The 2024-25 Kate Goldman Family Series at The Playhouse includes shows adapted from classic and contemporary children’s literature. The season will delight audiences of all ages with Last Stop on Market Street, a collaboration with Pyramid Theatre Company and City Voices; Diary of a Wimpy Kid; Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Musical; and Alice in Wonderland.
The Playhouse offers a Family 4-Pack season ticket. Don’t know your schedule until the last minute? Have a young child who is only interested in a couple of shows and an older child interested in a different show? The Kate Goldman Family Series Family 4-Pack is for you! Season tickets are four “flexible” passes to use one at a time, all at once, or in any combination! Passes are not show tickets and must be exchanged through The Playhouse ticket office for reserved seating tickets to specific performance dates and times.
Family 4-Pack season tickets can be used for Last Stop on Market Street, Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Tale, and Alice in Wonderland. They cannot be used for Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, but season ticket holders receive a discount on tickets to that show.
Questions? Contact The Playhouse ticket office at 515-277-6261. Ticket office hours are Noon-5 PM, Tuesdays-Fridays.
Last Stop on Market Street 
Collaboration with Pyramid Theatre Company & City Voices
Nov. 8 – 24, 2024
His Nana found beauty where he never thought to look.
Guided by his veritable force-of-nature Nana, CJ travels a little closer to his roots and sees that things are not always what they seem. Based on the Newbery Medal-winning book and with a spectacular, spirited score by Motown legend Lamont Dozier and his son Paris Ray Dozier, you’ll find yourself dancing in your seat as you enjoy this vibrant story about connecting to your community.
Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Jan. 17 – Feb. 2, 2025
“Being popular is one thing, but being yourself is even better.”
Middle school, ugh. It’s the worst. But Greg is determined not to be at the bottom of the popularity chart. Jeff Kinney’s much-loved character takes center stage as Greg’s cartoon diary becomes a hilarious and heartfelt musical. Will Greg’s plans to become popular lead him to sacrifice his one true friend? Can anyone avoid the dreaded Cheese Touch? Grab a hall pass and don’t be late for an adventure familiar to anyone who actually survived middle school.
Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Musical 
Mar. 28 – Apr. 13, 2025
How far would you go to save a stuffed animal?
Based on the popular book by Mo Willems, Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Musical is a silly story about young Trixie, who loses her Knuffle Bunny on a family trip to the laundromat. Will she find him, or will Knuffle Bunny be lost for good?
Alice in Wonderland
May 2 – 18, 2025
“Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?”
There’s only one way out of Wonderland. Alice, a curious girl who plunges down a rabbit hole, travels through an unpredictable world where animals dress up and talk, food can make one a giant, and a corrupt Queen tries to get rid of anyone who crosses her. Based on the books by Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland is about how it feels to be young in the strange and ridiculous world of adults.
