November is high school theater season around Indianapolis. Between Nov. 5 and 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 a couple of free or pay-what-you-can options. The first list below is the shows best suited to younger kids. The second covers plays and musicals better for tweens and teens. 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. 5-8, 2026: Thursday and Friday at 7 p.m., Saturday at 2 and 7 p.m., Sunday 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
Mt. Vernon is staging the full Broadway version of Frozen, not the shorter JR. edition, with Anna, Elsa, Kristoff, Sven and Olaf. Music Theatre International (MTI), which licenses it, rates it PG. It has five performances, including two weekend matinees. Seats are reserved, 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 at 6:30)
- Where: Main Gym, Bishop Chatard High School, 5885 Crittenden Ave., Indianapolis
- Tickets: Pay what you can; $10 suggested
The Peter Pan origin story, with an orphan boy, a Starcatcher in training named Molly and Black Stache’s pirates fighting over a trunk of magic starstuff. Bishop Chatard bills it as a show for audiences of all ages. The gym is set up with 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 if the reserved seats sell out.
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
Seats for Brownsburg’s Little Mermaid are general admission, so arrive early for a good spot. Saturday afternoon adds Ariel’s Grotto Experience for the youngest fans: kids meet Ariel on stage, take photos with her and play 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 for the full two hours. The Grotto is sold separately from the show.
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 for adults, $10 for middle and high school students, $5 for elementary students, plus a fee
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. The story, from Daniel Wallace’s novel and the Tim Burton film, is told while Edward is dying and ends with his funeral, which is worth knowing before taking a sensitive kid.
Alicia, Franklin Central High School
- When: Friday, Nov. 6, 2026, at 7 p.m.
- Where: Franklin Central High School Auditorium, Indianapolis
- Tickets: $5 for adults; students free
Elaine Romero’s Alicia is a bilingual take on Alice in Wonderland, and Franklin Central Theatre is performing it as a community preview of the one-act its top students will take to the Indiana Thespians regional competition. It’s a one-night show, and 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
Park Tudor rates its fall play PG and recommends it for ages 8 and up. The Pulitzer Prize-winning comedy is set in the Sycamore house, where the family writes plays, makes fireworks in the basement and practices ballet, until daughter Alice brings her fiance’s stuffy parents to dinner on the wrong night. Seats are reserved, Saturday is Senior Night and all sales are final. For wheelchair seating, email [email protected] or call the box office at 317-415-2705, weekdays 8 a.m. to 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
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. Pike’s Descendants is the pick for kids who know the Disney Channel movies. MTI rates the musical PG and puts its only edition at about 95 to 105 minutes, with an optional intermission. Seating is general admission. 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
Lawrence North’s fall play is Pat Cook’s We the People, a non-musical made of 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. At $5 a ticket on Lawrence North’s box office site, 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
Perry Meridian’s Sound of Music runs about two and a half hours with one 15-minute intermission, so the Saturday matinee is the easy choice with young kids. The third show is a Monday, not a Sunday. General admission covers the side sections and reserved seats cover 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
Bikini Bottom comes to Southport’s stage, with SpongeBob, Patrick, Sandy and Squidward. Every ticket is the same $10 on Southport Performing Arts’ ticket site, and the Sunday matinee is the one daytime show.
More Upcoming High School Plays for Tweens and Teens
These shows are also open to the public, with heavier themes, longer run times or humor that lands better with older kids. Where the school or the show’s licensor gives an age rating, it’s noted.
Catch Me If You Can, Fishers High School
- When: Nov. 5-7, 2026, at 7 p.m. (doors at 6:30)
- Where: Large Auditorium, Fishers High School, 13000 Promise Road, Fishers
- Tickets: $20 for adults, $15 for students
The musical is based on the true story of teenage con artist Frank Abagnale Jr., who 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 on Fishers’ ticket page stay open until the night of each show. Saturday’s show also marks the theater department’s 20th anniversary, with a separately ticketed $20 celebration from 4 to 6 p.m. in Cafe A beforehand.
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 with a student ID
Jane Austen’s matchmaker moves to a modern prep school, with a score of pop hits. The show runs 105 minutes, and Whiteland is performing it at Clark Pleasant Middle School rather than at the high school.
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 for adults, $12-$19 for students, plus a fee
Dancers at a Broadway audition tell the director their stories in Zionsville’s A Chorus Line. Seats are reserved and priced by section, and all sales are final.
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
Storm damage to Greenwood Community High School’s auditorium moved Oscar Wilde’s comedy to the Shelby County Players’ theater in Shelbyville, a house of about 175 seats. Two casts split the run: the Towne cast plays Friday and Saturday afternoon, and the Country cast plays Saturday night and Sunday. The play runs two hours with an intermission. Tickets are on Greenwood’s BookTix page.
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
Westfield recommends its Guys & Dolls for ages 12 and up. The musical comedy about gamblers, a nightclub singer and a mission worker in Damon Runyon’s New York runs two and a half hours. Seats are reserved. Younger kids get their own event: The Lucky Shamrock, a family afternoon with the cast on Saturday, Nov. 14, 2026, 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, $13 premium through Oct. 31; $12 and $15 from Nov. 1; plus 50 cents online
A shy florist’s plant, Audrey II, makes him famous but feeds on human blood, and then on humans. MTI rates the musical PG-13. All seats at Noblesville’s show are reserved, online sales end two hours before showtime 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.
A bride-to-be invites three men from her mother’s past to her Greek island wedding to figure 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. Tickets go on sale at Roncalli’s box office site.
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
The holiday classic is staged 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, so it’s a story to talk through with younger kids. It runs two hours including a 15-minute intermission. Online sales on Covenant’s BookTix page 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
Cathedral is staging Kate Hamill’s comic version of Jane Austen, a fast, physical take with actors playing several roles, as stubborn Lizzy Bennet keeps running into Mr. Darcy. Kids under 12 get in free on Cathedral’s ticket page, and all sales are final.
Tickets, Fees and Sales Rules
Most of these schools sell tickets through an online box office such as BookTix, Ludus or OnTheStage, which adds a fee of 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 sites mark sales as final.
All of these shows are also 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.
