Field Trips

Seussical (Field Trip)
Feb 24, 2025 - Feb 25, 2025

Seussical (Field Trip)

Dr. Seuss’s best-loved stories collide and cavort in a whimsical musical caper adapted from the Broadway favorite.   Grades Pre-K – 3  Curriculum: Literature, music, theatre, imagination, reading 

Jazz Reach presents Stolen Moments: The First 100 Years of Jazz (Field Trip)
Mar 3, 2025 @ 10:00 am & 12:15 pm

Jazz Reach presents Stolen Moments: The First 100 Years of Jazz (Field Trip)

Stolen Moments is a thoroughly captivating and informative program that introduces audiences to jazz music’s rich history and to the names, faces and music of some of its many masters, as well as the ways in which jazz has acted as a unifying force, bridging cultural, ethnic and economic differences both in the U.S. and abroad.  Grades: 6-12 Curriculum: Music, History, Arts & Culture

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A Year with Frog and Toad (Field Trip)
Mar 10, 2025 - Mar 11, 2025

A Year with Frog and Toad (Field Trip)

A hit on Broadway, A Year With Frog And Toad was nominated for 3 TONY Awards – including Best Musical. Based on Arnold Lobel’s beloved children’s books and featuring a jazzy, upbeat score by Robert and Willie Reale that bubbles with melody and wit, this whimsical musical follows two great friends — the cheerful, popular Frog and the curmudgeonly Toad — through four, fun-filled seasons as they celebrate and rejoice in their differences that make...

Ellis Island: Gateway to a Dream (Field Trip)
Mar 18, 2025 - Mar 19, 2025

Ellis Island: Gateway to a Dream (Field Trip)

Twelve million people passed through Ellis Island on their way to a new life in America from 1892-1954. This show captures the essence of the immigrant experience and their journey to a new world.   Grades 1-5  Curriculum: History 

DOT DOT DOT: A New Musical  (Field Trip)
Mar 26, 2025 @ 10:00 am & 12:15 pm

DOT DOT DOT: A New Musical  (Field Trip)

Based on the Creatrilogy trio of award-winning picture books by New York Times bestselling author Peter H. Reynolds- The Dot, Ish and Sky Color,  DOT DOT DOT: A New Musical celebrates the power of originality, self-expression, and opening our eyes to look beyond the expected.  Grades 1-4  Curriculum: Communication, Language Arts, Music, relationships and family 

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Black Violin (Field Trip)
Tue Apr 8, 2025 @ 11:00 am

Black Violin (Field Trip)

Step into Black Violin’s Full Circle Tour, where GRAMMY-nominated duo Wil Baptiste and Kev Marcus redefine the possibilities of music by merging classical depth with hip-hop’s pulse. Grades: 4-12 Curriculum: Music, diversity, empowerment, inclusion, unity, challenging stereotypes

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Pete the Cat (Field Trip)
May 5, 2025 @ 10:00 am & 12:15 pm

Pete the Cat (Field Trip)

For Pete the Cat, life is an adventure no matter where you wind up. So the minute the groovy blue cat meets The Biddles, he gets the whole family rocking. That is, except for young Jimmy Biddle, the most organized second grader on planet Earth.  Grades PreK – 3  Curriculum: Communication, Language Arts, Music, Relationships and family 

Mattias Klum: The Planet in Our Hands (Field Trip)
Wed May 7, 2025 @ 10:30 am

Mattias Klum: The Planet in Our Hands (Field Trip)

Curriculum: Environment, Science, Ecology Through dramatic images and heart-stopping tales of facing down an Asiatic lion, embedding with a tribe of meerkats, stalking deadly vipers, and nearly getting burned alive atop a hot air balloon over a dense Amazon jungle, Mattias Klum tells the story of a planet Earth as the truly complex system it is. A masterful storyteller, he weaves humor, beauty and wonder into each talk, earning him a cult following and reminding us that...

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Cat Kid Comic Club: The Musical (Field Trip)
May 13, 2025 - May 14, 2025

Cat Kid Comic Club: The Musical (Field Trip)

This madcap musical based on Dav Pilkey’s (Captain Underpants, Dogman) irreverently hilarious book series finds Cat Kid and Molly Pollywog starting an epic club to teach 21 rambunctious baby frogs how to make their own comics, flipping out their fishy father Flippy in the process!   Grades 1 – 5  Curriculum: Reading, Language arts

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Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! The Musical! (Field Trip)
Jun 3, 2025 - Jun 4, 2025

Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! The Musical! (Field Trip)

It’s not easy being the Pigeon–you never get to do ANYTHING! But when the Bus Driver has a crisis that threatens to make her passengers (gasp!) late, maybe that wily bird CAN do something. With a script written by Mo Willems, the creator of the award-winning “Pigeon” books, and featuring an innovative mix of songs (and feathers), Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! The Musical! is sure to get everyone’s wings...

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