Free Student Dress Rehearsals offer complimentary passes to the final dress rehearsal of select productions to groups of students in grades 6-12. Student dress rehearsals are available to all qualifying CPS and Big Shoulders schools. Reservations are limited. A wait list of schools will be generated once availability is depleted. Schools must complete a simple application, and may apply for a bus scholarship.
New this year, the Student Dress Rehearsal program includes Beyond the Curtain, which brings a professional Lyric teaching artist into classrooms before students attend a Student Dress Rehearsal, free of charge. Each engaging 45-minute presentation introduces students to the opera-going experience, while addressing the plot, important themes, musical highlights, and production elements of the opera students will see at Lyric. To extend the learning , teachers will receive reflection questions to discuss with students following their visit to the opera.
For more information leading up to your field trip to Lyric Opera of Chicago, download details here.