Available November through June! LICM Theater’s School Performance season provides the perfect opportunity to introduce students to the excitement of the performing arts. Our 2025-2026 season offers exceptional productions that allow you to tie the performing arts directly to your curriculum. Themes and topics include STEM, language arts, as well as social and emotional skill building. Performances are developed and chosen with relevance to your student’s educational needs.
What to expect:
- Museum educator assigned to your class
- Activity packets available for each theater program
2025-2026 School Year Productions
December, April-June
Pre-K - Grade 3
Based on the book Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!
by Mo Willems
Published by Hyperion Books for Children
Script by Mo Willems and Mr. Warburton
Lyrics by Mo Willems
Music by Deborah Wicks La Puma
Wednesdays, December 3, 10,17, 2025, April 29, May 6,13, 20, 27, June 3,10, 2026 at 10:15 a.m. and noon
Thursdays, December 4, 11, 18, 2025, April 30, May 7,14, 21, 28, June 4,11, 2026 at 10:15 a.m. and noon
Fridays, December 5, 12, 19, 2025, May 1, 8, 15, 29, June 5,12, 2026 at 10:15 a.m. and noon
Back on stage after playing to sold out crowds!
Whatever you do, don't let the Pigeon star in his own musical production! With a script written by Mo Willems, the creator of the #1 New York Times best-selling, Caldecott Honor award-winning "Pigeon" picture books, and featuring music by Deborah Wicks La Puma (Elephant & Piggie's We Are in a Play!), Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! The Musical! is even more fun than staying up late and having a hot dog party!
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, maybe that wily bird CAN do something.
Featuring an innovative mix of songs, and feathers, Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! The Musical! is sure to get everyone's wings flapping.
Don't Let The Pigeon Drive The Bus is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI).
All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI.
www.mtishows.com
$16 per student
February-April
Pre-K - Grade 3
Script and Lyrics by Sarah Hammond; Book by Barbara Zinn Krieger
Music by will Aronson Deborah Hopkins; published by Chronicle Books LLC © 2015. Originally produced by New York Based on the Pete the Cat series of books by Kimberly and James Dean
Originally Commmissioned, Developed and Produced by TheaterWorksUSA.
Music Orchestrated and Produced by
Frank Galagano and Matt Castle
Wednesdays, February 25, March 4,11,18,25, April 1,15, 2026 at 10:15 a.m. and noon
Thursdays, February 26, March 5, 12, 19, 26, April 2,16,2026 at 10:15 a.m. and noon
Fridays, February 27, March 6,13, 20,27, April 3, 17, 2026 at 10:15 a.m. and noon
For Pete the Cat, life is an adventure no matter where you wind up. So the minute the groovy blue cat meets The Biddles, he gets the whole family rocking. That is, except for young Jimmy Biddle, the most organized second grader on planet Earth.
But when Jimmy draws a blank in art class during the last week of school, it turns out Pete is the perfect pal to help him out. Together, they set out on a mission to help Jimmy conquer second grade art, and along the way, they both learn a little something new about inspiration. Join Jimmy and Pete on an adventure of friendship, all the way to Paris and back in a VW Bus!
PETE THE CAT is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals Corp. www.concordtheatricals.com
$16 per student
Tip: All Long Island Children’s Museum school visits may be paid with Nassau County BOCES Arts in Education and Suffolk County BOCES funds. LICM is also an approved vendor with the New York City Board of Education.
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LICM Theater productions are made possible with the support of individuals, corporations and state agencies, including:
Roni Kohen-Lemle and Robert S. Lemle
