Enhance your students classroom learning with SchoolStage, the MAC’s educational performance series for kids in preschool through 12th grade. Complete with study guides, SchoolStage performances can help children and teachers meet Common Core Standards in a fun and entertaining way.
Make a reservation today by calling (630) 942-2220 or emailing grouptix@cod.edu. Tickets are not available online. Individuals, Home School and groups of any size are welcome based on availability.
Attendance at any show, combined with pre- and post-performance activities, connects with one or more of the following standards:
- Language
- Reading for Literacy in History/Social Studies
- Reading for Literature
- Speaking and Listening
- Writing
Additionally, in the Common Core Standards for Reading, the definition of the word text can be expanded to include non-printed works such as dance, music, theater and visual arts. A field trip to a live performing arts show offers a different way of perceiving and learning, and is a means to expand the toolbox of knowledge.
This program is partially supported by a grant from the Illinois Arts Council, a state agency.
Study Guides
Detailed study guides are available for many performances, which introduce the material and offer historical/cultural context to aid in understanding what they are seeing.
Wednesday, Oct 7 | 9:45a & 11:30a
Bill Blagg’s Magic in Motion
This highly visual, interactive show melds the fascination of magic with the wonders of physical science to create an unbelievable educational experience! Students will learn how to create illusions using core scien....
Monday, Nov 23 | 10a
A Christmas Carol
by Charles Dickens
Adapted by William J. Norris
Directed by Amelia Barrett
Grades: K – 12th
Join us for the story of Ebeneezer Scrooge’s chance to redeem himself and his future, with the help of Christmas Past, Present and Future. A....
Monday, Jan 25 | 10a
TREASURE ISLAND REIMAGINED: Jane Hawkins and the Pirate’s Gold
Grades 5 – 12
Experience Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic as a radio show-meets-graphic novel, with a live cast providing all the character voices, sound effects and 1,200 han....
Wednesday, Feb 10 | 9:45a & 11:30a
Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! The Musical!
TheaterWorksUSA
Grades: PreK – 2nd
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, m....
Thursday, Mar 25 | 9:45 & 11:30a
TheaterWorksUSA
Cat Kid Comic Club: The Musical
Recommended for Grades 1 – 5
Cat Kid and Molly Pollywog have started an epic club teaching 21 rambunctious baby frogs how to make comics. Flippy and students unleash their creativity, but b....
Thursday, Apr 8 | 9:45a & 11:30a
SchoolStage: Classical Kids Beethoven Lives Upstairs
An ideal way to introduce students to the music of Beethoven! Based on true incidents from Beethoven’s life and dramatically underscored with 25+ excerpts of his music performed live by New Philha....
