Beyond the Classroom: Field Trips for Students

Tickets for the 2024/25 Student Series will be available the first week of April. Sign up for the Beyond the Classroom mailing list to know when tickets go on sale.

Go Beyond the Classroom to connect school curriculum and engage students in learning through the arts!

Beyond the Classroom’s daytime performances for students pre-K through high school feature productions by outstanding national and local performing arts companies that bring literature and music to life. Aligned with many Wisconsin DPI standards, these live performances will enrich and enhance your students educational experience.

MAKE YOUR GROUP RESERVATION TODAY!
To reserve your tickets, please contact the Box Office.

Individual tickets and tickets for homeschool groups also available.
TICKET PRICES: $10/ticket for 10am, $8/ticket for Noon, Groups of less than 10 are $15/ticket. One free chaperone ticket for every 10 paid students.

Please review our policies and procedures before placing your order. Please note that all performances, dates, times, and artists are subject to change. 

For questions or more information contact our Education Manager at 262-373-5023.

Charlotte’s Web – May 3, 2024 • 10am & Noon

TheaterWorksUSA – Running Time: 60 minutes

Charlotte’s Web is based on E.B. White’s loving story of the friendship between a pig named Wilbur and a little gray spider named Charlotte. Wilbur has a problem: how to avoid winding up as pork chops! Charlotte, a fine writer and true friend, hits on a plan to fool Farmer Zuckerman. She will create a “miracle.” Spinning the words “Some Pig” in her web, Charlotte weaves a solution which not only makes Wilbur a prize pig but also ensures his place on the farm forever.

Recommended for grades Kindergarten – 5
Curriculum Connections • Communication and Language Arts, Literature Based, Music, Relationships and Family

Promo image of Charlotte's Web - Female actor with red hair and a hat stands behind male actor kneeling onstage - background reads "Famous Pig" and "Terrific"
Promotional image from Frindle - a young man in a tshirt with collar underneath is scolded by an older woman holding a red pen in front of his face

Frindle – October 5, 2023 • 10am & Noon

Griffin Theatre Company – Running Time: 60 minutes

Nicholas Allen has plenty of ideas. When he ends up in Mrs. Granger’s language arts class, he has his best idea ever. He decides to create his own word…FRINDLE! Before long Nick’s word creates a buzz in his school, his town and then to his surprise it spreads all around the country, and a power struggle erupts with the strict Mrs. Granger. Will the word “Frindle” win? Based on the multiple award-winning best-selling novel by Andrew Clements this quirky, imaginative tale about creative thought and the power of words will have your young audience inventing their own words.

Recommended for grades 3 – 7
Curriculum Connections: Language Arts, Literature, Vocabulary, Spelling, Creative Writing

Promo image of The Carp Who Would Not Quit - 2 women with dark brown hair and a man with dark brown hair all dressed in blue jumpsuits hold fish puppets and smile at the camera

The Carp Who Would Not Quit & Other Animal Stories –
November 7, 2023 • 10am & Noon

Honolulu Theatre for Youth – Running Time: 55 minutes

These retellings of traditional fables and folktales from Japan and Okinawa teach important lessons of persistence, respect and kindness. Japanese and Okinawan music, language and culture are the heart of this performance featuring clever animals, puppetry, live songs, Koto and Taiko instruments, and a whole lot of fun for young audience members and their families. The five stories featured in the performance are part of the tradition of Mukashibanashi, or the “tales of long ago,” and include The Carp Who Would Not Quit, The Mice and the Rolling Musubi, the legend of the Rabbits making Mochi in the Moon, and more!

Recommended for grades PreK – 2
Curriculum Connections • Fine Arts, Language Arts, History/Social Studies, Social/Emotional Learning Development

The Rainbow Fish – January 18, 2024 • 10am & Noon

Mermaid Theatre of Nova Scotia – Running Time: 60 minutes

The first of three tales introduces the most beautiful fish in the sea, whose scales shimmer in all the colours of the rainbow. He is admired—and resented—by the entire underwater world, until a clever octopus advises him to give each fish one of his scales. Further adventures follow as The Rainbow Fish finds the courage to explore the great unknown deep sea, discovering a new world with wonderful sights and friendly creatures of all shapes, sizes and colours who are eager to make his acquaintance. The underworld wonderland is the setting for an introduction to the concept of opposites. As a fitting finale, the story ends with the most satisfying opposite of all—give and take—as Rainbow Fish shares one of his shining scales with a friend.

Recommended for grades PreK – 3
Curriculum Connections • Puppetry, Visual Art, Literature, Opposites, Ocean Life, Friendship, Responsible Decision Making, Relationship Skills

Promo image of Rosa Parks and Friends - African American female wearing 50s cat eye glasses and a high necked sweater with fur collar

Rosa Parks and Friends – February 9, 2024 • 10am & Noon

Bright Star Touring Theatre – Running Time: 50 minutes

Take a journey through time with Rosa Parks and where some of the most remarkable figures from history come to life. Meet abolitionists like Frederick Douglass, William Lloyd Garrison, Sojourner Truth, and Civil Rights leaders like Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and, of course, Rosa Parks! An important story for any audience, this show gives a remarkable view of the challenges met by these amazing Black Americans. This historical journey will delight and inspire audiences with the triumphant power of the human spirit shown by these true heroes of history.

Recommended for Grades Kindergarten – 5
Curriculum Connections • Fine Arts, History/Social Studies