STEP works with community youth groups in Pasadena, and the greater Los Angeles area, offering free preview tickets and discounted regular performance ticket prices. Student Groups High school teachers, college and junior college professors have used STEP Tickets to incorporate a season of Pasadena Playhouse plays into their drama or literature courses. STEP offers these groups discounted regular ticket prices when they attend an evening performance as a class. Student groups that have taken advantage of this opportunity include Pasadena High School Drama Club, Citrus College, and Pasadena City College. The professional participants are chosen according to their availability and the groups' interests.
Dialogues incorporate artistic, production, and administrative insights.
These events are particularly appropriate for youth with prior knowledge of theatre, a specific play, or other production elements. Tours also expose the backstage world of a working theatre, a perfect introduction to the theatre for elementary and junior high school students. Participants get a behind the scenes view of the stage, house, greenroom, shop, dressing rooms, costume shop, and light booth.