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2024/25
The OnStage student field trip series is designed for students from public, private and home schools. The shows offer a diverse range of performing art forms, connect to content across the curriculum and present various cultural perspectives. To deepen the student experience, we provide Educator Resource Guides filled with curriculum-focused lesson ideas for each show. • Tickets for OnStage performances go on sale May 8, 2024. • Seats are $9 each for school groups, $10.50 each for homeschool groups. One complimentary seat is given for every 15 seats reserved, and subsidies are available for qualified groups.
• All performances are 60 minutes; sometimes this includes a short talk back with the artists. • Includes a standards-based resource guide stocked with lesson ideas and curricular connections; sent one month prior to each performance.
BILL BLAGG: THE SCIENCE OF MAGIC WED, OCT 16, 2024 10 AM & 12:30 PM CAPITOL THEATER
GRADES 1-5
Curriculum Connections: Science, Social Emotional Development For centuries, magicians have used scientific principles to make people levitate in mid-air and vanish in the blink of an eye. Illusionist Bill Blagg’s one-of-a-kind educational experience takes students on a rare, neverbefore-seen journey behind the scenes of the magic world. The “Science of Magic” is designed to excite, educate, intrigue and promote students to think outside the box and spawn their curiosity about how science and the scientific method are used by magicians to create the impossible!
PETER RABBIT & FRIENDS TUE, OCT 22, 2024 10 AM & 12:30 PM CAPITOL THEATER
GRADES PRE K-3
Curriculum Connections: Fine Arts, Language Arts, Science, Social Emotional Development You are cordially invited to meet Peter Rabbit and friends! Four favorite Beatrix Potter stories, “The Tale of Peter Rabbit,” “The Tailor of Gloucestor,” “The Tale of Jeremy Fisher” and “The Tale of Tom Kitten,” come to life in this mesmerizing puppet show, complete with Potter’s original text and live, original music. Presented by Chicago Children’s Theatre.
Rise of T. rex
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC LIVE:
LIFE ON THIN ICE WED, OCT 30, 2024 11 AM CAPITOL THEATER
GRADES 4-12
Curriculum Connections: Science, Social Studies Journey into the heart of the Arctic with National Geographic Live! Explore the icy landscapes teeming with life, where sea ice is as essential as desert sand. Join Kiliii Yüyan, our first speaker of indigenous descent, as he reveals the deep bond between Native peoples and the majestic creatures of the North through beautiful images and awe-inspiring moments.
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC LIVE:
RISE OF T. REX WED, JAN 15, 2025 11 AM CAPITOL THEATER
GRADES 4-12
Curriculum Connections: Science, Social Studies Embark on a riveting journey through time with paleontologist Dr. Lindsay Zanno as she unveils the secrets behind T. rex's rise to dominance amidst a climate crisis 66 million years ago. Join her expedition through the badlands to uncover how this iconic apex predator adapted to a changing world.
UW VARSITY BAND THU, FEB 13, 2025 & FRI, FEB 14, 2025 10 AM OVERTURE HALL GRADES 4-12
Curriculum Connections: Arts, Social Studies
overture.org/onstage
The University of Wisconsin Band, led by Corey Pompey, delivers a spectacular performance of many musical styles—featuring pop hits to Broadway show tunes.