Reservations Now Open!
2024-2025 Student Matinee Dates
ABOUT THE SHOW
music and lyrics by William Finn
book by Rachel Sheinkin
conceived by Rebecca Feldman
OneAmerica Financial Stage
the word is: musical
presented by Glick Philanthropies
A motley crew of wonderfully unique and impassioned young spellers each yearn to be the next county champion. With clever songs, quirky characters, and uproarious humor, this captivating musical comedy is a silly celebration of the thrill of victory, the irony of defeat, and the gift of being true to yourself.
STATE STANDARDS
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CONTENT SPOTLIGHT
Contains profanity and blasphemy, descriptions of physical changes during puberty, modern social-political references, antiquated language about intelligence (terms used are “retarded” and “loser”); loud percussive notes; and flashing lights.
Recommended for Grades 6-12
DATES
10:30 AM on September 25
10:30 AM on September 26
10:30 AM on October 1 (also a Sensory Friendly Performance)
10:30 AM on October 4
10:30 AM on October 9
APPROXIMATE RUN TIME
2 hours including a 15 minute intermission
TICKETS
$14 for Students and Teachers
$21 for Non-Educator Chaperones
One complimentary teacher ticket for every 15 student seats purchased
Date Range: September 25, 2024 – October 9, 2024
Age Range: Recommended for grades 6-12
TEACHER APPRECIATION NIGHT
Enjoy a trip to the Theatre without scheduling buses or chaperoning students! The IRT invites educators to be our guests at the heartwarming musical The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee on September 24, 2024. Doors open at 6:30 PM and the show starts at 7:30 PM. Teachers who register in advance get a free ticket to the show that night, swag, and snacks, as well as the opportunity to buy $10 tickets for guests. You may even be picked to be part of the show! Staff will be on hand to answer questions about our educational programming. The word to spell is “T-H-A-N-K-S”
WHO: Teachers
WHAT: The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
WHEN: September 24, 2024 at 7:30 PM
COST: Free for Teachers & $10 for guests (Educator ID must be shown at time of ticket pickup)
ABOUT THE SHOW
adapted by Tom Haas
OneAmerica Financial Stage
Indy’s holiday tradition
presented by Old National Bank
Banish your bah humbugs and celebrate the season at the Indiana Repertory Theatre! A Christmas Carol shines a light on the power of kindness and love in this uplifting tale of one man’s journey to redemption. As the weather turns cold, warm your heart with story and song at the IRT.
STATE STANDARDS
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CONTENT SPOTLIGHT
Contains mild profanity and depictions of alcohol consumption, as well as ghosts and other imagery and effects that might frighten young children.
Recommended for grades 3-12
DATES
10:30 AM on November 13 (SOLD OUT)
10:30 AM on November 14 (SOLD OUT)
10:30 AM on November 15 (SOLD OUT)
10:30 AM on November 18 (SOLD OUT)
10:30 AM on November 19 (SOLD OUT)
10:30 AM on November 20 (SOLD OUT)
10:30 AM on November 21 (SOLD OUT)
10:30 AM on November 22 (SOLD OUT)
10:30 AM on November 25 (SOLD OUT)
10:30 AM on November 26 (ASL performance) (SOLD OUT)
10:30 AM on December 3 (SOLD OUT)
10:30 AM on December 4 (ASL performance) (SOLD OUT)
10:30 AM on December 5 (SOLD OUT)
10:30 AM on December 6 (also a Sensory Friendly Performance) (SOLD OUT)
10:30 AM on December 10 (SOLD OUT)
10:30 AM on December 11 (SOLD OUT)
10:30 AM on December 12 (SOLD OUT)
10:30 AM on December 13 (SOLD OUT)
10:30 AM on December 17 (SOLD OUT)
10:30 AM on December 18 (SOLD OUT)
APPROXIMATE RUN TIME
2 hours including a 15-minute intermission
TICKETS
$14 for Students and Teachers
$21 for Non-Educator Chaperones
One complimentary teacher ticket for every 15 student seats purchased
Date Range: November 13, 2024 – December 13, 2024
Age Range: Recommended for grades 3-12
ABOUT THE SHOW
by Rajiv Joseph
Janet Allen Stage
brotherhood and basketball
presented by Key Bank
During LeBron James’ rookie season in Cleveland, two young men—one Black, one white—meet and bond over their love for the Cavaliers. Over the next twelve years, their passion for basketball never wavers, even as their lives keep moving in different directions. A warm, surprising, touching comedy about friendship, loyalty, loss, and the game.
STATE STANDARDS
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CONTENT SPOTLIGHT
Contains frequent profanity and depictions of alcohol consumption, heated arguments, includes references to racism.
Recommended for Grades 8-12
DATES
10:30 AM on January 21 (FEW TICKETS REMAIN)
10:30 AM on January 22 (SOLD OUT)
10:30 AM on January 29 (SOLD OUT)
10:30 AM on February 4 (SOLD OUT)
10:30 AM on February 6 (SOLD OUT)
APPROXIMATE RUN TIME
2 hours and 25 minutes including a 15-minute intermission
TICKETS
$11 for Students and Teachers
$17 for Non-Educator Chaperones
One complimentary teacher ticket for every 15 student seats purchased
Date Range: January 22, 2025 – February 6, 2025
Age Range: Recommended for grades 8-12
ABOUT THE SHOW
by Christina Ham
OneAmerica Financial Stage
a revolution in song
The High Priestess of Soul shook the world with her powerful music. In the depths of the Civil Rights struggle, Nina Simone used song as a means of expressing the nation’s anguish—and resilience. This deeply personal play with music imagines a conversation among Simone and three other Black women, showing how the iconic chanteuse forged her true calling—and gave voice to a movement.
STATE STANDARDS
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CONTENT SPOTLIGHT
Contains songs and dialogue that infer sexual violence, sounds and imagery of 16th Street Baptist Church bombing, antiquated and racially charged language, profanity and blasphemy, gun, switchblade, fighting, and alcohol consumption on stage, references to Christian theology, images of blood, descriptions of violence at protests.
Recommended for grades 9-12
DATES
10:30 AM on February 12
10:30 AM on February 18
10:30 AM on February 19
STUDY GUIDE—COMING SOON!
APPROXIMATE RUN TIME
1 hour and 40 minutes with no intermission
TICKETS
$11 for Students and Teachers
$17 for Non-Educator Chaperones
One complimentary teacher ticket for every 15 student seats purchased
Date Range: February 12, 2025 – February 19, 2025
Age Range: Recommended for grades 9-12
ABOUT THE SHOW
by Tennessee Williams
Janet Allen Stage
poignant classic
Faded southern belle Amanda shares a cramped apartment with her two adult children, the painfully shy Laura and the restless poet, Tom. Perhaps a gentleman caller will bring the one thing they all desperately crave: hope. This colorful cast of outcasts and escapists invents beautiful language to survive their drab lives. Looking back at his own family with bittersweet tenderness, Tennessee Williams probes the depths of inescapable memory.
STATE STANDARDS
Click here to view academic state standards for this show.
CONTENT SPOTLIGHT
Contains mild profanity, references to Christianity, antiquated language about race, culture, and gender, smoking and drunken behavior on stage.
Recommended for Grades 7-12
DATES
10:30 AM on March 18
10:30 AM on March 19
10:30 AM on March 20
10:30 AM on March 25
10:30 AM on March 26
10:30 AM on March 28 (also a Sensory Friendly Performance)
10:30 AM on April 1
STUDY GUIDE—COMING SOON!
APPROXIMATE RUN TIME
2 hours and 30 minutes including a 15-minute intermission
TICKETS
$11 for Students and Teachers
$17 for Non-Educator Chaperones
One complimentary teacher ticket for every 15 student seats purchased
Date Range: March 18, 2025 – April 1, 2025
Age Range: Recommended for grades 7-12
ABOUT THE SHOW
by Henry Lewis, Jonathan Sayer, & Henry Shields
OneAmerica Financial Stage
unstoppable farce
The intrepid thespians of the Cornley Drama Society are more or less ready to raise the curtain on the grandest production the village has ever seen, The Murder at Haversham Manor—until things go from bad to calamitous. There’s an unconscious leading lady, a corpse that won’t play dead, and actors who trip over everything (including their lines)—and that’s only the first act. It’s nothing you want in a show—and everything you want in a show!
STATE STANDARDS
Click here to view academic state standards for this show.
CONTENT SPOTLIGHT
Contains mild profanity, gunshots, over-the-top violence/death played for comedy.
Recommended for Grades 4-12
DATES
10:30 AM on April 15 (FEW TICKETS REMAIN)
10:30 AM on April 16 (ASL performance)
10:30 AM on April 22
10:30 AM on April 23
10:30 AM on April 24
10:30 AM on April 25
10:30 AM on April 30
STUDY GUIDE—COMING SOON!
APPROXIMATE RUN TIME
2 hours including a 15-minute intermission
TICKETS
$11 for Students and Teachers
$17 for Non-Educator Chaperones
One complimentary teacher ticket for every 15 student seats purchased
Date Range: April 15, 2025 – April 30, 2025
Age Range: Recommended for grades 4-12