November is high school theater season around Indianapolis. From Nov. 5 to 23, 2026, students around the metro are staging Frozen, The Little Mermaid, Descendants, SpongeBob and The Sound of Music, with tickets from $5 to $20 and two shows that are free or pay what you can. The first list below is the shows best suited to younger kids; the second is plays and musicals for tweens and teens. The groupings are our suggestions, not age ratings, and each entry notes any recommendation from the school or from the company that licenses the show. Every show is open to the public. All had tickets on sale as of Oct. 26, 2026, except Roncalli’s Mamma Mia!, which goes on sale Nov. 6, and Franklin Central’s Alicia, which has no online ticket link.
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Kid-Friendly High School Plays and Musicals, November 2026
Disney’s Frozen, Mt. Vernon High School, Fortville
- When: Nov. 5-6, 2026, at 7 p.m.; Nov. 7 at 2 and 7 p.m.; Nov. 8 at 2 p.m.
- Where: Mt. Vernon High School, 8112 N. 200 W., Fortville
- Tickets: $17 for adults; $12 for children, students and seniors 55 and up, plus a fee, through Mt. Vernon’s box office
Anna, Elsa, Kristoff, Sven and Olaf take the stage in Mt. Vernon’s Frozen, the full Broadway version rather than the shorter JR. edition. Music Theatre International (MTI), which licenses the show, rates it PG. There are five performances, with matinees Saturday and Sunday. Seats are reserved, online sales end at noon on Nov. 8 and the box office opens an hour before each show.
Peter and the Starcatcher, Bishop Chatard High School
- When: Nov. 5-7, 2026, at 7 p.m.; doors open at 6:30
- Where: Main Gym, Bishop Chatard High School, 5885 Crittenden Ave., Indianapolis
- Tickets: Pay what you can, $10 suggested, through the Bishop Chatard box office
Bishop Chatard bills Peter and the Starcatcher as a show for all ages. The Peter Pan origin story follows an orphan boy, a Starcatcher in training named Molly and Black Stache’s pirates as they fight over a trunk of magic starstuff. The gym gets auditorium-style seating: reserved floor seats are sold online until two hours before each show, and bleacher seats are always available at the door, even when the reserved seats sell out. All sales are final. A video recording of the Saturday show can be ordered for $20 through Nov. 15.
Disney’s The Little Mermaid and Ariel’s Grotto, Brownsburg High School
- When: Nov. 6-7, 2026, at 7 p.m.; Ariel’s Grotto Saturday, Nov. 7, 1-3 p.m.
- Where: Brownsburg High School, 1000 S. Odell St., Brownsburg
- Tickets: $15 for the show; $10 per adult-and-child pair for the Grotto, both through Brownsburg’s ticket page
Seating for Brownsburg’s Little Mermaid is general admission, so arrive early for a good spot. For the youngest fans, Saturday afternoon’s separate Ariel’s Grotto Experience is an onstage visit and photos with Ariel, plus Little Mermaid games and crafts. Each $10 ticket covers one adult and one child under 18 and holds a 15-minute photo slot, with slots starting every 15 minutes from 1:15 to 2:30 p.m. Families can stay for the games and crafts through the full two hours. Orders are limited to 10 tickets.
Big Fish, Center Grove High School
- When: Nov. 6-7, 2026, at 7 p.m.; Nov. 8 at 2 p.m.
- Where: Center Grove Performing Arts Center, 2717 S. Morgantown Road, Greenwood
- Tickets: $15, plus a fee; Center Grove district students pay $10 in middle and high school and $5 in elementary school (two per order), through the Center Grove theater department
Center Grove’s Big Fish follows traveling salesman Edward Bloom, whose tall tales fill the stage, and his son Will, who sets out to learn what’s true. Adapted from Daniel Wallace’s novel and the Tim Burton film, the story is told while Edward is dying and ends with his funeral, which is worth knowing before taking a sensitive kid. Seats are reserved in the roughly 1,200-seat Performing Arts Center.
Alicia, Franklin Central High School
- When: Friday, Nov. 6, 2026, at 7 p.m.
- Where: Franklin Central High School Auditorium, 6215 S. Franklin Road, Indianapolis
- Tickets: $5 for adults; students free
Elaine Romero’s Alicia is a bilingual take on Alice in Wonderland. Franklin Central Theatre performs it as a one-night community preview before its top students take the one-act to the Indiana Thespians regional competition. The school hasn’t posted an online ticket link.
You Can’t Take It With You, Park Tudor School
- When: Nov. 6-7, 2026, at 7 p.m.; Nov. 8 at 2 p.m.
- Where: Frederic M. Ayres Jr. Auditorium, Park Tudor School, 7200 N. College Ave., Indianapolis
- Tickets: $20 for adults, $15 for students, plus a fee, through Park Tudor’s box office
Park Tudor rates You Can’t Take It With You PG and recommends it for ages 8 and up. In the Pulitzer Prize-winning comedy, the Sycamore family writes plays, practices ballet and makes fireworks in the basement, until daughter Alice brings her fiance’s buttoned-up parents to dinner on the wrong night. Seats are reserved, Saturday is Senior Night, all sales are final and no exchanges are made on the day of a show. For wheelchair seating, email [email protected] or call the box office at 317-415-2705 on weekdays between 8 a.m. and 3 p.m.
Disney’s Descendants The Musical, Pike High School
- When: Nov. 13, 2026, at 7 p.m.; Nov. 14 at 2 and 7 p.m.
- Where: Pike Performing Arts Center, 6701 Zionsville Road, Indianapolis
- Tickets: $15 for adults, $10 for students and youth, plus a fee, through Pike’s box office
In Pike’s Descendants, the teenage children of Disney villains leave the Isle of the Lost for a prep school full of the heroes’ kids and have to decide whether to be wicked or good. Fans of the Disney Channel movies will know the characters. MTI rates the musical PG and puts its only edition at about 95 to 105 minutes, with an optional intermission. Seating is general admission, with up to 20 tickets per order, and the balcony has no restrooms, so families with young kids should sit on the main floor.
We The People, Lawrence North High School
- When: Nov. 20-21, 2026, at 7 p.m.
- Where: Lawrence North High School Auditorium, 7802 Hague Road, Indianapolis
- Tickets: $5 general admission, plus a fee, through Lawrence North’s box office
Lawrence North’s fall play is Pat Cook’s We the People, a non-musical built from short comic and serious scenes that move phrase by phrase through the Preamble to the Constitution, from neighbors arguing over crab grass to an immigrant’s arrival in America. Cook wrote it after Sept. 11, and he and his publisher give half their royalties to the American Red Cross. At $5 a ticket, it belongs on our list of cheap things to do in Indianapolis with kids.
The Sound of Music, Perry Meridian High School
- When: Friday, Nov. 20, 2026, at 6:30 p.m.; Saturday, Nov. 21, at 2:30 p.m.; Monday, Nov. 23, at 6:30 p.m.
- Where: Perry Meridian High School, 401 W. Meridian School Road, Indianapolis
- Tickets: General admission $10 for adults, $8 for children and students; reserved center seats $10-$12; plus a fee online, through Perry Meridian Musicals
Perry Meridian’s Sound of Music runs about two and a half hours, including a 15-minute intermission. The Saturday matinee is the one daytime show, and the final performance is a Monday, not a Sunday. General admission covers the side sections and reserved seats the center. Online sales close 45 minutes before each show, and the box office sells tickets on performance dates for cash or card.
SpongeBob The Musical, Southport High School
- When: Nov. 20-21, 2026, at 7 p.m.; Nov. 22 at 2:30 p.m.
- Where: Southport High School, 971 E. Banta Road, Indianapolis
- Tickets: $10 general admission, plus 50 cents online, through Southport Performing Arts’ ticket site
SpongeBob The Musical brings Bikini Bottom to Southport’s stage, with SpongeBob, Patrick, Sandy and Squidward. Every ticket is the same $10, and the Sunday matinee is the one daytime show.
More Upcoming High School Plays for Tweens and Teens
These shows are open to the public too. Each one either carries an age recommendation from the school or its licensor, takes on heavier subjects, or runs long, and the entries say which.
Catch Me If You Can, Fishers High School
- When: Nov. 5-7, 2026, at 7 p.m.; doors open at 6:30
- Where: Large Auditorium, Fishers High School, 13000 Promise Road, Fishers
- Tickets: $20 for adults, $15 for students, through Fishers’ ticket page
Based on the film and the true story, Catch Me If You Can follows teenage con artist Frank Abagnale Jr. as he poses as a pilot, a doctor and a lawyer while an FBI agent chases him. Fishers’ ticket page lists the show for all ages, and MTI rates it PG. Online sales stay open until the night of each show. Saturday’s performance also marks the theater department’s 20th anniversary, with a separately ticketed $20 celebration from 4 to 6 p.m. in Cafe A beforehand: food, entertainment and a silent auction, with an alumni wall to sign in the Black Box Theater.
Emma! A Pop Musical, Whiteland Community High School
- When: Saturday, Nov. 7, 2026, at 7 p.m.; Sunday, Nov. 8, at 2 p.m.
- Where: Clark Pleasant Middle School, 1354 E. Worthsville Road, Greenwood
- Tickets: $15 general admission; $5 for students, through Whiteland’s ticket page
Emma! moves Jane Austen’s matchmaker to a modern prep school with a score of pop hits. It runs 105 minutes, and Whiteland is performing it at Clark Pleasant Middle School rather than at the high school. The venue is wheelchair accessible, and all sales are final.
A Chorus Line: Teen Edition, Zionsville Community High School
- When: Nov. 12-14, 2026, at 7 p.m.; Nov. 15 at 2 p.m.
- Where: STAR Bank Performing Arts Center, 1000 Mulberry St., Zionsville
- Tickets: $15-$22 by section, plus a fee; $12-$19 for Zionsville district and college students with ID, through Zionsville’s box office
Dancers at a Broadway audition tell the director their stories in Zionsville’s A Chorus Line. Concord Theatricals, which licenses the Teen Edition, calls it a full-length version adapted for teen actors and family audiences, with the smoking, suicide and sexual references of the original removed, and lists it at 105 minutes. Seats are reserved and priced by section, and all sales are final. For accessible seating, email [email protected].
The Importance of Being Earnest, Greenwood Community High School
- When: Nov. 13, 2026, at 7 p.m.; Nov. 14 at 2 and 7 p.m.; Nov. 15 at 2 p.m.
- Where: Wortman Family Civic Theatre, 1416 Miller Ave., Shelbyville
- Tickets: $13, plus a $1.39 fee, through Greenwood’s box office
This Greenwood production is in Shelbyville: storm damage to the high school’s auditorium moved The Importance of Being Earnest to the Shelby County Players’ theater, a house of about 175 seats. Two casts split Oscar Wilde’s comedy, with the Towne cast on Friday and Saturday afternoon and the Country cast on Saturday night and Sunday. The play runs two hours with an intermission. Online sales run through Nov. 15 at 3 p.m., and the theater has wheelchair seating.
Guys & Dolls, Westfield High School
- When: Nov. 19-20, 2026, at 7 p.m.; Nov. 21 at 2 and 7 p.m.
- Where: Westfield High School, 18250 N. Union St., Westfield
- Tickets: $18; $15 for students with ID and seniors 65 and up; $20 at the door; online through Westfield Theatre
Westfield recommends Guys & Dolls for ages 12 and up. The musical comedy follows gamblers, a nightclub singer and a mission worker through Damon Runyon’s New York, runs two and a half hours and has reserved seating, up to eight seats per order. Doors open at 6 p.m. for the evening shows, and bouquets for cast members can be pre-ordered with tickets for pickup at the show. Younger siblings get their own event: The Lucky Shamrock, a family afternoon with the cast on Saturday, Nov. 14, 2026, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the high school, with a meet-and-greet, sneak-peek numbers, games, crafts, photo ops and food. Tickets for that are $15 each.
Little Shop of Horrors, Noblesville High School
- When: Nov. 19-21, 2026, at 7 p.m.
- Where: Noblesville High School Auditorium, 18111 Cumberland Road, Noblesville
- Tickets: $10 standard and $13 premium through Oct. 31; $12 and $15 from Nov. 1; plus 50 cents online, through the Noblesville choirs’ show page
A shy florist finds fame through Audrey II, a plant that feeds on human blood and then on humans, in Noblesville’s Little Shop of Horrors. MTI rates the musical PG-13. All seats are reserved, doors open about 20 minutes before showtime, online sales end two hours before and tickets are sold at the door up to the start.
Mamma Mia!, Roncalli High School
- When: Thursday, Nov. 19, 2026, at 7 p.m.; Friday, Nov. 20, at 6 p.m.; Saturday, Nov. 21, at 2 and 7 p.m.
- Where: Roncalli Fine Arts Center, 3300 Prague Road, Indianapolis
- Tickets: $10 for adults, $5 for children and students; on sale Friday, Nov. 6, at 8 a.m., through Roncalli’s box office
In Mamma Mia!, a bride-to-be invites three men from her mother’s past to her Greek island wedding to find out which one is her father, all set to ABBA songs. MTI rates it PG-13. Friday’s show starts an hour earlier than the others. Roncalli’s theater program stages seven shows a year with more than 300 students.
It’s a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play, Covenant Christian High School
- When: Nov. 19-20, 2026, at 7 p.m.; Nov. 21 at 2 and 7 p.m.
- Where: Covenant Christian High School, 7525 W. 21st St., Indianapolis
- Tickets: $15, plus a $1.46 fee, through Covenant’s box office
Covenant stages It’s a Wonderful Life as a 1940s radio broadcast, with a small ensemble voicing dozens of characters. As the school’s own description notes, George Bailey considers ending his life on Christmas Eve before the angel Clarence shows him what his life has meant, a thread to talk through with younger kids. The show runs two hours, including a 15-minute intermission, in a room where the side sections are stepped up so every row can see; wheelchair seating is available. Online sales close at noon on Saturday, Nov. 21, two hours before the matinee, so buy Saturday seats ahead.
Pride and Prejudice, Cathedral High School
- When: Nov. 20-21, 2026, at 7 p.m.; Nov. 22 at 2 p.m.
- Where: Joe O’Malia Performing Arts Center, Cathedral High School, 5225 E. 56th St., Indianapolis
- Tickets: $10; children under 12 free, through Cathedral’s ticket page
Cathedral stages Kate Hamill’s comic version of Pride and Prejudice, a fast, physical take with actors playing several roles, as stubborn Lizzy Bennet keeps running into Mr. Darcy. Cathedral’s theater program puts on four shows a year with more than 150 students, and all sales are final.
Tickets, Fees and Sales Rules
Most of these schools sell through an online box office such as BookTix, Ludus or OnTheStage, which adds about 50 cents to $1.75 per ticket. Several sell at the door too, sometimes for more; Westfield’s door price is $20. Many of the schools mark sales as final.
All of these shows are on our Indianapolis family calendar, and our list of things to do this weekend in Indianapolis picks up the ones playing each weekend. When December comes, our guide to where to see The Nutcracker in Indianapolis has the next round of family shows.
