The Playwrights of the White Rose will be holding monthly meetings at Creative York for writers to get the chance to sharpen their skills, try out new work, give and receive feedback, and connect with other writers in the community! No experience is necessary, but a sincere desire to develop your own artistic potential and support others in contributing to the artistic landscape of our city is required.

Meetings will be held in the gallery on the third Monday’s of every month. An RSVP is required to attend. Please email whiterosetheatrics@gmail.com to confirm your seat.

Join us on Sunday, October 13th from 1-3pm for a poetry reading! This of month’s feature is Virginia Crawford!

Virginia Crawford’s publications include Touch from Finishing Line Press and questions for water from Apprentice House Press. Individual poems have appeared in Gargoyle, The Baltimore Review, Mas Tequila Review and many others.The subjects of her poems range from the intimacy of bra shopping after breast cancer treatment to the entrapment of international sex trafficking. Other poems address the particular terror of American parents who worry about their children surviving the school day. A long-time teaching artist, she lives and writes in Baltimore with her fellow poet husband, Sam Schmidt.

Following the feature, we will open the podium up to writers who would like to share their work with the crowd.

This event is free and open to the public

Join us on Sunday, February 9th from 2-4pm for a poetry reading! This month will not have a feature, but instead we will start off the new year with an open podium! Anyone who would like to read may sign up on the sheet when they arrive that day. Start off the New Year right by listening to York’s incredible poets!

This event is free and open to the public

Playwrights of the White Rose is pleased to open its doors to writers of all types, not just playwrights! The group will henceforth be known as Writers of the White Rose.

Taking turns reading each other’s work and sharing our insights using a writer-directed, question-based approach, our goal is always to encourage each other and motivate ourselves to be the best writers and thinkers we can be! Prompts are given at each session, often generated by participants, to help writers charge up their creative batteries; however, no hard and fast rule exists about what topics to write about and all ideas are welcome!

To attend, please RSVP to Chris Koslosky (facilitator) at whiterosetheatrics@gmail.com.

Join us on Sunday, March 9th from 2-4pm for a poetry reading! This month’s feature will be Sandra Fees!

Sandra Fees (she/her) is a creativity facilitator, poet and minister. Her passion is creating sharing circles to discover our own inner wisdom, connect more deeply with others and expand our creative capacity.

She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in English Literature from Shippensburg University, a Master of Arts degree from Syracuse University where she studied creative writing, and Master of Divinity and Doctor of Ministry degrees from Lancaster Theological Seminary.

After the feature, we will have an open podium! Anyone who would like to read may sign up on the sheet when they arrive that day.

This event is free and open to the public

Join us for Writers of the White Rose! A writers group that includes taking turns reading each other’s work and sharing our insights using a writer-directed, question-based approach. Our goal is always to encourage each other and motivate ourselves to be the best writers and thinkers we can be! Prompts are given at each session, often generated by participants, to help writers charge up their creative batteries; however, no hard and fast rule exists about what topics to write about and all ideas are welcome!

To attend, please RSVP to Chris Koslosky (facilitator) at whiterosetheatrics@gmail.com.

Join us on Sunday, March 13th from 2-4pm for a poetry reading! This month’s feature will be Andy Fogle!

After the feature, we will have an open podium! Anyone who would like to read may sign up on the sheet when they arrive that day.

This event is free and open to the public

Join us on Sunday, May 4th from 2-4pm for a poetry reading! As the second Sunday is Mother’s Day, we have moved May’s reading up to May the Fourth, Star Wars Day! This month will not have a feature, but instead we will have an open podium. Anyone who would like to read may sign up on the sheet when they arrive that day. Start your week off right by listening to York’s incredible poets!

This event is free and open to the public

Join us for Writers of the White Rose! A writers group that includes taking turns reading each other’s work and sharing our insights using a writer-directed, question-based approach. Our goal is always to encourage each other and motivate ourselves to be the best writers and thinkers we can be! Prompts are given at each session, often generated by participants, to help writers charge up their creative batteries; however, no hard and fast rule exists about what topics to write about and all ideas are welcome!

To attend, please RSVP to Chris Koslosky (facilitator) at whiterosetheatrics@gmail.com.

Join us on Sunday, June 8th from 2-4pm for a poetry reading! This month’s feature is Stephen Concert, Harveys Lake PA author who has been writing poetry for over 45 years. His poetic works have been recognized in local, state, and national competitions—twice in Creative York’s “The Writer’s Eye” competition.

Following the feature, we will open the podium up to writers who would like to share their work with the crowd.

This event is free and open to the public

Join us for Writers of the White Rose! A writers group that includes taking turns reading each other’s work and sharing our insights using a writer-directed, question-based approach. Our goal is always to encourage each other and motivate ourselves to be the best writers and thinkers we can be! Prompts are given at each session, often generated by participants, to help writers charge up their creative batteries; however, no hard and fast rule exists about what topics to write about and all ideas are welcome!

To attend, please RSVP to Chris Koslosky (facilitator) at whiterosetheatrics@gmail.com.

Join us on Sunday, July 13th from 2-4pm for a poetry reading! This month will not have a feature, but instead we will have an open podium. Anyone who would like to read may sign up on the sheet when they arrive that day. Start your week off right by listening to York’s incredible poets!

This event is free and open to the public

Join us on Sunday, August 10th from 2-4pm for a poetry reading! This month will not have a feature, but instead we will have an open podium. Anyone who would like to read may sign up on the sheet when they arrive that day. Start your week off right by listening to York’s incredible poets!

This event is free and open to the public

Join us for Writers of the White Rose! A writers group that includes taking turns reading each other’s work and sharing our insights using a writer-directed, question-based approach. Our goal is always to encourage each other and motivate ourselves to be the best writers and thinkers we can be! Prompts are given at each session, often generated by participants, to help writers charge up their creative batteries; however, no hard and fast rule exists about what topics to write about and all ideas are welcome!

To attend, please RSVP to Chris Koslosky (facilitator) at whiterosetheatrics@gmail.com.

Join us for Writers of the White Rose! A writers group that includes taking turns reading each other’s work and sharing our insights using a writer-directed, question-based approach. Our goal is always to encourage each other and motivate ourselves to be the best writers and thinkers we can be! Prompts are given at each session, often generated by participants, to help writers charge up their creative batteries; however, no hard and fast rule exists about what topics to write about and all ideas are welcome!

To attend, please RSVP to Chris Koslosky (facilitator) at whiterosetheatrics@gmail.com.

Join us on Sunday, October 12th from 2-4pm for a poetry reading! This month we will hold a free writing workshop for the first hour, and an open reading for the second. Anyone who would like to read after the feature may sign up on the sheet when they arrive that day. Start your week off right by listening to York’s incredible poets!

This event is free and open to the public

Join us for Writers of the White Rose! A writers group that includes taking turns reading each other’s work and sharing our insights using a writer-directed, question-based approach. Our goal is always to encourage each other and motivate ourselves to be the best writers and thinkers we can be! Prompts are given at each session, often generated by participants, to help writers charge up their creative batteries; however, no hard and fast rule exists about what topics to write about and all ideas are welcome!

This month’s class is virtual!

To attend, please RSVP to Chris Koslosky (facilitator) at whiterosetheatrics@gmail.com.

Join us for Writers of the White Rose! A writers group that includes taking turns reading each other’s work and sharing our insights using a writer-directed, question-based approach. Our goal is always to encourage each other and motivate ourselves to be the best writers and thinkers we can be! Prompts are given at each session, often generated by participants, to help writers charge up their creative batteries; however, no hard and fast rule exists about what topics to write about and all ideas are welcome!

This meeting is virtual. To attend, please RSVP to Chris Koslosky (facilitator) at whiterosetheatrics@gmail.com.

Rescheduled from February 8th-Join us on Sunday, March 8th from 2-4pm for a poetry reading! Our final Renascence poetry reading featuring Pennsylvania’s national treasure of poetry, Le Hinton, followed by open readings. Poet and publisher, Le Hinton is author of seven collections, including: Elegies for an Empire (2023), and Sing Silence (2018), both from Iris G. Press. His work has been widely published and can be found in The Best American Poetry 2014, Baltimore Review, Skinny Poetry Journal, Pleiades, Progressive Magazine, Little Patuxent Review, and elsewhere. His poems have received multiple Pushcart Prize nominations as well as nominated for Best of the Net. His poem “Epidemic” won Baltimore Review’s 2013 Winter Writers Contest. In 2014, it was honored by the Pennsylvania Center for the Book, and in 2021 it was featured on WSPU ‘s Poetry Moment. His poem “Our Ballpark” can be found outside Penn Medicine Stadium in Lancaster, PA, incorporated into Derek Parker’s sculpture Common Thread.

This will be our final second Sunday reading and we will be starting up with second Saturday readings starting in April. Anyone who would like to read after the feature may sign up on the sheet when they arrive that day. Start your week off right by listening to York’s incredible poets!

This event is free and open to the public