Student Matinees
Grades 8+
Experience the magic of live theatre! Bring your students to a matinee performance of our mainstage productions. Student matinees include a study guide to prepare before the show and a talkback with the production to deepen learning after the show.
DETAILS:
- All Student Matinees begin at 10:30 am
- Chaperone tickets are free
- Each student show comes with a study guide and post-show talkback with the production and education staff. Study guides are provided one month before the performance. Past study guides can be found here.
- Workshops led by Northlight Teaching Artists are available following select productions at additional cost.
To reserve tickets for a student matinee performance of one of our mainstage productions, please visit our reservation portal.
Once you place your reservation, someone from our education department will reach out to finalize details. Please email Education and Community Programs Manager Lee Peters @ lpeters@northlight.org if you have any questions.
We Also Offer Discount Ticket Rates For Educators
Are you an educator eager to share the world of the performing arts with your students? Or maybe you’d like to see the show yourself? Northlight offers $30 tickets to educators who use the code 2627EDUCATOR at checkout!
Note: Excludes Premium seating, excludes Opening Night and closing Sat/Sun. Limit 1 Ticket at this rate per ID; Must be able to present proof of educator status at the Box Office upon request.
2026-27 Northlight Productions
All the World
By Lauren Gunderson
Directed by Jessica Thebus
Student Matinee Performance: Thursday, December 3
EARLY BIRD DEADLINE ($10 Tickets) September 25, 2026
ADVANCE RATE DEADLINE ($12 Tickets) October 29, 2026
‘Tis the season for a love story! Gunderson’s signature blend of romance, wit, and bittersweet beauty shines in this world premiere.
Two actors find themselves in an ever-shifting relationship during the most emotionally charged time of the year: the holidays. Set amidst the backstages and quick changes of the world’s most beloved seasonal classics, they try to keep the mess of their private lives offstage, whether they’re falling in love or falling apart. Surprising, heartbreaking, and hopeful, All the World reminds us why—year after year—we keep stepping into the light, telling the story, and leaving it all on the stage.
The American Five
By Chess Jakobs
Directed by Mikael Burke
Student Matinee Performance Dates:
Thursday, February 18 – Limited Availability. – SOLD OUT!
Additional Performances Thursday, February 25 and March 11 TBD-Based on Demand. Please Contact lpeters@northlight.org with inquiries about these dates.
EARLY BIRD DEADLINE ($10 Tickets) December 11, 2026
ADVANCE RATE DEADLINE ($12 Tickets) January 14, 2027
“In rousing resistance to injustice and inspiring cohesion and connection, this play is a triumph of doing what it’s about!” –DC Theater Arts
“I have a dream…” The words that galvanized a nation weren’t written alone. Through late nights and shared meals, differing approaches but collective dreams, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Coretta Scott King, Bayard Rustin, Stanley Levison, and Clarence B. Jones planned the March on Washington and crafted a speech to inspire Americans to act toward their shared vision of equality and justice for all. On their way to shaping a defining moment in the civil rights movement, five individuals became a family. Together, they became history.
Here There Are Blueberries
By Moisés Kaufman and Amanda Gronich
Conceived by Moisés Kaufman
Written by Moisés Kaufman and Amanda Gronich
Student MAtinee Performance:
Thursday, April 22, Thursday, April 29, and Thursday, May 13 – Limited Availablility. Please Contact lpeters@northlight.org with inquiries about these dates.
Additional Performance Thursday, May 6 TBD-Based on Demand
2024 Pulitzer Prize Finalist | 2025 Lucille Lortel Award Winner for Outstanding Play | Two-time Helen Hayes Award Winner | Named one of the “10 Best Plays of 2024” (The Wall Street Journal)
In 2007, a mysterious album featuring Nazi-era photographs arrived at the desk of a U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum archivist. As curators unravel the shocking truth behind the images, the album soon makes headlines and ignites a debate that reverberates far beyond the museum walls. Based on real events, Here There Are Blueberries tells the story of these historical photographs—what they reveal about the perpetrators of the Holocaust, and our own humanity.
Pearl’s in the House
By Art Manke
Directed by Kenneth L. Roberson
Student Matinee Performance: Thursday, June 24
EARLY BIRD DEADLINE ($10 Tickets) April 16, 2027
ADVANCE RATE DEADLINE ($12 Tickets) May 20, 2027
The life and music of trailblazer Pearl Bailey take center stage in this compelling world premiere.
Legendary performer Pearl Bailey navigated the waters of being a Black woman in America the only way she knew how – through her music. On the eve of a scheduled performance in the Reagan White House, she agrees to an interview, not expecting the ambitious journalist who calls into question some of her more controversial choices. The personal and political come into sharp conflict as the savvy entertainer reveals her multi-faceted life through flashbacks and some of her most memorable songs.