The popular field trip series will return with 32 educational performances

Dayton Live is welcoming students back for the 2023-24 school year. The arts organization announced the return of its popular Discovery Series for field trips, beginning with Pinocchio – The Wooden Boy in October.  

Performances will take place at the Victoria Theatre, PNC Arts Annex and the Schuster Center. Teachers can also add a Discovery Workshop with Dayton Live educators to their field trip, with custom learning experiences on topics including Poetry in Motion, Creating Theatre Masks and The Creative Method: Where Science Meets Storytelling.   

Tickets are $5 per person, with scholarships awarded to some visiting schools based on the school’s free and reduced lunch percentage. 

Since Dayton Live launched the Discovery Series in 1991, more than 1 million students have attended a live performance as part of the program.  

This year’s schedule features 32 different performances of 12 different shows.  

• Pinocchio – The Wooden Boy, October 18-19, 2023, at the PNC Arts Annex at 9:30 a.m. & 11:30 a.m. both days 
• The Black Violin Experience Tour, October 24, 2023 at the Schuster Center at 11:30 a.m. only 
• Dr. Kaboom And The Wheel Of Science!, October 27, 2023, at the Schuster Center at 9:30 a.m. & 11:30 a.m. 
• It’s OK To Be Different – Stories By Todd Parr, November 9, 2023 at the Victoria Theatre at 9:30 a.m. & 11:30 a.m. 
• Mytholomania!, February 9, 2024 at the Victoria Theatre at 9:30 a.m. & 11:30 a.m. 
• Funk Box Experience, February 12-16, 2024 at the PNC Arts Annex at 9:30 a.m. & 11:30 a.m. each day 
• Cenicienta – A Bilingual Cinderella Story, March 8, 2024 at the Victoria Theatre at 9:30 a.m. & 11:30 a.m. 
• Rainbow Fish, March 18, 2024 at the Victoria Theatre at 9:30 a.m. & 11:30 a.m. 
• DCDC’s Body Talk, April 3, 2024 at the Victoria Theatre at 9:30 a.m. & 11:30 a.m. 
• Pete The Cat, April 18, 2024 at the Victoria Theatre at 9:30 a.m. & 11:30 a.m. 
• MOMIX: Alice, April 29, 2024 at the Victoria Theatre at 10:00 a.m. only 
• Mister C Live Vol.3 – When Science Goes Viral, May 2, 2024 at the Victoria Theatre at 9:30 a.m. & 11:30 a.m.