Inquire about 2021/22 Student Matinee performances!
When you book a Student Matinee, you gain access to:
- Free residencies that help students navigate the themes and ideas of the play and draw connections to the world around them, tailored to your needs by our experienced Teaching Artists. These residencies can be pre-show or post-show, either in-person or virtual.
- An in-school field trip option for students/groups unable to attend in person
- Downloadable Play Guides, linking the themes of each show to EALRs and Common Core Standards
- Two complimentary preview tickets for Educators so you can see the show ahead of your students
All student matinees begin at 10:30 a.m. Please note each show’s content advisories on the pages below. Tickets are $10 per student, with 1 FREE chaperone per 10 students.
Please note that Seattle Rep will be requiring masks and proof of vaccination or a negative COVID-19 test for all attendees to its 2021/22 performances. Learn more about our COVID safety protocols here.
To inquire about financial assistance and other virtual student and classroom opportunities, contact our Youth Engagement team.
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Teenage Dick
MORE ►Thurs., March 24, 2022
Grade recommendation: 9th grade and up
EALRs: English Language Arts, TheatreIn this satirical retelling of Shakespeare’s Richard III, one of the most famous disabled characters in literary history is reimagined as a 16-year-old outsider with all the teenage angst of high school.
Content warnings: Suicide, blood, violence, bullying, ableism, discussions of abortion.
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Selling Kabul
MORE ►Thurs., May 19, 2022
Grade recommendation: 6th grade and up
EALRs: Social Studies (Civics, History), TheatreTaroon once served as an interpreter for the U.S. military in Afghanistan. After the Americans have withdrawn, their promises of protection and safety disappear. What are the consequences of taking sides during wartime?
Content warnings: Discussion of terrorism, murder, and violence
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Bruce
MORE ►Thurs., June 9, 2022
Grade recommendation: 6th grade and up
EALRs: Music, Media Arts, TheatreIn 1974, a virtually unknown 26-year-old director set out to film a best-selling novel with a highly dysfunctional mechanical star named Bruce. Don't miss this world-premiere musical, based on The Jaws Log by Carl Gottlieb.
Content warnings: Profanity, discussion of sexual harassment
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The Winter's Tale
MORE ►December 16 & 17, 2021
Streaming Only
EALRS: Theater, Music
FREESeattle Rep’s Public Works family of community and professional actors join together for a dazzling journey of reunion and redemption in a musical adaptation of Shakespeare’s classic.
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Fannie
MORE ►Thurs., Feb. 3, 2022
Grade recommendation: 7th grade and up
EALRS: Civics, History, Music, Theatre
Download Play Guide ►
Following the life of impassioned American civil rights activist and hero Fannie Lou Hamer, this one-woman show with music is part theater, part revival, and all power.Content warnings: Anti-Black racism, violence against women, gunshots, glass shattering noises, mild profanity
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Freestyle Love Supreme
MORE ►Thurs., March 3, 2022
Grade recommendation: 6th grade and up
EALRS: Music, TheatreBefore Hamilton, before In the Heights, there was Freestyle Love Supreme. Now — direct from Broadway — the original hip-hop musical phenomenon arrives in Seattle. See it for the first time each time, as no two shows are ever the same.
Content warnings: Profanity
Seattle Rep’s K-12 Youth Engagement Programs are supported by:
The Chisholm Foundation
ArtsFund | Loeb Family Charitable Foundations | City of Seattle Office of Arts & Culture
Hazel Miller Foundation | Horizons Foundation | Muckleshoot Charitable Fund
Forest Foundation | Hubbard Family Foundation | Theatre Forward