For Schools

Discover the Childsplay Experience!

Bring the magic of theatre into your classroom, your school, or the theatre! Childsplay offers engaging experiences for students and educators, from field trips and in-school performances to drama residencies, professional development, and educational resources.

2026 & 2027 Field Trips

Share the magic of theatre with your students with an engaging field trip to the Herberger Theater Center.

Check out the joyful and exciting plays available for field trip audiences during the 26-27 School Year!

2026 & 2027 In-School Performances

TRANSFORM YOUR CAFETERIA INTO A WHOLE NEW WORLD!

Actors, sets, costumes, and props are packed into a van and brought to your school to transform your cafeteria, gym, multipurpose room or auditorium into a new world! Cost starts at $690 per performance and discounts are given with multiple performance bookings.

Discover how Childsplay brings imagination and wonder directly to your school.

School Drama Residency Programs

Cultivate a vibrant learning community with a transformative drama residency at your school.

Educational Resource Center

Childsplay provides educators with resource guides for before and after seeing a Childsplay performance.

Literacy@Play

IT Lab is a multi-week professional development program for PreK–2nd grade educators that blends literacy instruction with drama practices. Working one-on-one with Childsplay teaching artists, teachers gain hands-on strategies to lead dynamic storytimes, expand vocabulary, and foster empathy and engagement in their classrooms.

Professional Development

Childsplay’s professional development programs offer teachers the opportunity to learn how to integrate drama into their classrooms spanning a wide range of curricular content.

The Case For Arts Education

Childsplay’s staff has compiled some of their favorite arts-advocacy research materials for those of you hungry for information to help make the case for arts education in the classroom.