Ford's Theatre offers weekday matinees of its mainstage shows at times that are appropriate for school attendance. Audience guides are available for download a few weeks before the opening of each mainstage show. We also offer teacher preview seminars, described below.

• To bring your students to see mainstage matinees at Ford’s click here.
• Title I schools are eligible for Operation Discovery

D.C. Area Teacher Previews and Workshops
These special events introduce teachers to Ford’s Theatre and to plays that link closely to Social Studies and Language Arts curriculum.

Student Matinees

• A special student matinee for Necessary Sacrifices is scheduled for February 9, 2011, at 11:00 a.m.
• Special student matinees for 1776 are scheduled for May 4 and May 11, 2012, at 12:00 p.m.
• All Student Matinees include a free Teacher Preview and Workshop. Pre-show and post-show workshops for students are available upon request. For more information, please contact education@fords.org.

A limited number of Student Matinee tickets are available free of charge to Title 1 schools.  Other schools should book through the Group Sales Office.

To sign up for Teacher Previews or inquire about Title 1 tickets to Student Matinees, click here.

Tom Story as David and Susan Heyward as Sabrina with (background L to R) Todd Gearhart as Linus and Helen Hedman as Maude in the Ford’s Theatre production of Samuel A. Taylor’s Sabrina Fair, directed by Stephen Rayne. Photo by T. Charles Erickson.