Student Matinees
Utah Presents provides private matinees for K-12 schools. Our multi-disciplinary programs bring diverse artistic and cultural experiences to our guests, exploring and enriching the human experience through the lens of creativity and the arts. As stewards of the iconic Kingsbury Hall, we provide a valuable gathering space that encourages curiosity, enhances cultural vibrancy, and creates connections beyond the stage.
We strive to curate programming relevant to the educational purposes of school districts, including shows that may occasionally explore political themes or potentially challenging content. Because art is subjective and contextual, we encourage all our patrons, including school districts, schools, teachers, and parents, to be proactive in researching our shows to make sure they meet the educational, social, and unique needs of your students. We welcome all feedback about your experience with us at Utah Presents.
The 23-24 season includes six different matinees, ranging from the musical and dance stylings of Cimarrón and Music From the Sole to the genre-defying musical theater Ocean Filibuster. Review the shows below. Study guides are provided for all shows.
Registration is now open. Register for each show by clicking the plus sign below and then clicking the Register Now button.
Do you work with a Title-1 School or is your school district in need of financial assistance for the field trip or transportation? Contact the Community Engagement Manager Melissa Salguero at Melissa.Salguero@utah.edu to arrange a discount.
Thursday, September 28 • 11:00am • Kingsbury Hall
The Grupo Cimarrón ensemble is known for their explosive música llanera (plains music) and fast-paced, triple-meter joropo, a musical tradition from Colombia and Venezuela with Spanish, African, and Arawak roots. The ensemble has created a new mix by emphasizing rhythm and creativity and insisting that joropo dance be a part of the performance wherever possible. Grupo Cimarrón has performed in China, Europe, and North and South America. In 2022, Cimarrón released a new album titled “La Recia“. The album reached No. 1 at the Transglobal World Music Chart in July.
Runtime: 1 hour
Target grades: 3rd - 12th
Cost: $2.50 per student
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Registration for this matinee is closed.
Thursday, October 26 • 11:00am • Kingsbury Hall
A symphony of acrobatics, sound and light, this is next level circus by Circa. This next chapter of Circa’s internationally acclaimed Humans is a tightly woven choreography of bodies, pulsing with music by composer Ori Lichtik and revealed in Paul Jackson’s dramatic lighting. Created by circus visionary Yaron Lifschitz, Humans 2.0 is intimate, primal and deeply engaged with the challenge of being human.
Runtime: 1 hour
Target grades: 3rd - 12th
Cost: $2.50 per student
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Registration for this matinee is closed.
Thursday, March 7 & Friday, March 8 • 11:00am • Kingsbury Hall
Plunge into this stunning all-singing, all-dancing, dynamic stage show! When the citizens of Bikini Bottom discover that a volcano will soon erupt and destroy their humble home, SpongeBob and his friends must come together to save the fate of their undersea world. With lives hanging in the balance and all hope lost, a most unexpected hero rises up. The power of optimism really can save the world!
Runtime: 1 hour
Target grades: Kindergarten - 12th
Cost: $2.50 per student
Thursday, March 14 • 11:00am • Kingsbury Hall
Music From The Sole is a tap dance and live music company that celebrates tap's Afro-diasporic roots, particularly its connections to Afro-Brazilian dance and music and its lineage to forms like house dance and passinho (Brazilian funk). Led by Brazilian choreographer Leonardo Sandoval and by composer Gregory Richardson, their work embraces tap’s unique nature as a blend of sound and movement, incorporating wide-ranging influences like samba, passinho, Afro-Cuban, jazz, and house.
Runtime: 1 hour
Target grades: 3rd - 12th
Cost: $2.50 per student
Thursday, March 21 • 11:00am • Kingsbury Hall
Ocean Filibuster: a genre-crashing music theater experience set in a future Global Senate by PearlDamour. When “Mr. Majority” proposes a bill to end the ocean as we know it, The Ocean arrives in human form to defend itself. Jenn Kidwell plays both roles, joined by an “ocean choir” singing an urgent question: Can humans realize that we are Ocean, before it’s too late?
Runtime: 1 hour
Target grades: 7th - 12th
Cost: $2.50 per student
Wednesday, March 27 • 11:00am • Kingsbury Hall
Red Baraat Festival of Colors celebrates the Hindu holiday of Holi with a colorful array of South Asian sounds. Traditionally, Holi is marked by public gatherings of families and strangers sharing songs, dance, and the exchange of ‘colors’ – colorful dry powder or colored water playfully thrown amongst the crowds of revelers. It signifies the victory of good over evil, the arrival of spring, and for many, a festive day to meet others, play and laugh, forget and forgive, and repair ruptured relationships.
Runtime: 1 hour
Target grades: 3rd - 12th
Cost: $2.50 per
