K-12 Student Matinees
Experience Alliance Theatre’s fully staged productions created specifically for student field trips through student matinees.
These dedicated daytime performances offer the same high-quality theatrical experience as our public shows. Held in our theater spaces, student matinees provide an immersive and enriching cultural opportunity intended for students and educators.
2025/26 Student Matinees
Grades K–12
To reserve tickets for your school group, call 404.733.4690 or email allianceschoolday@woodruffcenter.org.
Please note that some shows are not be able to be booked right away, but schools are welcome to submit estimated group size and dates to allianceschoolday@woodruffcenter.org for more information.
Naked Mole Rat Gets Dressed: The Rock Experience
Goizueta Stage for Youth & Families
Children’s book author and artist Mo Willems (Knuffle Bunny, Elephant and Piggie’s We Are In a Play) brings another loveable character to life in this exciting family musical. Watch as Wilbur, a clothes-loving mole rat with exceptional style, navigates the pressure to be just like everyone else. With tail-shaking tunes, empowering messages of individuality, and classic Mo Willems humor, this musical is sure to rock audiences of all ages.
Recommended Grades: Grades K – 5
Curriculum Standards: ELAGSEKRL3, ELAGSE1RL3, ELAGSE1RL7, ELAGSE1RL9, ELAGSE2RL3, ELAGSE2RL6, ELAGSE3RL3, ELAGSE5RL2, ELAGSE5RL3, SKL2, S1L1, S4L1, ESGM2.CN.2, TARE.1, TARE.2, TACN.1, TACN.2
Price: $6.50 per person; $5.75 per person (Title I)
Date(s): APR 16, 21-23, 29, 30, MAY 1, 6, 7 // 10:00am & 11:45am
2026/27 Student Matinees
Grades K–12
To reserve tickets for your school group, call 404.733.4690 or email allianceschoolday@woodruffcenter.org
Please note that some shows are not be able to be booked right away, but schools are welcome to submit estimated group size and dates to allianceschoolday@woodruffcenter.org for more information.
Carmela Full of Wishes
Goizueta Stage for youth & families
Inspired by the award-winning picture book by Matt de la Peña. Tender, playful, and deeply resonant, CARMELA FULL OF WISHES explores the quiet strength of families, the love between siblings, and the way children make meaning—and magic—out of the world around them. With music, movement, and vivid storytelling, this production invites audiences of all ages to celebrate heritage, resilience, and the power of a single wish.
Recommended Grades: Grades 1 – 4
Curriculum Standards: 1.T.T.1, 1.T.T.1.c, 3.T.T.1.b, 3.T.T.1.c, 4.T.C.2.a, 4.T.T.1.b, MLE2.INT1, MLE2.INT2, HE2.2.a, HE4.2.b, TARE.1, TARE.2, TACN.1, TACN.2
Price: $6.50 per person; $5.75 per person (Title I)
Date(s): SEP 3–4 // 10:30am & SEP 8–9, 11, 15–17, 21–24 // 10:00am & 11:45am
Purpose
the coca-cola Stage
The Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning play PURPOSE offers an electrifying and intimate look behind the closed doors and the carefully crafted lives of the influential Jasper family. Winner of the Tony Award for Best Play and the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. A sharply observed and darkly funny drama about legacy, faith, and the courage it takes to confront the truth. What happens when the stories we tell about ourselves start to unravel?
Recommended Grades: Coming Soon
Curriculum Standards: Coming Soon
Content Advisory: Coming Soon
Price: $12.50 per person
Date(s): SEP 17 // 10:30am
Mexodus
THE Coca-Cola Stage
MEXODUS is a thrilling hip-hop musical that uncovers a hidden chapter of American history – when thousands of enslaved people fled across the Rio Grande to freedom in Mexico.
Recommended Grades: Coming Soon
Curriculum Standards: Coming Soon
Content Advisory: Coming Soon
Price: $12.50 per person
Date(s): OCT 8 & 16 // 10:30am
Like Father
Hertz Stage
LIKE FATHER is a gripping coming-of-age musical set in the shadow of America’s true-crime obsession. When a viral podcast exposes a family’s buried past, seventeen-year-old Chris and her estranged parents are forced to confront the truth that binds them—or risk being torn apart. Featuring a bold folk-pop score, the show explores identity, legacy, and the cost of turning real lives into stories.
Recommended Grades: Coming Soon
Curriculum Standards: Coming Soon
Content Advisory: Coming Soon
Price: $12.50 per person
Date(s): OCT 28 & NOV 4 // 10:30am
Roob & Noob
Goizueta Stage for YOUTH & families
Meet Roob and Noob: two overly curious scientists who love nothing more than discovering something new. Join them on an interactive adventure, as they build machines from simple objects and explore the wonder and sensations of each of the four seasons. Inspired by Rube Goldberg’s magical machines, this unique theatrical performance combines science and the arts, proving that sometimes the most profound discoveries are achieved by simply playing.
Recommended Grades: Grades K – 2
Curriculum Standards: CLL5.4c, CLL5.4d, CD-SC4, APL2.4a, K.T.T.1.a , K.T.T.1.c, 1.T.T.1.b, 1.T.T.1.c, 2.T.T.1.c, SKP2a, S2P2, CSS.IDC.K-2.4, CSS.CT.K-2.5, TARE.1, TARE.2, TACN.1, TACN.2
Price: $6.50 per person; $5.75 per person (Title I)
Date(s): OCT 29 // 10:00am & OCT 30, NOV 4–5, 9–13 // 10:00am & 11:45am
A Christmas Carol
The Coca-Cola Stage
Experience a magical holiday tradition with Alliance Theatre’s annual production of A CHRISTMAS CAROL filled with festive spirit, beautiful live music, and the timeless tale of redemption.
Recommended Grades: Grades 2 – 12
Curriculum Standards: Elementary: 1-5.T.T.1.a, 1-5.T.T.1.b, 1-55.T.T.1.c, 1-5.T.T.1.e, SS1E1, SS1E4, SS2E3, SS4E2, TA.RE.1, TA.RE.2, TA.PR.1, TA.CN.1 & Secondary: 6-8.T.T.1.a, 6.T.T.1.b, 6.T.PM.1.b, 7-8.T.T.1.c, 7.T.T.1.d, 7.T.PM.1.b, TA6-8.CR.1.b, TA6-8.CR.1.c, TA6-8.CR.1.d, TA6-8.RE.1, SS6E13a, SSEF1, SSEF4, SSEF4a, SSSocC3, SSSocSC4, SSSocIC1
Price: $15.00 per person; $13.00 per person (Title I)
Date(s): NOV 12–13, 18–19 & DEC 1–3, 8–10 // 10:30am
Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile: The Musical
Goizueta Stage for Youth & Families
LYLE, LYLE, CROCODILE: THE MUSICAL splashes onto the stage with a song to sing! A celebration for all ages, Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile: The Musical is packed with humor, heart, and showstopping tunes that will have audiences roaring along.
Recommended Grades: Grades K – 5
Curriculum Standards: 1.P.ST.1, 1.T.T.1.a, 1.T.T.1.b, 1.T.T.1.c, 2.T.C.1.b, 3.T.T.1.a, 3.T.T.1.b, 3.T.T.1.c, 5.T.T.1.a, 5.T.T.1.b, 5.T.T.1.c, S1L1, S5L1.a, HE2.2.a, HE4.2.b, TARE.1, TARE.2, TACN.1, TACN.2
Price: $6.50 per person; $5.75 per person (Title I)
Date(s): JAN 20–22 // 10:00am & JAN 27–29; FEB 3–5, 9–11 // 10:00am & 11:45am
Miseducated
Hertz Stage
Inspired by Brandon P. Fleming’s memoir, MISEDUCATED is an electrifying theatrical experience set inside a high-stakes debate classroom. As gifted Black students prepare for an elite Harvard competition, their lessons in rhetoric and strategy collide with deeply personal truths about resilience, identity, and second chances. Through debate, music, and spoken word, Miseducated reveals the transformative power of education—and the courage it takes to claim your voice.
Recommended Grades: Coming Soon
Curriculum Standards: Coming Soon
Content Advisory: Coming Soon
Price: $12.50 per person
Date(s): FEB 9–10 // 10:00am & FEB 4, 11–12 // 10:30am
Alice in Neverland
THE COCA-COLA STAGE
ALICE IN NEVERLAND is a sweeping new musical that reimagines two beloved worlds. Twenty years after Wonderland, a disillusioned Alice sets out to reclaim her sense of wonder—but lands in Neverland instead. What begins as a magical adventure with pirates and fairies soon turns darker, as Alice must confront the cost of holding onto youth and what it truly means to grow up.
Recommended Grades: Coming Soon
Curriculum Standards: Coming Soon
Price: $12.50 per person
Date(s): MAR 24 // 10:00am & MAR 17, 31 & APR 1 // 10:30am
Winnie the Pooh
Goizueta STAGE for youth & families
In the quiet magic of the Hundred Acre Wood, Winnie-the-Pooh sets out to do what he does best: nothing at all. But when “nothing” turns into stick races, honey hunts, missing tails, imaginary beasts, and unexpected adventures, Pooh and his friends – Piglet, Rabbit, Owl, Eeyore, and Christopher Robin – discover that even the smallest moments can be extraordinary. Tender, funny, and deeply nostalgic, this theatrical journey reminds us that even as life moves forward, there is always a place where we can return, and always time for play.
Recommended Grades: K-5
Curriculum Standards: 1.P.ST.1, 1.P.AC.3.a, 1.T.C.1.a, 1.T.C.2.a, 1.T.T.1.a, 1.T.T.1.b, 1.T.T.1.c, 4.P.ST.1, 4.P.AC.3.a, 4.T.C.1.a, 4.T.C.2.a, 4.T.T.1.a, 4.T.T.1.b, 4.T.T.1.c, S1L1, S2E3, S3L1.b, HE2.2.a, HE4.2.b, TARE.1, TARE.2, TACN.1, TACN.2
Price: $6.50 per person; $5.75 per person (Title I)
Date(s): APR 14–16, 19–23, 28–30 & MAY 5–7 // 10:00am & 11:45am
Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue
HERtz stage
DICTIONARY OF THE VULGAR TONGUE is a sharp, ferocious satire that spans centuries to examine who holds power—and how language sustains it. When a young working-class mother disrupts a gathering of affluent women, certainty begins to fracture, revealing the uneasy truths beneath civility and “good intentions.” Blisteringly funny and deeply unsettling, the play explores class, gender, and the cost of defining virtue.
Recommended Grades: Coming Soon
Curriculum Standards: Coming Soon
Content Advisory: Coming Soon
Price: $12.50 per person
Date(s): APR 15, 22 // 10:30am
John Proctor is the Villain
THE coca-cola stage
Described as “an American classic in the making” (New York Theatre Guide) and “vital, hilarious, [and] thrilling,” (The New York Times) the critically acclaimed, Tony nominated play JOHN PROCTOR IS THE VILLAIN makes its Georgia debut. Full of pop music, biting humor, and emotional honesty, Kimberly Belflower’s electrifying play John Proctor is the Villain captures the messy brilliance of teenage girlhood – and the moment when a generation decides to rewrite the narrative.
Recommended Grades: Coming Soon
Curriculum Standards: Coming Soon
Content Advisory: Coming Soon
Price: $12.50 per person
Date(s): MAY 19 // 10:30am
Experience Alliance Theatre with your Students
To reserve tickets for your school group, call 404.733.4690 or email allianceschoolday@woodruffcenter.org.
Please note that some shows are not be able to be booked right away, but schools are welcome to submit estimated group size and dates to allianceschoolday@woodruffcenter.org for more information.
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