Bring Your Class to a Show

Join us for our specially priced school-day performances at the Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts! All titles are appropriate for all ages.

Our MainStage musicals are professionally designed productions performed by large casts of youth actors ages 5-18. They are performed on the MainStage at the MVCPA in a theater that seats nearly 600 people.

Our Stories on Stage plays bring beloved children’s stories to live each month of the school year. Each show includes a small cast of 6-15 actors ages 12 and up. These shows are ideal for younger grades as they only last about an hour, including a “talk-back” session with the cast after each performance to ask questions about the play and their experience as actors. The plays are performed in the intimate black-box setting of the SecondStage at the MVCPA which seats approximately 160 people.

School Group Pricing (groups of 10+):

  • MainStage: $10/person
  • Stories on Stage: $7/person
  • Reduced admission is available to groups attending from Title I schools. Please contact us at info@pytnet.org for approval.

TO ORDER TICKETS: Contact Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts ticketing office at (650) 903-6000 or performingarts@mvcpa.com. Please provide the show title, date, and number of tickets you’d like to reserve. Please also share your school name, address, telephone #, and how you will arrive to MVCPA (bus, carpool, walk, VTA).

Refund Policy: All ticket sales are final. Refunds will only be issued if an event is canceled. Exchanges may be made between PYT performances of the same title upon availability.

MainStage Musicals

Shrek The Musical

“Once upon a time, there was a little ogre named Shrek….” And thus begins the tale of an unlikely hero who finds himself on a life-changing journey alongside a wisecracking Donkey and a feisty princess who resists her rescue. Throw in a short-tempered bad guy, a cookie with an attitude and over a dozen other fairy tale misfits, and you’ve got the kind of mess that calls for a real hero. Luckily, there’s one on hand… and his name is Shrek. Book and Lyrics by David Lindsay-Abaire. Music by Jeanine Tesori. Based on the DreamWorks Animation Motion Picture and the book by William Steig.

  • Dates: Thursday, November 13 and Friday, November 14
  • Time: 9:30am
  • Show length: 2 hours 15 minutes, including 1 15 minute intermission
  • Appropriate for all ages

Newsies

Enjoy the rousing tale of Jack Kelly, a charismatic newsboy and leader of a band of teenaged “newsies” in turn-of-the-century New York City. When titans of publishing raise distribution prices at the newsboys’ expense, Jack rallies newsies from across the city to strike against the unfair conditions and fight for what’s right! Book by Harvey Fierstein. Music by Alan Menken. Lyrics by Jack Feldman. Book by Harvey Fierstein. Based on the Disney Film written by Bob Tzudiker and Noni White.

  • Dates: Thursday, March 19 and Friday, March 20
  • Time: 9:30am
  • Show length: 2.5 hours, including 1 15 minute intermission
  • Recommended for ages 8+ due to mild violence and language

Stories on Stage

Clever Jack Takes the Cake

Based on the book by Candace Fleming

  • Date: Friday, October 10, 2025
  • Times: 9:30am, 11am, & 12:30pm
  • Show length: 1 hour including a “talk-back” with the cast directly after the performance, no intermission
  • Appropriate for all ages

When Santa was a Baby

Based on the book by Linda Bailey

  • Date: Friday, December 5, 2025
  • Times: 9:30am, 11am, & 12:30pm
  • Show length: 1 hour including a “talk-back” with the cast directly after the performance, no intermission
  • Appropriate for all ages

The Adventures of Pinocchio

A world-premiere SOS Adaptation by Karen Simpson

  • Date: Friday, January 16, 2026
  • Times: 9:30am, 11am, & 12:30pm
  • Show length: 1 hour including a “talk-back” with the cast directly after the performance, no intermission
  • Appropriate for all ages

Martina the Beautiful Cockroach

A Cuban folktale based on the book by Carmen Agra Deedy

  • Date: Friday, February 13, 2026
  • Times: 9:30am, 11am, & 12:30pm
  • Show length: 1 hour including a “talk-back” with the cast directly after the performance, no intermission
  • Appropriate for all ages

Hansel & Gretel

A world-premiere SOS adaptation by Karen Simpson

  • Date: Friday, April 24, 2026
  • Times: 9:30am, 11am, & 12:30pm
  • Show length: 1 hour including a “talk-back” with the cast directly after the performance, no intermission
  • Appropriate for all ages

Dragons Love Tacos

Written by Ernie Nolan based on the book by Adam Rubin

  • Date: Friday, May 15, 2026
  • Times: 9:30am, 11am, & 12:30pm
  • Show length: 1 hour including a “talk-back” with the cast directly after the performance, no intermission
  • Appropriate for all ages
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