Florida Studio Theatre - Write A Play Field Trips
WRITE A PLAY is a year-round arts integration program providing students with the example, the inspiration, and the skills to write their own original plays. From field trips to the theatre to see professional productions, to an interactive performance created at your school, to playwriting lessons that will develop the inner-artist in your students, this award-winning program is designed to inspire the next generation of playwrights. Now in its 35th year, WRITE A PLAY reaches over 30,000 students annually across the state of Florida, nationally as far as Camden, NJ and Woodstock, IL, and as far as Scotland and Israel.
Play #1: Peter Pan (Field Trip Opportunity)
Adapted by Caroline Saldivar
Begins September 18 at Florida Studio Theatre.
OR Snow White (Tours to your school)
By Greg Banks
Available to tour to your school beginning October 21
Play #2: The Write Stuff
Take the next step in the series with a play that will inspire your students to write plays of their very own! In this interactive experience, your students will learn the ingredients of a play and see a brand-new one created (using their OWN ideas) right before their eyes. More than just a performance, The Write Stuff includes up to eight in-class workshops to get your students writing. All students are
encouraged to submit their plays to FST’s 2026 Young Playwrights Festival to be considered for a professional production in the spring.
Available to tour to your school beginning October 7.
Play #3: The Pirate Ship and the Sea Monster & Other Winning Plays
Finally, your students will see the winning plays from the 2025-26 WRITE A PLAY School Year! Performed by a cast of professional actors, this original production features an anthology of stories that only children could write, filled with laughter, lessons, and learning for us all.
Begins March 19 at Florida Studio Theatre and Available to tour to your school beginning April 14
Subscribe and See All Three-Plays and Receive:
• Tickets to all three shows (50% Savings!)
• Post-show discussions with actors
• Study Guides for your class
• Year-round consultation with FST staff
• For every 15 students, receive one chaperone ticket for FREE
Bus subsidy available with application.
Special discount available for Title I schools.
Peter Pan, Snow White, Deck the Halls, and The Pirate Ship and the Sea Monster will also be offered for the public on weekends in our Children's Family Series. For more information on our public shows, please contact the box office at (941) 366-9000.
