Concerts
Performances scheduled for May 29 & 30, 2026.
All repeats 
