New Victory Education

New Victory Education offers Classroom Workshops for classes attending New Victory performances, including Tilt! An ’80s Circus Thrill Ride. It also offers Residencies and Speak Up, Act Out Residency for middle and high school students, plus Education Partnerships that include tickets to New Victory shows, free classroom workshops, professional learning labs, and school-year or summer performance access.

Programs

• Classroom Workshops — Grades K–6 for Tilt! An ’80s Circus Thrill Ride; available for classes attending New Victory performances · Pre-show workshops can generally take place about a week before the show opens through the end of its run
• Residencies — Middle and high school students · 5, 10, or 15 sessions · Subsidized extended workshop series that can connect to theater-going, a specific art form, social-emotional learning, or academic learning goals.
• Speak Up, Act Out Residency — Middle and high school students · 5, 10, or 15 sessions · A residency that centers student voice, agency, creativity and activism. Led by New Victory Teaching Artists and customized for each classroom.
• Education Partnerships — Grades Pre-K – 12 · School-year partnership, after-school partnership, or summer partnership · Program includes tickets to New Victory shows, free classroom workshops, professional learning labs, and school-year or summer performance access.
• School-Year Partnership — Grades Pre-K – 12 · 11am weekday performances during the school year · $100
• After-School Partnership — Grades 3 – 12 · One 4pm weekday performance during the school year
• Summer Partnership — Grades 2 – 12 · 11am weekday performances during the summer
• Professional Learning Labs — Educators · Collaborative sessions for educators to work as artists, learn new art form techniques, and connect to classroom goals and units.
• Teacher Professional Learning — Educators · Helps cultivate skills and strategies to incorporate the performing arts into lesson planning and teaching practice.

At a glance

• Ages: 3–18 years old
• Price range: $100

About the provider

New Victory Education has been bringing kids to the arts and the arts to kids since 1995. Its mission is to open new worlds to young people and families through extraordinary performances, education and engagement programs. The leadership team includes Artistic Director Mary Rose Lloyd. The program has been honored by the President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities with the National Arts and Humanities Youth Program Award, by Americans for the Arts with a Arts Education Award, and by the Drama Desk for providing enchanting, sophisticated children’s theater. In 2025, New 42 received a Tony Honor for Excellence in the Theatre.

Only New Victory Education Partners can book Classroom Workshops. Workshops are free, but a travel expense fee may apply to schools outside the five boroughs. Workshop requests open seven weeks before the first available date and close three weeks before the last available date.

What families say

““My students and I have benefited immensely from the Teaching Artist workshops and the innovative performances at the New Victory Theater. They have informed my manner of teaching and have had a transformative effect on my students.”” — Michele, Partner Teacher at PS 138 Brooklyn

““The mission of the New Victory, making theater and performance part of kids' lives, is the best example I can think of, of the power of a simple idea.”” — John Lithgow

““New Victory Theater puts trust in young audiences, treating children's taste as no less sophisticated than adults.”” — The New York Times

Last updated November 7, 2026.