School Matinee | "Hero: The Boy from Troy"
June 12, 2021
Monday, February 2, 2026, 10-11 AM
Street and Davis Performance Hall, Anne and Ellen Fife Theatre
Recommended for students in grades K-5
School-day matinee tickets are available to public and private school students and their teachers, as well as homeschool students with an accompanying adult.
Free; registration required
Registration for this event is full, but you can sign up to be added to the waitlist.
Jayden is stuck in detention with a book about Congressman John Lewis, but he thinks that history has nothing to teach him. In Hero: The Boy from Troy, a new, nationally touring musical, students can embark on a time-traveling journey through the decades and explore how the heroes in the Civil Rights movement inspired young John Lewis to protest injustice and get into "good trouble."
As a boy, John dreams of being a preacher who can help others. While he doesn’t yet have a congregation, he does have a loyal group of singing chickens that listen to him as he finds his voice. On a harrowing road trip through the South, John’s eyes and mind are opened to the injustices of segregation and racism, inspiring him to take action. As John meets Rosa Parks and Dr. King — and ultimately becomes a leader and American hero himself — Jayden learns how he, too, can take a stand.