Customize the Educational Experience!
The Collins Center for the Arts provides outstanding educational opportunities for thousands of Maine students each year. Whether it’s school shows, creative lectures, performance residencies, or facility tours, the CCA staff looks forward to working with you to customize your students’ learning experience.
School Shows
This year we have one school show, ($3 per ticket!):
- Bill Blagg: Science of Magic
Thursday, May 7, 10 a.m. Get Tickets
If you’ve never visited the Hudson Museum, you’re in for a treat. Please visit this museum often to see the ever-changing collections.
To get to work planning your outreach experience, contact Karen Cole at 207.581.1803 or by email.
K-12 Discounted Ticket Pricing
In addition to special school showings of performances, most of our shows have a discounted K-12 student ticket price (prices listed below include all fees).
Mainstage Series
- Choir! Choir! Choir!: Hallelujah EPIC Anthems Singalong – Saturday, Sept. 20, 7 p.m. | K-12 $17
- Rennie Harris PureMovement American Street Dance Theater: Nuttin’ But A Word – Friday, Nov. 7, 7 p.m. | K-12 $17
- DakhaBrakha – Friday, Nov. 21, 7 p.m. | K-12 $17
- Soweto Gospel Choir: Peace – Thursday, Dec. 4, 7 p.m. | K-12 $17
- Cirque Kalabanté: Afrique en Cirque – Friday, Feb. 20, 7 p.m. | K-12 $17
- Mnozil Brass: Strau$$ – Saturday, March 7, 7 p.m. K-12 $17
- Solas: A St. Patrick’s Day Celebration – Tuesday, March 17, 7 p.m. | K-12 $17
- Bill Blagg: Magic – Thursday, May 7, 7 p.m. | K-12 $20
Music in Minsky Series
- Chamber Music and Jazz concerts are free for K-12 students when accompanied by a paying adult:
- Diderot String Quartet – Sunday, Sept. 21, 3 p.m.
- Jazz! Nick Finzer Quartet – Thursday, Oct. 2, 7 p.m.
- Halcyon: Tipping Point – Thursday, Oct. 23, 7 p.m.
- The Westerlies: Paradise – Sunday, Nov. 2, 3 p.m.
- Jazz! Erena Terakubo Quartet – Friday, Jan. 30, 7 p.m.
- Hermitage Piano Trio – Sunday, Feb. 15, 3 p.m.
- A Far Cry – Sunday, March 15, 3 p.m.
- Shanghai String Quartet – Sunday, April 12, 3 p.m.
- Paul Sullivan & Friends in Concert – Thursday, Dec. 11, 7 p.m. | K-12 $17
- Twisted Pine – Saturday, Feb. 28, 7 p.m. | K-12 $17
Broadcast Series
- All Met Opera – Live in HD Series performances are $13 for K-12 students.
- All National Theatre Live Broadcast performances are $11 for K-12 students.