School Field Trips
Experience the wonder of a live theatrical performance with your class! Expand your students’ imaginations as we bring stories and characters to life on stage. School-day performances are available for elementary, middle, and high school groups as well as homeschool groups, clubs, and the general public. These plays are chosen with an eye to the needs of the school curriculum and the needs of young people and families in our community. Below are upcoming field trip matinees and additional information.
BOOKINGS FOR FIELD TRIP PERFORMANCES WILL BEGIN IN MAY, 2025
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Sensory Friendly Performances
For information, or if you have questions, need assistance, or an accommodation not mentioned, contact the Box Office at 407-447-1700 ext. 1 or email accessibility@orlandoshakes.org.
Parents of young people with a sensory need can be reluctant to attend live-theater. We invite families and caregivers of a child with a sensory need or other social, cognitive, and physical challenges to attend our Sensory Friendly select performances. We provide support and resources for audience members with a special need at all of our Productions.
- Orlando Shakes welcomes every child to attend the Children’s Series and recognizes that all children are developing their appropriate theater engagement skills. Some youth may only be able to sit for 10-minutes of the production, while others will sit attentively for the full 55-minute performance. Orlando Shakes remains open and flexible to the length of time each child is able to sit with focus and attention and invites all children to engage within their current level of abilities.
- Social narratives and other resources will be made available to program participants with follow-up instruction and support provided upon request the week the family attends a Children’s Series Production.
Resources
Potential Triggers: Every person has an emotional and physical response to various stimuli. The theater and performances are filled with stimuli. By reviewing this list of Potential Triggers, you may be able to identify stimuli that have potential to negatively trigger your child.
Social Narrative: Each social narrative will help you prepare your child for attending the theater. A social narrative for each production will also be emailed to each attendee 48 hours before their chosen performance.
Special Visit: A special visit and tour of the theatre may be arranged in the week prior to a performance your child is attending. Your child will get to know their seats, and may see/touch various set and costume pieces, or experience sounds and lights that will be part of the production.
Add-On Workshops
Available before or after your students experience the play, enhance their learning with one of our specially designed workshops. (LENGTH: 45 – 60 minutes, FEE: $500 for 4 classes of 35 students each)
- Shakes Alive! – Orlando Shakes’ Teaching Artists engage your students in an interactive plot summary of Macbeth and learn to paraphrase Shakespearean text, distinguishing between the denotative and connotative meanings of words.
- Shakespeare’s Clues – Orlando Shakes’ Teaching Artists introduce your students to Iambic Pentameter and Shakespeare’s use of punctuation and wordplay as directions to the actor.
- Decoding the Sonnet – Teaching Artists will approach the themes, rhyme scheme and structure in Shakespeare’s sonnets. Students will compose their own personal sonnets by the end of the class.
All Middle and High School Workshops align with Florida Standards in Reading, Speaking and Listening, Theater Arts, and Social Studies.
Contact: Anne Hering, Education Director, anneh@orlandoshakes.org (407) 447-1700 ext. 208
Children’s Series Performance
Orlando Shakespeare Theater’s Children’s Shows introduces your students to theater and inspires learning in a fun and engaging way. Study guides are designed for each production to create natural connections between the play, Florida Standards, and your grade level curriculum.
DAYS & TIMES:
Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays at 10:15 a.m. & 12:00 p.m.
Wednesdays at 10:30 a.m.
TICKETS:
$19 per person
(Buy 10 tickets and the 11th ticket is free with a minimum of 50 tickets)
The Very Hungry Caterpillar Show brings to the stage Eric Carle’s timeless classics. Audiences will meet the colorful characters of The Artist Who Painted a Blue Horse; Mister Seahorse; The Very Lonely Firefly; and The Very Hungry Caterpillar. These beloved tales and their messages of community, self-expression, and the power of creativity are brought to life by a captivating cast of storytellers, sweeping original music, and over 75 magical puppets, including the star of the show –The Very Hungry Caterpillar.
Created by Jonathan Rockefeller | Based on the books by Eric Carle
Available Times:
October 15 – November 7, 2025
Margeson Theater
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.
Based on the books by Mo Willems
Written by Mo Willems and Mr. Warburton | Music by Deborah Wicks La Puma
Available Times:
April 15 – May 8, 2026
Margeson Theater
Signature Series Performances
Our Educational Programs are designed to empower Middle and High School students by encouraging active listening, critical thinking, collaborative problem solving, and creative initiative through a 3-step process.
- Use our skill-based Study Guides to supplement your students’ introduction to the play.
- Enjoy a workshop with our Teaching Artists in your classroom, providing your students with hands-on learning.
- Experience the wonder of a live theatrical performance to expand students’ imaginations as the story comes to life on stage.
Middle and High School
6th – 12th Grade
DAYS & TIMES:
Select Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays at 10:30am
Pricing
$24 per person
(Buy 10 tickets and the 11th ticket is free with a minimum of 50 tickets)
In Ybor City, (Tampa) Florida, 1929, cigars are rolled by hand as Cuban factory workers listen to the voices of lectors reading aloud great works of literature. When a handsome new lector begins reading Anna Karenina, he ignites a powder keg of passions. Longing, love, and betrayal spark a volatile flame that signals the end of an era, in this Pulitzer Prize winning play
By Nilo Cruz
In this comic spoof, Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson investigate the mysterious case of the Baskerville family. A spectral monster “hound” is haunting the moors and one by one the male heirs are dropping dead. Who—or what—is responsible?
By Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
The miserly and miserable Ebenezer Scrooge greets each Christmas with a “bah humbug,” until he is visited by the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Yet to Come. Witness the classic, heartwarming Orlando Shakes’ holiday tradition, in a magical and musical spectacle for the whole family.
By Charles Dickens / Adapted by Jim Helsinger
In a violent world, their families enmeshed in a bloody feud, young Romeo and Juliet fall in love. Despite the many obstacles standing in their way, they’re determined to find a happily ever after together. Will their love succeed, despite the odds?
By William Shakespeare
The Duke of York now sits on the throne of England, but the house of Lancaster quickly raises an army to take it back. Battles are fought and precious lives lost. Fathers and sons are murdered as the War of the Roses becomes a brutal landscape of death, carnage and murder. Leading the slaughter is York’s hunchbacked son, Richard of Gloucester, who plots to remove all obstacles in his way and rise to become Richard III.
By William Shakespeare
Workshops
Interested in enriching and engaging workshops for your students that relate to your Orlando Shakes field trip? Our Pre-show Workshops are a great chance to extend the learning beyond the stage. Click here for more information about enrichment activities, workshops, and teacher resources.
WorkshopsCall our Education Department at (407) 447-1700 ext. 254 to find out more information.