Texas Performing Arts
Texas Performing Arts offers educators free daytime performances for youth and
free tickets to evening shows.
Texas Performing Arts provides access to performances at Bass Concert Hall and McCullough Theatre.
Youth Performances (free daytime performances)
SEAT Program (free tickets for teachers and students attending evening shows)
Broadway Experience for Youth (free tickets to Broadway shows)
Teacher Tix @ TPA (mailing list for teachers to receive announcements about free or discounted tickets)
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Daytime Performances Include:
Grades 4-12: Celebrate the African American born dance form, the Lindy Hop, directed by Caleb Teicher with live swing music performed by the 10-piece Eyal Vilner Big Band in the show SW!NG OUT (group size up to 150). Video Sample.
Showtimes: Friday, Sept 16, 11am-12noon, Bass Concert Hall
Elementary Grades (best for ages 4-8): Enjoy Manual Cinema’s – Leonardo! A Wonderful Show About a Terrible Monster with hundreds of illustrated puppets, hilarious actors on live cameras, fuzzy Muppet-style puppets, and a live soundtrack inspired by the books Leonardo, The Terrible Monster & Sam, and The Most Scaredy-Cat Kid in the Whole World by Mo Willems. Video Sample.
Showtimes: Friday, Feb 24, 10am-11am or 12:30pm-1:30pm, McCullough Theatre
Elementary Grades (best for ages 4-7): Compagnia TPO Farfalle (“butterflies” in Italian) traces the biological emergence of butterflies using dance, video, images, music, and interactive technologies (limited to a group of 50 children seated on stage). Video Sample.
Showtimes: Monday, May 1 & Tuesday, May 2, 10am & 12pm, McCullough Theatre
Broadway Experiences for Youth: Through an application procedure, we select teachers to bring a group of students to a touring Broadway show in Bass Concert Hall for free. More info here.
For more information and links to request tickets, visit https://texasperformingarts.org/get-involved/educational-programs
Contact:
Brenda Simms
2350 Robert Dedman Dr.
Austin, TX 78705
Telephone: (512) 471-2131
Email: bsimms@texasperformingarts.org