School Performances / Field Trips

School Performances / FIELD TRIPS

Ignite Your Students' Imagination with the CM Performing Arts Center!

Bring learning to life with the magic of live theatre! The CM Performing Arts Center invites you to experience our exciting Arts in Education Day Rep performances throughout the school year, designed to captivate students and connect classroom lessons to the stage.

Whether you bring your students to our theater for an unforgettable field trip or have us bring the show right to your school for an Assembly Performance, the CM Performing Arts Center guarantees an educational adventure that blends storytelling with essential learning.

Each of our productions aligns with New York State Learning Standards and is BOCES-approved, making it easy for you to secure funding and enrich your curriculum. Explore timeless tales, dynamic characters, and powerful themes that leap off the page and onto the stage, sparking creativity, critical thinking, and a love of learning in your students.

Listed in your BOCES catalog under “CM Performing Arts”. One Complimentary Chaperone Ticket is included with every 10 Tickets purchased. Fill out the Inquiry Form below to book your next educational experience today!

AVAILABLE TITLES FOR THE '24/'25 SCHOOL YEAR

Availability: March (See Below for Booking Inquiries)

Grades: Pre-K, K, 1, 2, 3

Duration: 60 minutes

Themes: Family, Imagination, Adventure, Curiosity

About The Show:

Whatever you do, don’t let the Pigeon star in his own musical production! With a script written by Mo Willems, the creator of the #1 New York Times best-selling, Caldecott Honor award-winning “Pigeon” picture books, and featuring music by Deborah Wicks La Puma (Elephant & Piggie’s We Are in a Play!), Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! The Musical! is even more fun than staying up late and having a hot dog party!

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.

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 flapping.

Schedule: May (See Below for Booking Inquiries)

Grades: PreK, K, 1, 2, 3

Duration: 60 minutes

Themes: Cooperation, Friendship, Decision Making, Imagination

About The Show:

Get ready for a musical experience, ripped from the pages of Mo Willems’ beloved, award-winning, best-selling children’s books, that will leave audiences doing the “Flippy Floppy Floory” dance all night long! In Elephant & Piggie’s “We Are in a Play!”, Gerald and Piggie take to the stage in a rollicking adventure that is perfect for young audiences.

An elephant named Gerald and a pig named Piggie are best, best, “bestus” (a word Gerald and Piggie made up that means “very best”) friends, but Gerald worries that something could go wrong that would end their friendship. Piggie is not worried at all. She’s even happier and more excited than usual. That’s because she and Gerald are invited to a party hosted by the Squirrelles, three singing squirrels who love to have a good time. And so begins a day when anything is possible.