The Complete Theatre Experience
2024-2025 Field Trips
Bring Austin history to life for your students at imaginative, engaging shows that connect with TEKS to extend your lessons beyond the classroom!
FIELD TRIP DETAILS
- The cost of field trips is $10 per student, or $6 per student for Title I schools. We offer one free adult ticket for every 10 students.
- We share each show’s TEKS connections, ranging from Fine Arts, Social-Emotional Learning, ELA, Global Studies, STEM, and beyond!
- Students and teachers will take home Activity Guides custom-designed for each field trip filled with fun, interactive, and educational activities.
2024-2025 School Year
September 30 – October 2, 2024
State Theatre
Andrés and Christina, the 2024 Grammy-winning music duo 123 Andrés, return to the State Theatre by popular demand. Their catchy songs and lively performances get the whole audience dancing, singing, and learning!
TEKS Connections: Fine Arts, Social-Emotional Learning, ELA, Global Studies, Social Studies
October 21-22, 2024
State Theatre
The classic children’s novel comes to life in a brand-new production from Austin’s own Theatre Heroes (Call of the Wild in 2017, Gretel! The Musical in 2019).
TEKS Connections: Fine Arts, Social-Emotional Learning, ELA, Global Studies, STEM
November 18-19, 2024
Paramount Theatre
Two beloved picture books from Margaret Wise Brown are brought to life by Mermaid Theatre of Nova Scotia (The Rainbow Fish in 2023), and their enchanting puppetry.
TEKS Connections: Fine Arts, Social-Emotional Learning, ELA, STEM
December 9-10, 2024
Paramount Theatre
This electrified tale of family, friendship, and hope from Lightwire Theater (Tortoise and Hare in 2022) features a soundtrack of timeless holiday hits from Nat King Cole, Mariah Carey, and Tchaikovsky.
TEKS Connections: Fine Arts, Social-Emotional Learning, ELA, STEM
January 13-15, 2025
Paramount Theatre
TheaterWorksUSA returns to the Paramount with this wildly popular musical adaptation of Dav Pilkey’s graphic novel series.
REGISTERED TRADEMARK OF DAV PILKEY
TEKS Connections: Fine Arts, Social-Emotional Learning, ELA
March 3, 2025
Paramount Theatre
For the last thirty two years, THE PEKING ACROBATS® have redefined audience perceptions of Chinese acrobatics. They perform daring maneuvers atop a precarious pagoda of chairs and display their technical prowess at such arts as trick-cycling, precision tumbling, juggling, somersaulting, and gymnastics.
TEKS Connections: Fine Arts, Global Studies, Social Studies, STEM
April 1-2, 2025
Paramount Theatre
This story was going to begin like all the best stories. With a school bus falling from the sky. But no one saw it happen—they were all too busy. New York Times best-selling author Jason Reynolds conjures 10 tales (1 per block) about what happens after the dismissal bell rings in The Kennedy Center’s adaptation of his award-winning book (Carnegie Medal, Coretta Scott King Author Honor Book, National Book Award for Young People’s Literature finalist, and more).
TEKS Connections: Fine Arts, Social-Emotional Learning, ELA
“That was probably one of the best field trips I have taken my students to, and I have been teaching for 30 years! I think I had just as much fun. I hope they offer this again next year!”
– Participating Teacher
Register today
There’s nothing like the electric energy of a field trip to the Paramount and State Theatres! In fact, most of our staff cites field trip days as our favorite events of the year. We look forward to welcoming your group here on Congress Avenue!