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Children's Tour FALL '26
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Young Playwrights Festival
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Student Matinees
CHILDREN’S TOUR
Grades 3-6
THIS GIRL LAUGHS, THIS GIRL CRIES, THIS GIRL DOES NOTHING
Written by Finegan Kruckemeyer
Directed by Leslie Noble
A story about the bonds of family, growing up and finding your own unique ways to happiness.
Three young sisters are left in a forest by their woodcutter father and forced to find their own way in the world. From this fairytale beginning, three resolutions are made — one sister walks one way to find purpose, one the other to find adventure, and the third stays right where she is to create a home. Years later, having circumnavigated the globe and fought Vikings, crossed oceans, tamed wilds and achieved greatness, the three sisters meet again, as women.
NOW BOOKING FALL 2026
Tours Tuesday and Thursday mornings Sept. 29 through Dec 3. 2026. Saturday's available for community locations.
Email: education@syracusestage.org for info.
Price: $500 for one performance, $900 for two the same day
Maximum audience size:
Max 250 children
(audiences over 250 will incur a large audience fee)
Space requirements:
20’ x 30’ unobstructed space
(contact for more details)
315-443-1150
education@syracusestage.org
THEATRE FOR
THE VERY YOUNG
DESIGNED FOR
18-Months to 5-Years-Old
CLICK, CLACK, CREATE
Conceived and Directed by Kate Laissle
Click, Clack, Create is a Theatre for the Very Young experience where curiosity leads the way.
What happens if we try this?
Two playful performers welcome audiences into a space filled with blocks, textures, and unexpected sounds. A tap becomes a beat. A stack becomes a tower. A wobble becomes a surprise. With curiosity as their guide, they begin to wonder and invite their young audience to wonder with them.
Inspired by the ways young children naturally learn, Click, Clack, Create celebrates hands-on discovery. As performers and children stack, sort, balance, and build together, simple materials transform into music, patterns, and shared moments of connection. Every sound, every movement, every small choice matters. There is no right or wrong way, only the joy of trying.
Together, performers and audience create a living landscape of shapes, rhythms, and gentle surprises, all sparked by a single question: What happens if…?
Click, Clack, Create celebrates the poetry of first discoveries and the beauty of collective imagination, where the smallest gesture can open a world of joyful surprise.
NOW BOOKING FALL 2026
Tours Jan. 11 through June 18 2027
Email: education@syracusestage.org for info.
Price: $250 for one performance, $450 for two the same day
Maximum audience size:
Max 25 children - audience can include many more adults
Space requirements:
20’ x 20’ unobstructed space
(contact for more details)
315-443-1150
education@syracusestage.org
2026/2027 STUDENT MATINEES
Student matinees are performances of Syracuse Stage mainstage productions offered at 10:30 a.m. for Central New York schools. Most shows in the season will have at least one student matinee scheduled during its run. Our Production Study Guides feature classroom exercises, tools for analysis, and resources for further classroom exploration.
For rates and available dates, please contact:
Tracey White at (315) 443-9844 or email trwhite@syr.edu
Come From Away
Based on the incredible true story, this Tony Award-winning tale is filled with rousing, rowdy, rough-hewn folk songs—an inspiring tribute to one Canadian town’s heroic hospitality in the wake of 9/11.
September 16 – October 11
Student Matinees: September 30,
October 1 + 8
Les Misérables
Adapted from Victor Hugo’s classic novel of romance, rebellion, and redemption, this production brings you closer to the agony, the ecstasy, and the action than ever before.
November 27 – January 3
Student Matinees: December 1, 8, 9, 15, 16 (note: the 12/16 performance only begins at 10 AM)
The Book Club Play
The organized and ambitious Ana Smith is thrilled when a famous director asks to film her beloved Book Club meetings for a documentary. But things don’t go according to plan, and the book club drama becomes juicier than even the most salacious page-turner.
January 27 – February 14
Student Matinee: February 4
John Proctor is the Villain
Five high school girls, fueled by pop music, reclaim their voices as they make the case against a problematic “hero” in Kimberly Belflower’s twisty, modern revision of a canonical text.
March 3 – 21
Student Matinee: March 11
The Black Nationals
World Premiere
1950s Syracuse: The Nationals represent the city in the fledgling NBA while the team’s two African American players, among the first Black athletes to play professionally, fight to leave their mark on the court and on the history of the game.
April 7 – 25
Student Matinee: April 21
Dust and Shadow: The Unraveling of Sherlock Holmes – World Premiere Musical
Based on the nail-biting novel by Lyndsey Faye, literature’s most famous detective is on the trail of history’s most notorious madman in a harrowing race against the clock through the gritty streets of London.
June 2 – 20
Student Matinee: June 10
Education Sponsors
Contacts
Kate Laissle
Director of Education
315-442-7755 | kmlaissl@syr.edu
Zizi Majid
Community Engagement and Education Coordinator
315-443-1150 | zbabdulm@syr.edu
For Student Matinees:
Tracey White
Audience Development Manager
315-443-9844 | trwhite@syr.edu
To Donate To Our Education Programs:
Ana Diaz-Diez
Director of Development
315-443-3931 | ajdiazdi@syr.edu