School Matinees | Playhouse on the Square | Memphis' Professional Resident Theatre Company

On Golden Pond Norman and Ethel Thayer are living out their golden years, enjoying summers at the family lake house. As with most homes, you find there are always things in need of repair. As you get older, you may find the same can be said for relationships as well
	When: September 24, 25 & October 1, 2, 2019 Where: Playhouse on the Square, 66 South Cooper St. Price: $8/Student Ticket, $7/Title 1 Student Ticket Grade: 9 – 12 Time: 10am Length:2 hours 15 minutes
Head Over Heels Charged with the unmistakable, iconic music of The Go-Go’s, the kingdom of Arcadia goes on a daring quest to do whatever it takes to protect their famous “Beat.” On their journey, they will find love, deceit, and misinterpreted prophecy. Will the kingdom of Arcadia be saved? “Our Lips Are Sealed.”
	When: October 8, 9, 22, & 23, 2019 Where: The Circuit Playhouse, 51 S. Cooper St. Price: $8/Student Ticket, $7/Title 1 Student Ticket Grade: 6 – 12 Time: 10am Length:2 hour
The Musical Adventures of Flat Stanley Stanley Lambchop is your ordinary, everyday ten-year-old until the bulletin board on the wall above his bed comes loose and falls right on top of him. The next morning, Stanley wakes up flat. In a whirlwind musical travelogue, Stanley — the ultimate exchange student — scours the globe for a solution to his unusual problem. He’s stamped, posted and canceled from Hollywood and France to Honolulu and beyond, all in an effort to become a three-dimensional boy once more.
	When: October 25, 2019 & February 14, 2020 Where: The Circuit Playhouse, 51 S. Cooper St. Memphis, TN 38104 Price: $5/Student Ticket; $4/Title 1 Student Ticket Grade: K – 5 Time: 10 am Length:1 hour
Peter Pan The boy who won’t grow up is flying back to the Memphis stage! Wendy, John, and Michael Darling’s world is turned upside down when Peter Pan swoops into their nursery. He leads them to Neverland where they encounter the cunning and evil Captain Hook, villainous pirates, a crafty crocodile, and the sprightly fairy Tinker Bell. Featuring classic songs such as “I Gotta Crow,” “Neverland,” and “I’m Flying,” Peter Pan promises to touch, inspire, dazzle, and charm all generations.
	When: November 12, 2019- December 18, 2019 (Tues-Fridays) Where: Playhouse on the Square, 66 South Cooper St. Price: $8/Student Ticket, $7/Title 1 Student Ticket Grade: K-6 Time: 10am Length: 2 hours
Junie B. Jones, The Musical It’s Junie B.’s first day of first grade, and a lot of things have changed for her: Junie’s friend, Lucille, doesn’t want to be her best pal anymore and, on the bus, Junie B. makes friends with Herb, the new kid at school. Also, Junie has trouble reading the blackboard, and her teacher, Mr. Scary, thinks she may need glasses. Throw in a friendly cafeteria lady, a kickball tournament and a “Top-Secret Personal Beeswax Journal,” and first grade has never been more exciting.
	When: November 19, 2019 – December 19, 2019 (Tues-Fridays) Where: The Circuit Playhouse, 51 S. Cooper Price: $5 Student Ticket/ $4 Title 1 Student Ticket Grade: K – 5 Time: 9:15am & 11:00am (Please specify time on request form) Length: 1 hour
Memphis: The Musical In the 1950s, on the downtown streets of Memphis, TN, Rock & Roll was born. The marriage of downtrodden blues, uplifting gospel, and forlorn country made way to a genre of music that would, one day, speak to the soul of the entire world. But for now, in a seedy bar on Beale, this music has spoken to the soul of a local country-boy. The girl that the sound has come from has stolen his heart. Will the objections from their families or the challenges of society be too much for the couple to withstand? Or will Huey and Felecia let nothing steal their rock and roll?
	When: January 21, 22, 28, & 29. Where: The Circuit Playhouse, 51 S. Cooper St. Memphis, TN 38104 Price: $8/Student Ticket; $7/Title 1 Student Ticket Grade: 9 – 12 Time: 10am Length:2 hours 45 minutes
The Book of Will When a poor rendition of Hamlet is performed three years after the death of William Shakespeare, it is obvious to his friends – someone should put his work to pen – and save the words of the world’s greatest playwright. But to make one, they’ll have to battle an unscrupulous publisher, a boozy poet laureate, and their own mortality, to create Shakespeare’s First Folio.
	When: March 10, 11, 17, & 18. Where: Playhouse on the Square, 66 South Cooper St. Price: $8/Student Ticket; $7/Title 1 Student Ticket Grade:7 – 12 Time: 10am Length: 2 Hours
School House Rock, Live! “Get your thing in action” and relive the glory days of Saturday Morning’s iconic cartoon series. Tom is ready to start his first day as a schoolteacher. The only problem is he is scared to death! Watch as characters from the classic series come to life, reminding Tom the best way to learn has always been with music and imagination. With memorable songs “I’m Just a Bill,” “Inter-Planet Janet,” and “Conjunction Junction” you will want to scoot down front and grab a big bowl of cereal.
	When: March 10 – April 4, 2019 (Tues-Fridays) Where: The Circuit Playhouse, 51 S. Cooper St. Memphis, TN 38104 Price: $4/Student Ticket; $5/Title 1 Student Ticket Grade: K – 5 Time: 9:15am & 11:00am (Please specify time on request form) Length:1 hour
The Ant and The Grasshopper A super industrious Ant has opened a branch ant hole when a fun-loving Grasshopper moves in next door. Ant resists Grasshopper’s offers to join him and his friends for some fun and games. Instead, Ant diligently prepares for winter, while Grasshopper doesn’t believe in winter despite Ant’s warnings. But winter comes; and Grasshopper, who has no food or shelter and Ant, who has no friends and never had any fun, discover there is more to life than they thought.
	When: May 1, 2020 Where: The Circuit Playhouse, 51 S. Cooper St. Memphis, TN 38104 Price: $5/Student Ticket; $4/Title 1 Student Ticket Grade: K – 5 Time: 10am Length:1 hour
Little Shop of Horrors When a “Mean Green Mutha From Outaspace” lands in your flower shop, what do you do? Feed it people of course! Hapless flower shop worker, Seymour, only wants the love of his life to notice him. When his little blood-sucking plant grows to become the talk of the town, Seymour will get more than he bargained for.
	When: May 5, 6, 12, & 13. Where: The Circuit Playhouse, 51 S. Cooper St. Memphis, TN 38104 Price: $8/Student Ticket; $7/Title 1 Student Ticket Grade: 7 – 12 Time: 10am Length:2 hours