Student Matinee performances at Asheville Community Theatre are exciting and inspiring – they are a great way for your students to experience live theatre!

Select “School Group Registration” to reserve tickets for your school group. Select “General Admission Tickets” to purchase individual tickets.

More information for teachers and school groups here!

Is this your young audience members’ first time at a live theatrical performance? We recommend going over these expectations together!

Reserving School Group Tickets

1. Click the event you’d like to bring your group to, fill out the ticket information and pay your deposit.
2. Fill out this form to give us your school’s information.
3. ACT’s box office staff will send you a remainder payment invoice. All payments must be settled two weeks before the performance.

Questions? Reach out to ACT’s Box Office Manager, Mikayla Wilson, at (828) 254-1320 ext 100 or at [email protected].

Ticket Information

When reserving your tickets, please be sure to include all students, teachers, chaperones, and bus drivers in your reservation count so that we have a seat for everyone. We ask that you do not reserve more tickets than you plan to actually use.

We give 1 complimentary teacher ticket for every 20 students reserved. Additional teacher/chaperone tickets must be purchased at full price in advance. Each group can also reserve up to two bus driver complimentary tickets. These complimentary tickets will be accounted for in the remaining payment invoice.

Not enough seats left for your group? Fill out our waitlist form.

For information on seating, parking, cancellations and more, please read our ACT Student Matinee Information Document.

Our productions and their accompanying study guides support the following NC Essential Standards:

• Arts Education Essential Standards in Theatre Arts:
  o Use movement, voice, and writing to communicate ideas and feelings. (K-5.C.1)
  o Use performance to communicate ideas and feelings. (K-5.C.2)
  o Analyze literary texts and performances. (K-8.A.1)
  o Understand how to design technical theatre components, such as costumes, sets, props, makeup, lighting, and sound. (K-8.AE.1)
  o Understand the traditions, roles, and conventions of theatre as an art form. (K-8.CU.2)
• Reading Standards for Literature
  o Key Ideas and Details (K-8)
  o Craft and Structure (K-8)
  o Integration of Knowledge and Ideas (K-8)
• Writing Standards
  o Text Types and Purposes (K-8)
  o Research to Build and Present Knowledge (K-8)
• Speaking and Listening Standards
  o Comprehension and Collaboration (K-8)

Teacher guides with class activities will be available to all classes in attendance.

Theatre Etiquette For Young Audiences

For some young audience members, ACT’s Student Matinee may be their first experience attending live theatre. We encourage you to go over these expectations with your students before attending the performance.

Arrive on time!

Plan to arrive 15-30 minutes before the start of the performance.

Stay seated!

Before you enter the theatre, you should get a drink of water, go to the bathroom, or do what you need to prepare to sit for a while. The theatre will get dark as a sign that the show is about to start. Audience members are asked to sit in their seats for the entire show. Please sit forward and do not bounce, kick, or put your feet on the chairs. If you need to get up during the show, ask your adult for help.

What is allowed inside the theatre?

We do not allow food or drinks (other than water) in the theatre. We also do not allow audience members to take pictures or video. Sometimes the theatre can be cold, so it’s a good idea to bring a light sweater with you.

Be focused and respectful!

Actors on stage can see and hear people in the audience. They are working hard, and we need to be respectful of them, and to other people enjoying the show. Do not talk during the performance. Remember to turn off anything that could make noise and distract performers or other audience members, such as phones or toys. If you think someone on stage does something funny, you can laugh! If someone on stage does something you enjoy, you should clap! Especially at the end of each song or scene and at the end of the whole performance, you can say ‘thank you’ to the actors by laughing, clapping and cheering.