Student Matinees

CHRISTEL DEHAAN STUDENT MATINEE PROGRAM AT THE INDIANA REPERTORY THEATRE

PRICING AND RESERVATION POLICIES

Teachers and groups are encouraged to book early as many shows do sell out. 

Pricing

The pricing below reflects in-person student matinees for the 25-26 season.

For A Christmas Carol and Come From Away
$14 for students and teachers, $21 for non-educator chaperones

For The 39 Steps, Marie and Rosetta, August Wilson’s Joe Turner’s Come and Gone, and English
$11 for students and teachers, $17 for non-educator chaperones

For all shows, schools receive one free teacher ticket for every 15 student tickets purchased. Financial assistance is available and based on your school’s free and reduced lunch percentage. Everyone attending the show, including bus drivers, must have a reserved seat. Please contact education@irtlive.com for more information. 

Reservations

Reservations may be requested by filling out the Request Tickets Form.

Reservations are billed for the number of tickets reserved, not the number of students attending on the day of show.

Payment and Changing Orders

After your reservation is made and you’ve received your invoice, you may amend your order until a month prior to your performance. This one-month deadline is printed on your invoice. All changes to your order must be approved by IRT via phone or email. Requests for changes after the deadline printed on your invoice may not be honored at IRT’s discretion. Orders placed within a month of a performance date are considered final and cannot be amended.

Payment for your order is due a month prior to your performance. This one-month deadline is printed on your invoice. To arrange payment by installment or delayed payment, contact IRT. Instructions for submitting payment are printed on your invoice. IRT accepts checks payable to “IRT” and major credit cards. All payments are final. Refunds or exchanges will not be made except in cases of cancellation due to weather or other emergency. 

Absent Students

If a student or chaperone with a paid ticket is absent on the day of your visit, we can provide a voucher allowing them to return to another performance of the same play. The voucher is good for one ticket only. No refunds will be given due to student absence.

Inclement Weather

If your school is canceled or delayed, please contact IRT Education as soon as possible. We will first attempt to find a future performance of the same show to move your reservation into. If that is not an option for your school, we will try to move your reservation into a different production later in the season. If none of those options work, we can offer a refund of your ticket cost. Refunds are only available in instances of school or classroom emergency.

Students Requiring Accommodations

IRT will make every effort to accommodate the needs of any student. If anyone in your group requires wheelchair-accessible seating, audio description, ASL or assisted listening services, sensory-friendly seating or any other accommodations, please let IRT know at least 30 days before your visit so that we can best accommodate your needs. While we will work diligently to meet the needs of every student, we cannot guarantee accommodation requests made within 30 days of the performance.

Financial Assistance

Financial assistance for tickets to all Christel DeHaan Student Matinee Programs at the Indiana Repertory Theatre is available thanks to generous support from the Alan and Linda Cohen Education Fund. Please contact education@irtlive.com for details.

COVID-19

For the 2025-2026 Season, IRT will not require masks or proof of COVID-19 vaccination. Our mask-optional policy allows patrons the flexibility to mask or not mask in our spaces. Refreshments will be allowed in the Theatre spaces. We will continue to carefully review any changes to the COVID-19 climate in our community and advise our patrons of any policy changes.

Thank you for your cooperation while we continue to navigate this together. If you have any additional questions or you would like to review more of, please contact IRT Education at education@irtlive.com

Bus Parking

Buses may park for free at Victory Field unless they are having an event – we will inform you if that is the case. The House Manager will give you a parking pass for each bus when you arrive. It should be displayed in the windshield.

• Continue east on Washington St. past the JW Marriott and turn left across Maryland St. into the Victory Field lot.
• PLEASE NOTE that Victory Field no longer has public restroom spaces available. We apologize for any inconvenience.

While IRT will make every effort to communicate parking information in advance, it is the responsibility of schools and drivers to make alternate arrangements.

ADDITIONAL PARKING OPTIONS
In the event that Victory Field is unavailable for free parking, here are some other potential options.

• White River State Park: Paid surface parking is located on Washington Street, across from Victory Field. May require advance notice; event rates may apply. (Approximately .6 mi from IRT.)
• Indianapolis Zoo: Paid parking is available on Washington Street, west of White River State Park. First come, first served. (Approximately 1.2 mi from IRT.)
• Downtown Indy: Explore all available parking options at the Downtown Indy website. Buses are welcome to utilize street parking if all used spaces are paid. Click here to explore all parking options.

Student Matinee Parking sponsored by LAZ Parking and Victory Field

Car and Van Parking Options

COURT STREET PARKING ENTRANCES

COURT STREET GARAGE (next to Embassy Suites)- 110 West Washington Street 

Entrance on W. Washington St. headed west (turn right into garage). From Washington Street, you will turn right after Tony’s and just before the IRT’s marquee onto the Embassy Suites ramp.

CAPITOL STREET PARKING ENTRANCE

COURT STREET GARAGE: 33 North Capitol Avenue

Entrance on Capitol Avenue heading south (turn left into garage).  From Capitol Avenue, you will turn left into the garage where the big red “PARKING” sign is. If you’ve passed Avis Car Rental, you’ve gone too far.

OPTION 1:  Court Street Garage – $12 Validation
Ask a theatre employee for a parking voucher that will reduce your parking fee to $12 for up to 6 hours.

Directions: When you arrive at the garage, pull a ticket, then park. Pick up a validation sticker from our Education or House Teams when entering the IRT. Upon exiting the garage, scan the original ticket you pulled when entering first; then scan the validation sticker for your discount. If an attendant is present, let the attendant know you were at IRT and show your ticket and validation sticker to receive the $12 price.

OPTION 2:  Court Street Garage – $5 Prepay
A select number of reserved spaces in the Court Street Garage may be purchased for $5. These spaces must be reserved and paid for more than 24 hours in advance. It will not be available on the day of the show. First-come, first-served.

Directions: Upon entering the garage, pull a ticket, then find a spot on level 5S in the reserved IRT spots marked as “Reserved: Permit Parking Only for IRT Premium Parkers”. Before the show starts, find a member of our Education or House Team and tell them that you prepaid for parking and give them your name. They will provide you with a specialized validation sticker (rather than our $12 Discount validation sticker), which you will use when exiting the garage. Upon exiting the garage, scan the original ticket you pulled when you first entered the garage; then scan the validation sticker to exit.

Note: Do not cover your garage ticket barcode with your validation sticker.

Click here to pay for a reserved space for the date of your student matinee.

CIRCLE BLOCK GARAGE PARKING – $12 ENTRANCE

25 N. Illinois St.

Enter the Circle Block Garage at 25 N. Illinois St. It is located on the East/Right-hand side of Illinois St (a one-way street) between Washington St. and Market St.

$12 starting 2 hours before the show and ending 2 hours after. Prepay Online – select your time and date and the system will automatically update to the $12 rate.

Directions: The event rate for the garage starts 2 hours before the start of the show and ends 2 hours after. (If your phone doesn’t fit the paid pass code under the reader, take a screenshot of the pass and shift it around to fit the entire code under the scanner.)

Click here to purchase.

PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION

IndyGo’s Red Line, the city’s rapid bus transit system, connects Broad Ripple and Fountain Square to the heart of downtown and other neighborhoods in Indianapolis. With buses running every 10- 20 minutes and a stop directly next to the IRT on Capitol Avenue, the Red Line provides another convenient option for your transportation to the Theatre.

To plan your trip or for more information about the Red Line and other nearby routes, visit IndyGo.net or call IndyGo Customer Service at 317-635-3344.