Playhouse on the Square

Thanks to Student Ticket Subsidies (STS) from the Tennessee Arts Commission, teachers can bring their students to Playhouse on the Square to experience the arts firsthand. STS grants cover artist fees, tickets, and transportation, making it easier for schools to attend our workshops, facility tours, school matinees, or even enjoy a touring production. This program opens the door for students to discovery the arts!

STS grants provide support for artist fees, tickets, and transportation for Tennessee public schools carrying out arts field trips and in-school artist residencies. https://pulse.ly/ovwiapf4gx

We want to give a huge shoutout to AutoZone for being our Education Super Sponsor! Your support is a vital part of our mission, and we’re so grateful to have you in our corner. Thank you for helping us inspire and uplift our community!

Discover what the Constitution means to you—because understanding your rights is the ultimate college course! 📜✨

Get in on live theatre with our College Student Pricing at Playhouse on the Square!

For just $20 per ticket, you can experience the arts up close. Just bring your valid student ID and college email to our box office. No extra discounts—this deal is already a steal!

$25 Regular Ticket Admission 🎟️ https://playhouseonthesquare.org/what-the-constitution-means-to-me

$20 Collage Ticket Admission 🎟️ (901) 726-4656

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Thanks to Student Ticket Subsidies from the Tennessee Arts Commission, teachers can bring their students to Playhouse on the Square, giving them the chance to experience the arts firsthand. This program opens the door for schools to introduce kids to the magic of live theatre in all its forms!

STS grants provide support for artist fees, tickets, and transportation for Tennessee public schools carrying out arts field trips and in-school artist residencies. https://pulse.ly/kxzohhlos0

Heidi’s reminiscing, but her reflections on the Constitution reveal more than she expected. See what unfolds in What the Constitution Means to Me.

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We’re thrilled to partner with Opera Memphis and have some exciting plans in store!

In the meantime, Opera Memphis has joined our Season Subscriber Card program. Playhouse on the Square Season Subscribers can now enjoy 10% off single tickets and 25% off tickets to La Calisto, performing at Playhouse on the Square on: Wednesday, May 21, 2025 | 7:30 PM & Friday, May 23, 2025 | 7:30 PM

Join our community of subscribers today: https://playhouseonthesquare.org/subscriptions

Theatre Education/Teaching Artist Associate – Resident Company

A Professional Resident Theatre is seeking a motivated, hardworking individual to join our Theatre Education Department. This role involves assisting with classes, camps, in-school, and touring programs. Responsibilities include creating study guides, developing audience and community engagement initiatives, coordinating programming alongside staff, and managing databases. Additional opportunities include teaching classes and camps, performing in 1-2 TYA/touring productions, and Assistant Directing TYA, touring, or youth productions. A passion for working with youth is essential, and having a car is preferred. Compensation is $300/week plus housing. An Education or Arts degree (or equivalent experience) is required.

Please send your resume and references to:
Ty Lenderman, Director of Theatre Education
Playhouse on the Square, 66 S. Cooper, Memphis, TN 38104
[email protected]

Who knew the Constitution could spark such a heated debate? Heidi’s not backing down—see what the Founding Fathers missed in What the Constitution Means to Me! 🔥📜

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Kim Justis Eikner takes the stage as Heidi in What the Constitution Means to Me, a witty and insightful dive into how the U.S. Constitution impacts our daily lives—especially for women. With humor, heart, and a dash of history, this show unpacks the promises of freedom, justice, and equality, while challenging the contradictions of America’s grand experiment.

$25 🎟️ https://playhouseonthesquare.org/what-the-constitution-means-to-me

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In What the Constitution Means to Me, Kim Justis takes on Heidi Schreck’s teenage debate obsession, turning it into a sharp, gut-punching exploration of the Constitution’s real impact on our lives today. With clever wit and sharp storytelling, the play dares to ask: What does this centuries-old document mean for us now—and who gets to decide? Justis brings heart and a bit of debate flair to the role, inviting us to rethink the rights we hold dear and who they truly protect.

$25 🎟️ https://playhouseonthesquare.org/what-the-constitution-means-to-me

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A huge thank you to our incredible patrons, sponsors, volunteers, staff, cast, and crew for bringing Waitress to life this season! Your dedication and support went above and beyond anything we could have imagined.

Now is the perfect time to secure your season subscription for the rest of Season 56!

As a subscriber, you'll also receive our exclusive Season Subscribers Benefit Card, offering fantastic discounts at Dinstuhl’s Fine Candy Company, The Botanic Gardens, 17Berkshire, Backbeat Tours, MEMPOPS, POP-A-ROOS Gourmet Popcorn, Highpoint Fitness & Climbing, and Monster Mini Golf!

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We’re at the Cooper Young Festival today! Stop by and say hello! Enjoy exclusive Season Subscription savings—today only!

Jenna’s about to deliver a showstopper—and so are we! 🛏️👩‍⚕️ Catch the final four performances of Waitress before it’s time for the curtain call!

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Kim Justis as Heidi, bringing sass, smarts, and a side of debate—proof that the Constitution isn’t just for the history books!

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That feeling when you realize it's the final week of Waitress—and you're just not ready to say goodbye. 😭

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Kim Justis is Heidi Schreck—and the debate we've been dying to see just took center stage!

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2024 NewWorks@TheWorks Finalists Announced!

Playhouse on the Square is excited to introduce the six remarkable Finalists of the 2024 NewWorks@TheWorks Playwriting Competition! Selected from an impressive pool of submissions by playwrights from around the globe, these six plays will be presented in staged readings right here in Memphis at Playhouse on the Square, 66 South Cooper Street. From this extraordinary lineup, two will be chosen as winners and receive their world premiere productions in our upcoming Season 57. Join us in celebrating these bold, new voices that are redefining the future of theatre!

Each staged reading is an opportunity to experience these fresh stories firsthand. Tickets are just $5.

Featured Finalists and Staged Reading Details:

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i always find the rain
By Hank Rion
Staged Reading: September 29, 2024, at 7 PM
Location: Playhouse on the Square, 66 South Cooper Street
Ticket Price: $5

Henry travels to Florida to help his gay, alcoholic Dad get settled into Florida’s largest retirement mecca. When Henry’s brother, his pregnant wife, and Mom arrive, it becomes the first time the Robbins’ have been in the same room together in over 15 years. The acid-tongued family’s seams start to uproariously rip, revealing truths lying dormant beneath the surface.

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Tragedy Sound
By Karen Saari
Staged Reading: October 1, 2024, at 7 PM
Location: Playhouse on the Square, 66 South Cooper Street
Ticket Price: $5

Three young women accept a dare and embark on a canoe trek in frigid waters. Dangerous conditions prevail and force them to face the choices they've made and the trappings of life in their hometown.

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Call Me From the Grave
Music & Lyrics by Charlie Romano, Book by Harold Hodge, Jr.
Staged Reading: October 10, 2024, at 7 PM
Location: Playhouse on the Square, 66 South Cooper Street
Ticket Price: $5

Call Me From the Grave tells the legendary story of Robert Johnson, a Black blues musician from the Mississippi Delta who, legend has it, sold his soul to the Devil in exchange for musical success.

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The Hero and the Scholar
By Marshall Botvinick
Staged Reading: October 3, 2024, at 7 PM
Location: Playhouse on the Square, 66 South Cooper Street
Ticket Price: $5

Robert Malone, a university professor for nearly three decades, finds himself fighting for his job and his innocence when a student mentions his lectures in a suicide note.

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sex/work
By Kristen Field
Staged Reading: October 8, 2024, at 7 PM
Location: Playhouse on the Square, 66 South Cooper Street
Ticket Price: $5

sex/work explores what happens when a young woman desperate to forge a connection is forced to navigate a world built on transactions, featuring a cast of complex, intertwined characters.

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Eight Ways to Plead with a God
By Kanika Asavari Vaish
Staged Reading: October 6, 2024, at 7 PM
Location: Playhouse on the Square, 66 South Cooper Street
Ticket Price: $5

Six tourists and a local guide set out to summit a historically unsurmountable Himalayan mountain. As they climb, they must confront their physical limits, relationships, and perceptions of reality in a fight for survival.

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We look forward to seeing you at Playhouse on the Square for these compelling readings!

Heidi Schreck’s groundbreaking journey through the Constitution opens this Friday, September 13th! Get ready to laugh, reflect, and rethink what it means to be ‘We the People.’ 💥📜

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Shining Stars! Playhouse Education Students in Professional Productions!

In honor of National Arts in Education Week, we in the Education Department wanted to make a point to congratulate all of our students who grow through our classes and programs and move forward to do incredible work in our community as well.

We here at Playhouse on the Square are thrilled to support all of our students who come through our programming. Watching young performers grow and rise in confidence through their time with us is the most rewarding part of what we do here.

With that said, we are thrilled to spotlight some of our incredible students who are currently involved in professional productions here at Playhouse! We are so honored to have been even a small part of their theatre journeys, and can't wait to watch them shine on our stages this season!

Making her debut in What the Constitution Means to Me at the Circuit Playhouse this weekend, Caitlyn Jones is playing one of the Debaters in the Regional Premiere opening this Friday! We can't wait to see her this weekend.

Making their mark in The Wizard of Oz this holiday season, we have a number of our students performing in the Youth Ensemble this year! Congratulations to Savvy Jo, Lynx, Kalie, Harper, Massey Grace, and Naomi!

We're so proud of all of our students! If you or your student are currently in a production anywhere in the theatre community, please reach out to us at [email protected]!

There's still time to register for our Fall Youth Theatre School session! Email [email protected] or visit playhouseonthesquare.org/education for more information.

The queen of sass and unexpected laughs from Nurse Norma 🤣🥧

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