Parent Guide – Age Recommendations

Center Theatre Group provides this guide to help you make informed decisions when bringing young people to our theatres. Please know that these are recommendations not rules. You are the expert in deciding what your children should see and know best how to help them enjoy their theatergoing experience.

Center Theatre Group updates this guide when artistic choices substantively change the content. Theatre is a living medium, and the work evolves throughout the development and rehearsal process. The information provided below is the most current available.  Running times are approximate.

Upcoming Productions

All Ages

No shows at this time.

Parental Discretion Advised

Ages 13+ 

No shows at this time.

Ages 16+

The Scottsboro Boys

The Scottsboro Boys, which Michael Kuchwara of the Associated Press called “...a staggeringly inventive piece of musical theatre...,” explores a shocking and pivotal chapter in American history with arresting originality, innovative staging and piercing new songs. The show is based on the infamous “Scottsboro” case in the 1930s, and tells the story of the nine unjustly accused African American men whose lives would eventually spark the Civil Rights Movement.
Mature content, racial themes
Length: Approximately 1 hour 45 minutes with no intermission

A Parallelogram
A darkly comic play, A Parallelogram introduces us to Bee, who believes she has the ability to know what happens in the future. With what appears like a little time-bending she sees how her life, and that of her boyfriend and the world at large, will play out. To the increasing concern of those around her, Bee tries to make sense of this new-found knowledge. Should she try to reinvent destiny? Or is the trajectory of life basically unalterable?
Dark comedy, bleak perspective
Length: TBD

The Steward of Christendom
Sebastian Barry’s poignant story of a man left behind by history, The Steward of Christendom is set in the early 1930s at an Irish county mental home, where 75-year-old Thomas Dunne has been committed by his daughter. Here, his mind wanders in and out of lucidity as he remembers his childhood, his wife and children, and his career as the head of Dublin’s Metropolitan Police, where he rose through the ranks to the highest position a Catholic could hope to achieve.
Mental health issues, issues of aging, religious persecution
Length: TBD

Not Recommended Under 18

No shows at this time.

Photo Credit

Flower Drum Song workshop. Photo by Alan Weissman Photography