Ticketing Information for Families and Friends of State Finalists
Tickets for State Finals may be purchased at www.ticketstage.com or at the Box Office at the Back Bay Events Center, (the State Finals Festival site), on the days of Festival. Online ticketing will open on Thursday, March 21st at 6:00 AM. Patrons may reserve tickets online for an individual show, a specific session, or for a 3-day ticket. Online, tickets must be paid for by credit card. At the Box Office, tickets may be paid for with cash, check or credit card. However, anyone purchasing a ticket with a credit card will be charged a handling fee per ticket.
Ticket costs are as follows: Regular Seating Premium Seating (up front)
$10/show $20/show
$20/3-show session $40/3-show session $30/4-show session $60/4-show session
$70 – 3-day ticket (for all 4 sessions) $140 – 3-day ticket (for all 4 sessions)
Sometimes a show or session may appear to be sold out online, especially in the premium seating sections. However, as we see that happening we try to open up more tickets where possible, so please check back again later in the day. If a ticket you want still does not appear to be available, please email Becky Petrin at [email protected] to check for additional availability.
Tickets for all shows can be picked up at the Will Call Box Office window at any time once State Festival has opened.
How to order online tickets: 1. Go to www.ticketstage.com 2. Click on Current Shows 3. Scroll down to METG State Finals and click. Each session and show is listed individually. 4. Click on the show/session that you would like to order 5. Choose your seats and pay with credit card.
Thursday, March 28 — SESSION I 5:00 p.m.: Framingham High School, Animal Farm 6:00 p.m.: Eagle Hill School, A Picture’s Worth 7:00 p.m.: Peabody Veterans’ Memorial High School, The Red Speedo 8:00 p.m.: St. John’s Preparatory School, Borealis
Friday, March 29 — SESSION II 1:00 p.m.: Duxbury High School, Macbeth 2:00 p.m.: Westford Academy, The Wolves 3:00 p.m.: Rockport High School, Leave the Lights On
Friday, March 29 — SESSION III 6:00 p.m.: Cambridge Rindge and Latin School, The 39 Steps: A Radio Play 7:00 p.m.: Acton-Boxborough Regional High School, The Book of Everything 8:00 p.m.: Wayland High School, Pronoun
Saturday, March 30 — SESSION IV 12:30 p.m.: Saugus High School, Noises Off 1:30 p.m.: Lynnfield High School, Shipwrecked 3:00 p.m.: Sharon High School, Struwwelpeter 4:00 p.m.: Brockton High School, Magic Theatre
Tickets for Awards Ceremony Each school is assigned tickets to the Awards Ceremony. These are available through the director of each participating school for $10. Parents looking to buy additional tickets to the Awards Ceremony may purchase them at the Box Office on Saturday, March 30th, if available, beginning at noon. If Award tickets are sold out at that time, we encourage parents who are looking to purchase additional Award Ceremony tickets to check back regularly during the day.
Parking If you park at the parking garage on Clarendon Street (next to the Y), we will be able to validate your parking ticket at the plinth in the lobby of the theater, for a reduced parking rate. This is the ONLY garage that we are able to validate. We can not validate for the Back Bay Garage.
Ticketing questions? E-mail Becky Petrin at [email protected]