Student Matinee Series

Writers Theatre Education welcomes students in to attend award-winning theatre! Seeing a live performance activates students’ imagination, can increase critical thinking-skills and emotional literacy and create connections to classic and new works of art.

EVERY BRILLIANT THING (approx 80 min with no intermission)
Written by Duncan Macmillan | With Jonny Donahoe  | Directed by Kimberly Senior 

Dates: December 18, 2024; 10:45am

"1. Ice Cream. 2. Water fights. 3. Staying up past your bedtime and being allowed to watch TV.” This is how a six-year-old child begins a list of all the things that make life wonderful. They're making the list for their mother, who suffers from depression. As life goes on, and the challenges faced morph from childhood to adulthood, the list continues to grow and take on a life of its own.

Content Transparency: This performance contains descriptions of depression, self-harm, and suicide.

TRANSLATIONS (approx 2 hr 15 min including 15 min intermission)
Written by Brian Friel  | Directed by Braden Abraham 

Dates: April 23 | May 1, 2025; 10:45am

Life in County Donegal, Ireland proceeds much the same in 1833 as it’s always done. Irish-speaking young people gather at the local hedge school where the long-time and long-winded schoolmaster instructs them. This bucolic tranquility is shattered when the schoolmaster’s son arrives home along with members of the British army on an assignment to map the country, draw new borders, and “standardize” local place names into the King’s English.

To book, please fill out our 2024/25 Student Matinee interest form and WT Education will follow up to confirm booking details. 

Reach out to us at education@writerstheatre.org with questions.