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Student Matinees

Book Your Date for Season 46

Student Matinee Performances for Season 46 are on sale now! There is open space for all of our first four productions. Hurry and choose your dates. They will fill up quickly! Please fill out the respective form below to book your students' visit to the historic Wells Theatre.

ALL Student Matinees begin at 10:30am on their respective days

Arsenic & Old Lace

Thursday, September 19, 2024

Dracula
A Feminist revenge fantasy, really

Thursday, October 24, 2024

Thursday, October 31, 2024

A Merry Christmas Carol

Tuesday, December 10, 2024

Wednesday, December 11, 2024

Thursday, December 12, 2024

Tuesday, December 17, 2024

Wednesday, December 18, 2024

A Sherlock Carol

Thursday, December 19, 2024

Fat Ham

Thursday, February 6, 2025

Thursday, February 13, 2025

Little Shop of Horrors

Thursday, March 20, 2025

Thursday, March 27, 2025

$13 student tickets | $15 adult tickets

Schools will receive one FREE adult ticket for every 10 student tickets.

Due to limited availability, please contact us at your earliest convenience to reserve space for your group!

A 50% deposit will be required two weeks after the contract is signed.

For any additional questions, please email us at Education@vastage.org

Frequently Asked Questions about Booking Student Matinees

I'm interested in attending a Student matinee, what now?

Please send us an email us here with the following details included in your request:

Your Name

The name of the School

A physical address

The name and date of the show you are interested in

Number of students you'd like to bring

Number of chaperones who will attend with the students

Once we get all that information from you we will generate a quote and invoice out to you!

How much will it cost for my school group to attend?

All tickets for student matinees are priced at $13, not including chaperone tickets (referenced below).

For Brick-and-mortar traditional schools we extend 1 chaperone ticket for every 10 tickets sold.

For homeschool groups and co-ops: we understand you must attend with your students, so all tickets are sold according to student pricing.

When are payments due?

Typically, Deposits are due no later than 4 weeks before the performance date. Final payments are due no later than 2 weeks in advance of the show date.

If that is challenging for your bookkeeping or registrar's office, we can make alternate arrangements! Please note that any alternate arrangements need to be in place by 2 weeks in advance of the performance date.

Can I pay by card?

You can! The box office can take payments by card. Otherwise you can mail a check to the theater.

What shows will have a Student Matinee?

All but one of our shows (Blues for an Alabama Sky) will have at least one Student Matinee available for booking.

When are the shows?

Student Matinees take place on Thursdays. The shows always start at 10:30am sharp.

Where to our busses park and how do they drop off students?

Buses are recommended to come down Boush Street, and turn onto West Tazewell to avoid tight turns and come straight to East Tazewell (if you're on East Brambleton, you'll turn right onto Boush and if you're coming from Waterside you'll stay on Boush till you turn onto West Tazewell).

Parking is available in the large lot at Harrison Opera House (160 W Virginia Beach Blvd) by taking Granby or Boush Street North to cross East Brambleton). Please see the map attached here for more information.

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