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Student Matinees

2025-26 Season Student Matinees

Bring your students to a mainstage production at Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, performed in Moe and Jack’s Place – The Rouse Theatre. 

All 2025-26 student matinee performances have very limited availability or are sold out with a waiting list. Current availability is listed below. If you’d like to join the waiting list, please fill out the Request Tickets form. Cancellations and adjustments do happen, usually in the fall. If you have questions, please contact John H. Llewellyn, Education Associate, at John.Llewellyn@cincyplay.com or at 513-977-2031.

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Student Matinee Registration Information: 

  • Student matinees will begin at 10:15 a.m.
  • Tickets are $15 each. For every 15 paid student tickets, we will provide one complimentary ticket. 
  • Each group may request up to 150 tickets for each production. Your requested ticket count should include every person you expect will attend the show including students, teachers, chaperones and bus drivers (if applicable). You will have the opportunity to request additional tickets, based on availability and demand.
  • We ask that students be adequately chaperoned. School groups should have one chaperone per 15 students. Homeschool groups should have one adult per homeschool household.
  • A $15 processing fee will be added to each order.

Did you know we also offer in-school programs? Extend your learning with Playhouse: Beyond the Play. Bring a pre- or post-show workshop or residency to your school! Visit our Learn With Us page to explore what else is available for teachers and students.

 

Available Student Matinees

 

MC & TOM BRENNAN and

DAVID C. HERRIMAN FUND OF GREATER CINCINNATI FOUNDATION present

MYTHIC

Books and Lyrics by MARCUS STEVENS
Music by ORAN ELDOR

By Special Arrangement with SHO PRODUCTIONS/SHOSHANA KOVAC PARETS

Directed and Choreographed by KATHLEEN MARSHALL

Thursday, Oct. 16 (SOLD OUT - WAITLIST ONLY)

    A new pop-rock musical comedy with Broadway ambitions, Mythic makes its U.S. premiere in Cincinnati. The ancient Greek myth of Persephone is turned on its ear, with the gods as chart-topping pop stars, power hungry politicians and attention-seeking influencers. Starstruck by Olympian celebrity, Persephone rebels against her mother Demeter’s expectations and decides to forge her own path. When she sneaks into a party at the Acropolis and meets brooding bad-boy Hades, her life takes an unexpected turn into the Underworld. Mythic played to critical acclaim in London and in a sold-out run in Montreal. This new production will be directed and choreographed by nine-time Tony Award-nominee and three-time Tony Award-winner Kathleen Marshall. If you’ve ever been a teenager or a parent, you’ll love this entertaining, coming-of-age tale.

    Advisory: Mythic is recommended for students in seventh grade and up. In this fresh retelling of the myth of Persephone and Demeter, Mount Olympus is likened to Hollywood, so the characters behave as such, using adult language, making sexual innuendos and participating in excessive partying.

     

    FIRST FINANCIAL BANK presents

    A CHRISTMAS CAROL

    By CHARLES DICKENS

    Directed by BRIDGET LEAK
    Adapted and Originally Directed by BLAKE ROBISON

    Tuesday, Nov. 25 (Very limited availability)
    Tuesday, Dec. 2     (Very limited availability)
    Wednesday, Dec. 3     (Very limited availability)
    Wednesday, Dec. 10     (Very limited availability)

    The holiday story you love unfolds in spectacular fashion in Moe and Jack’s Place – The Rouse Theatre! In Charles Dickens’ classic tale, Ebenezer Scrooge is a greedy curmudgeon who finds his heart changing when three spirits and the ghost of a long-lost friend show him the errors of his ways. Across one fateful Christmas Eve night, Scrooge recalls the warmth and generosity of past loved ones, learns the value of kindness through Tiny Tim and the Cratchit family and glimpses a terrifying future should his heart remain the same. Featuring dazzling set, costume and lighting designs, A Christmas Carol promises a magical holiday experience for your family!

    Advisory: A Christmas Carol is suitable for all general audiences, including students in first grade and up.  Due to the full-length nature of the show, children younger than 5 cannot be admitted.

     

    FIFTH THIRD BANK presents

    LOUISA MAY ALCOTT'S
    LITTLE WOMEN

    Adapted By LAUREN M. GUNDERSON
    From the novel by LOUISA MAY ALCOTT
    Directed by JOANIE SCHULTZ

    Thursday, Feb. 12 (SOLD OUT - WAITLIST ONLY)

    Experience the classic novel you adore as it’s being written in this playful and theatrical new adaptation that puts the author in the spotlight. Louisa May Alcott plays Jo March as she recounts how she wrote her famous novel for her real-life sisters who play the characters inspired by them. As they come of age during the Civil War under the loving guidance of Marmee, ambitious Jo, traditional Meg, gentle Beth and spirited Amy balance their sisterly bonds with their distinct personalities. Captivating readers for generations, this beloved story shines anew onstage with an energetic and novelistic approach using dialogue, description and interior thoughts just as Alcott wrote them. Relive this timeless tale of family, resilience and a determined young writer finding her way in the world.

    Advisory: Little Women is recommended for students in fifth grade and up. Following the events of the novel, the play features sisterly bonds, friendships, romances and losses as the March sisters come of age in Civil War-era Massachusetts. There are brief instances of mild onstage violence and some mature themes.

     

     

    Resources and Helpful Hints

    We support in-person student matinees with a range of resources that extend and deepen the theatre experience and connect it to the classroom. These include:

    • Educator's Guides:
      • Mythic
      • A Christmas Carol
      • Little Women
    • Post-Show Discussions
    • Pre- and post-show workshops and residencies

     

    General Reservation and Payment Policy


    Payment Deadlines and Adjustments to Reservations.

    • Payment for the Mythic student matinee must be made no later than Monday, September 15, 2025.  
    • Payment for A Christmas Carol student matinees must be made no later than Monday, September 29, 2025. 
    • Payment for the Little Women student matinee must be made no later than Monday, December 8, 2025 
    • Reservations may be canceled if full payment has not been received by the payment deadline. 
    • Adjustments to your reservation may be made up to the payment deadline.  

    For Schools on the Waiting List

    • If your school is on the waiting list and tickets become available for your requested date, we will contact you.  
    • For these schools, your payment will be due on the payment deadline OR within two weeks of receiving your confirmation, whichever date is later. 

    Bus Parking

    Where to Go

    • To drop off and park, we ask that bus drivers turn onto Mt. Adams Drive and allow students to disembark by the steps, then pull as far down the drive as you can and along that drive.  
    • Please do NOT pull up the drive to our front doors. The Playhouse cannot accommodate motor coach and bus parking in our parking lot and the circle in front of our main entrance is not designed to accommodate busses.   
    • Arrival by 9:30 a.m. is strongly encouraged. Motor coaches and buses must arrive early to secure parking in Eden Park.    

     

     

     
     

    Questions? Contact John H. Llewellyn, Education Associate, at John.Llewellyn@cincyplay.com or at 513-977-2031.


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