A row of children dressed mostly in white shirts and black pants stand in a line on a stage.

Photo by Gary Erskine.

Lincoln Oratory Residency and Festival Application Form

The program is a collaborative effort between classroom teachers and a Ford’s Theatre Teaching Artist. After classrooms have been selected for the program, we will conduct a mandatory remote and in-person orientation session on Monday, September 29, 2025, from 6 p.m. – 7 p.m., for educators which will outline the program structure and goals. Teaching Artists will then be paired with educators and together they will schedule and plan the classroom visits. The process culminates in a two-day festival which is scheduled to be held on February 3 and 4, 2026. Classrooms will be notified about their performance date before winter break. (If you have any conflicts with the orientation date and time but would still like to participate in the program, please email Axel Cruz, Manager of Arts Education, at [email protected]).

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School District's Congressperson Name(Required)

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School's Title One Status or Percent of Students Receiving Free/Reduced Lunch(Required)

Grade Level (check all that apply):(Required)

What content area do you teach?(Required)

This program requires classroom educators to teach historical context outside the teaching artists' visits. How does teaching the speeches' historical and biographical context fit into your curriculum?(Required)

What are you hoping your students will take away from participating in this program?(Required)

What more do we need to know about your school or classroom for the visits to be successful?(Required)

Acknowledge 1

I acknowledge that if my classroom is chosen to participate, we are committing to completing the five-classroom residency and taking part in the final performance taking place at Ford’s Theatre on either February 3 or February 4, 2026.

Acknowledge 2

I acknowledge that the festival performances are filmed and that media releases must be submitted for students appearing on the video recording. Classes with incomplete media releases may not be included in the completed video.

Acknowledge 3

I understand that program capacity is limited and, as such, not all applying classrooms may be accommodated.

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