All high schools in the Kansas City metro area (grades 9-12) are invited to participate in ESU’s 42nd Annual Shakespeare Competition. For your high school to participate in the Kansas City Branch Competition, a sponsoring teacher will need to organize a competition at your school. The sponsoring teacher also needs to register your school’s competition with the ESU Kansas City Branch. The deadline to submit the online School Registration Form is February 10, 2026. The deadline to hold your school competition and report your school’s winner to the ESU is February 20, 2026. All materials including the online School Registration Form, teacher and student handbooks, and packets of monologues and sonnets are located here. Contact Kansas City Branch Competition Coordinator Dan Bukovac for questions at: dan.bukovac@gmail.com