First Student Matinee of the Season

Around 800 high school and middle school students packed the theatre Thursday morning for our first student matinee of the season. It’s always a little crazy, but also a lot of fun, to see huge groups of kids exit their buses wearing their best clothes and girls teetering in new high-heels to see one of their first professional plays.

Granted, some of these students have been here before. We see several teachers year after year, who truly recognize the value of theatre in a well-rounded education (Joe Schulte at SLUH, Jean Peters at Lafayette HS and Brian Welch at Villa Duchesne, just to name a few). There are, however, always some students who have never seen a show before, not to mention a professional production. It’s really awesome to see them as they go from being more than a little skeptical to truly enjoying and learning from a play. Season after season, we see students react in ways we never could have imagined, and we watch in wonder as they rise to their feet at the end of a performance, giving ovations that leave us smiling for the rest of the day.

If you’re a teacher or you want to tell your kids’ teacher about our student matinees, check out our student matinee web page at http://www.repstl.org/studentmatinees .

Sarah Brandt
Publications Manager

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