With support from the California Arts Council, Center Theatre Group (CTG) will produce our Student Matinee Program for the 2024/2025 season. The Student Matinee Program engages thousands of students and educators each year through free access to live professional theatre performances. More than just a field trip, the program includes Educator Conferences that equip educators with the tools to integrate arts education into their curriculum; in-classroom Teaching Artist Workshops; and post-show Q&A sessions with artists. Marking the first time that most participating students attended a professional theatre performance, the program intentionally makes connections between the story told on stage, subjects taught in school such as history and English, and students’ own lived experiences.
Comprising the 2,000-seat Ahmanson Theatre, the 736-seat Mark Taper Forum, and the 317-seat Kirk Douglas Theatre, CTG is one of the nation’s largest regional theatres and one of the few regional theatres to successfully produce a broad variety of programming each season. CTG is committed to furthering its mission through programming that meets the challenge of producing and presenting work of the highest quality, while engaging a broad and diverse audience, and expanding community access and arts learning opportunities. These efforts include a robust Artistic Development Program offering commissions of new work, readings and workshops, and an annual L.A. Writers’ Workshop; and an Education and Community Partnerships Department dedicated to providing comprehensive year-round arts education and access to over 20,000 students, educators, and community members each year.

