student matinees

The Student Matinee Series makes theatre accessible and affordable to middle and high school students. For Season 07/08, we have assembled a unique and educationally relevant series that span from Frank Galati’s inventive adaptation of Haruki Murakami’s after the quake (November 1 and 15); to the West Coast premiere of Mary Zimmerman’s latest exhilarating adventure Argonautika (November 28, December 13); to the world premiere of Taking Over, a spellbinding show by Danny Hoch (January 23 and 24); to No Child…, Nilaja Sun’s award-winning solo performance about our public schools (May 14, 15 and 21). This season’s Student Matinee Series is sure to encourage students to look closer at the stories and people around them—as the past meets the present and moments in history become parallels to current events.

Student Matinee tickets are $10 each. One complimentary chaperone ticket is provided for every ten students. Study guides, which reinforce California Department of Education content standards in English-language Arts, Historical-Social Science and Theatre by providing relevant activities and exercises, are developed to enhance understanding of the productions. Performances listed as “Student Matinees” are exclusively for student groups and are followed by Question and Answer Sessions with the cast. Other performance dates are available for student groups of 15 or more for $15 per ticket. Click here for more information about group tickets.

To book a student matinee group click here.

For more information on the Student Matinee Series, please call Amelia Bird at 510.647.2978 or e-mail abird@berkeleyrep.org.