Enjoy free staged readings of exciting new works; our Monday Night Playwright Series offers you the chance to experience world-premiere plays before they hit our stages. Join KCRep on select Monday nights during the season and step into the world of a new play as it’s being built. You’ll meet fantastic playwrights whose work electrify stages across the country!
Monday Night Playwright Series events take place in the Spencer Theatre Donor Lounge and are always free and open to the public.
The Monday Night Playwright Series is part of our OriginKC: New Works Program. Forwarding Kansas City as a major national center for the development and production of new works, our OriginKC: New Works Program offers playwrights the financial, creative, and artistic resources required to develop vital, diverse, theatrical work.
Past Readings
2019/20 Season
Buried Roots by Michelle Tyrene Johnson (Local KC Playwright)
#ROYCE by Darren Canady (Local KC Playwright)
Black River Falls by Bryn Magnus
Dinosaur(s) by James Still
Murder Girl by Heidi Armbruster, directed by Lisa Rothe
Village of Vale by John McGrew (Music/Lyrics), Jonathan Karpinos (Book/Lyrics) & Joseph Varca (Book/Lyrics), directed by Lisa Rothe
FLOOD by Mashuq Mushtaq Deen
2018/19 Season
Mermaid by Andrew Rosendorf, directed by Chip Miller
Untitled New Play by Bianca Leigh
Handprints by Greta Ogelsby
Damascus by Bennett Fisher
Untitled New Play by Nathan Louis Jackson
the ripple, the wave that carried me home by Christina Anderson
2017/18 Season
The Misdirection of Mr J’s Chil’ren by Jennifer Baker, directed by Sidonie Garrett
Frida… A self-portrait by Vanessa Severo
Laid to Rest by Donnetta Lavinia Grays
Redwood by Brittany Allen, directed by Chip Miller
Unreliable by Dipika Guha
Click by Jacqueline Goldfinger, directed by Marissa Wolf
Black Butterflies by Darren Canady, directed by Lauren Spencer
Script Submission Policy:
Unfortunately, due to the volume of scripts received, we are unable to accept or to respond to unsolicited submissions. We have strong relationships with new play development centers across the country and we strongly encourage you to pursue relationships directly with these organizations, including Mid-West Dramatists Center (KC), Playwrights’ Center (MN), The Lark (NY), Playwrights Foundation (SF).