Feature: WICHITA FRINGE FESTIVAL at Wichita Center For Performing Arts

Now in its second year, The Wichita Fringe Festival is a one-day event that celebrates the work of local high school playwrights.

Working with professional mentors from the Wichita theatre community, playwrights from schools throughout the city take their scripts through the process from stage to page, culminating in a performance of their works by area high school actors.

This year, the festival is hosted by Wichita Center for Performing Arts (9112 E Central Ave.) on Saturday, March 2nd, with two shows on the mainstage, one beginning at 10 a.m., and the second at 1 p.m. A Q &A with the playwrights follows the first performance.

This is a cash-only, not-for-profit event, with all proceeds going to the production of the following year's festival. This year's show includes short plays written, directed, and performed by students from Wichita High School East, Northfield School of the Liberal Arts, Wichita High School Northwest, Wichita Collegiate, The Independent School, and Wichita South High School.