NYC Theater Tour

2007

The Student Travel Experts

Gerber Tours

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Gerber Tours... The Student Travel Experts

Why educational travel?
What better way to learn about the world than to travel it? It is by seeing, touching, feeling and participating, that lessons come to life and stories become reality. As experts in student travel for over 30 years, we help
bring profound learning experiences to your students; experiences which provide the foundation for a lifetime of inspiration and motivation.

We protect your group!

Everyone travels confidently with our comprehensive
accident, illness and accident-related dental insurance.

Safety is our #1 priority so we work to ensure ample adult supervision for your trip. For every 20 paying participants, one adult travels free! If your group needs a different ratio, just let us know.

Why Gerber Tours?

understood the unique needs of a student tour, we are a company rooted in the belief that enriching students lives through educational travel is vital to their learning experience.

We make it easy for you to plan your trip!

We help you coordinate trip details with your
students, parents and chaperones by providing you with customized materials to help promote and organize the trip: posters, personalized trip brochures, registration forms, luggage tags and optional travel insurance applications for extra protection.

Founded by Marvin Gerber, a former educator who

We believe that travel should be safe and well-planned for everyone involved. We know that each group we work with has different
needs and interests so we work to provide the highest level of customization for each group. provide safe, reliable, fun, educational travel programs to thousands of students each year.

Youll have access to our easy to use online tools so you can manage the details of your trip including rooming lists, bus direction forms, customized parent brochures and more! Flexible payment options so you can choose the plan that works best for your group.

Many years as innovators in student travel enable us to

A complete, customized package for your group!

Choose a city and based on your groups size, budget and interests, well design a customized itinerary just for your group including transportation, hotel, meals and attractions! Days are filled with educational activities in which students
absorb the citys history and culture; evening activities are a fun culmination to the days events.

Book your Tour in 3 Easy Steps!

Choose your Travel Dates We will design a customized itinerary based on your group's size, budget, needs and interests. Everything is planned for you including transportation, hotels, meals and attractions. Hold a Parent Meeting to Generate Interest We provide you with all the promotional and registration materials you will need including posters, parent brochures and registration forms. Let us Handle the Rest! Our online tools and easy-to-follow payment schedule make it so easy to manage the details of your trip. Get ready to travel!

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Cuisine is part of a citys culture so we offer you a variety of dining options ranging from hotel meals to specialty restaurants.
We work to make sure your trip is the best it can be!

An experienced and trained Tour Guide is with your

group throughout the trip. He is an expert at working with students and as a native to your tour city, he has an insiders view which he shares with your students.

Youll have 24-hour access to a Gerber Tours contact in case you need to reach us while on tour.
tour, such as videos, t-shirts and calling cards.

Ask us about fun Trip Extras that can be added to your

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Hands-On Workshops
Customized workshops based on your groups skills & interests!
Workshops are taught by the talented and interesting artists who help create the performances you see on stage. A choreographer, a dancer, an understudy covering several roles, a Casting Director or a make-up artist from the shows you will be seeing; these are some of the many artists who are eager to instruct your groups workshop.

To explore the different aspects of a Broadway performer:

Stage Make-Up 101: A professional make up artist
discusses the artistic process of make-up design for Broadway shows. One or two students will be chosen to be made-up during class, and everyone leaves with expert tips they can apply to their own productions. music and drama to achieve great emotional impact. Working with a professional director and a cast member, your group will be coached through basic warm-ups and exercises. Several participants will then be given the opportunity to present prepared material for critique and analysis, focusing on musical and acting interpretation.

Provide students with intense, skill-building experiences to enhance their on and off-stage abilities.

All workshops are based on the National Standards for the

Arts, taught by working Broadway professionals and are 90 minutes in length.

Musical Theatre I: Explore the art of effectively marrying

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Musical Theatre II: Experience the fast pace sensation of learning a musical number of a current Broadway show. Your group will learn a musical selection and choreography from a current Broadway show taught by current Broadway artists. This workshop can be customized to the show your group is attending. Meet and work with the artists you are going to see on stage! Theatre Dance and Movement: Your group will
learn a typical combination taught by a professional dancer/ choreographer and have the opportunity to experience the pace, pressure and exhilaration of a dance audition.

To build general theatre skills:

Stage Combat: Stage Combat, taught by certified
instructors, explores the art of realistic fight choreography through step by step demonstration, illustrates the amount of work involved in the creation and execution of even the simplest of stage effects and the importance of practice and preparation.

To glimpse inside the life of a performer:

The Business Of The Business: From headshots and
resumes to agents and casting directors, this program covers the basics of what tools are needed to pursue a career in the performing arts. Various exercises will illustrate the casting process and give participants the chance to understand their type and emphasize the importance of confidence when presenting themselves under stressful situations. will work with a Broadway performer on Cold readings and Monologues and making a good first impression. Participants will learn how to confidently walk into an audition, make creative choices and get the job.

Acting Shakespeare: Through script analysis, participants

are able to demystify the aspects of classical theatre. Shakespeares plays were written in a time when directors were rarely used, and special attention is given to the clues and hints incorporated into the writing that help performers choose acting beats and character intention.

Acting Audition: Perfect the art of auditioning. Your group

Acting Improvisation: Acting Improvisation highlights

the benefits of taking risks and trusting instinct by using improv games that focus on group awareness, listening and answering and creative play.

Meet the Artist*: Spend time with one or two

performers from the shows you are attending. This 60 min session will give you a glimpse of the life of those performers, what it is like to perform on Broadway and ask the questions youve always wanted to ask!

*This session does not take place immediately following the show, but can be scheduled at any other time convenient for your group.

Call Gerber Tours Toll-Free Today at 1.800.645.9145 or visit us online at www.gerbertours.com

New York City 3-Day Theater Tour

What better city in the world for students to absorb the magic of theatre? Our New York City Theatre Program gives students the chance to interact with working Broadway professionals and to see the best shows on Broadway! By pairing skill building workshops, which are taught by Broadway professionals, with the Broadway shows of your choice, students are able to hone their theatrical skills and then see those same skills put to work by Broadway performers. Walking tours of New Yorks most famous theatres including Radio City Music Hall, Lincoln Center and Broadway itself provide historical context to the World of Theatre as students know it today.

S A M P L E I T I N E R A RY *

DAY 1
12pm 3pm 4pm 6pm 8pm 11pm Join your Tour Guide in New York for a walking tour tracing the development of Broadway theatre from Herald Square to Broadway, and stop for lunch Backstage tour of Radio City Music Hall Check into your hotel Dinner at a local NYC favorite Curtain time for the show of your choice Live discussion with select cast members from the show

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DAY 2
8am 10am 12pm 2pm 4pm 6pm 8pm
Courtesy: Jon Ortner NYC & Company, Inc.

Breakfast at your hotel Customized theatre workshop of your choice Lunch Walking Tour of Lincoln Center and its world-famous theatres Customized theatre workshop of your choice Dinner at The Hard Rock Caf or Planet Hollywood Curtain time for show of your choice

Cour tesy: Jeff Greenberg / NYC & Comp any, Inc.

DAY 3
8am 10am 12pm 3pm Breakfast at your hotel and check-out Customized theatre workshop of your choice Lunch and browsing along Fifth Avenue. Visit Rockefeller Center and St. Patricks Cathedral Depart for home

* Itineraries can be completely customized including transportation, hotel, meals, attractions and length of tour.

Courtesy: Jeff Greenberg / NYC & Company, Inc.

The entire experience was terrific. My students will remember this for the rest of their lives, and the theater experiences and workshops made the trip unique. We cant wait to come back.
- Dan Lynch, Illinois

Call Gerber Tours Toll-Free Today at 1.800.645.9145 or visit us online at www.gerbertours.com

Great Broadway Shows!

Hello twelve, hello thirteen, hello omphaloskepsis. Six young people on the edge of puberty strive to become adults in this funny, tender, sardonic musical by the composer of Falsettos. Lifes about taking chances. On love . . . and certainly on Broadway. It all begins when a die-hard musicaltheater fan plays his favorite cast album on his turntable, and the musical literally bursts to life in his living room, telling the rambunctious tale of a brazen Broadway starlet trying to find, and keep, her true love. THE PRODUCERS won more Tony Awards than any show in Broadway history. Its the story of a couple of guys who come up with a scheme to produce the most outrageous Broadway musical ever. They think they can take off with all their investors money - but when the curtain goes up, they realize their plan has gone ridiculously wrong. The magical story of a young woman who falls in love with a stubborn but charming beast. Discover the magic of live theatre, as song, dance, and Disney combine right before your eyes. The kiss-and-tell tale of Roxie Hart, a chorus girl who kills her lover as a career move; Billy Flynn, a sharp lawyer who turns Roxie into a celebrity; and Velma Kelly, a dancing jailbird with an ear for headlines and an eye for talent. Based on P.L. Travers cherished stories and the classic 1964 Walt Disney film, MARY POPPINS features the original Academy Award -winning songs, and director Richard Eyre leads a dream team of vision and stagecraft, bringing to life the story of the Banks family and their magical nanny. At its heart, The Lion King is a simple and universal story. Simba is destined to be king, but when his father is killed, and Simba believes himself responsible, the young prince evades his responsibilities, running away from who he is. When he takes on his duties as King, his roar fills the theatre, and our hearts A shipwreck leaves an infant orphaned on the West African shore. The helpless baby is taken under the protection of a gorilla tribe and becomes part of their family. When he eventually encounters his first human - Jane Porter, a curious young explorer - both their worlds are transformed forever.

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Mamma Mia

MAMMA MIA! ingeniously interweaves 22 of ABBAs songs into a funny and infectous tale of a mother and soon -to - be -wed daughter. Set in the present day on a tiny, mythical Greek Island, Its a musical love story that crosses continents and generations.

The Drowsy Chaperone

Phantom of the Opera

This is your personal invitation to enter the spectacular paris Opera House, where the Phantom waits to capture one womans heart and to take your breath away.

Hairspray

The Producers

With big girls, big hair, and even bigger laughs, comes Hairspray, a splashy new musical based on the 1988 John Waters film. Its 1962 and Baltimore teen Tracy Turnblad has only one dream- -to dance on the popular Corny Collins Show. When her dream comes true, Tracy is transformed from social outcast to sudden star!

Rent

Beauty and the Beast

Based on Giacomo Puccinis classic 1896 opera, La Boheme, Rent tells the story of struggling young artists living on the edge and reaching for glory in New Yorks East Village. With exciting rock music, intelligent lyrics and a hot young cast, Rent sings of our time, and of facing an uncertain future with courage, humor, loyalty and love.

Chicago

Monty Pythons Spamalot

Mary Poppins

Telling the legendary tale of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table and the quest for the Holy Grail in song, Monty Pythons Spamalot features a chorus line of legless knights, men in tights (with legs), killer rabbits and sexy dancing divas.

Wicked

The Lion King

Long before Dorothy dropped in, two other girls meet in the Land of Oz. One, born with emeraldgreen skin, is smart, fiery and misunderstood. The other is beautiful, ambitious and very popular. The untold story of the witches of Oz makes for the most spellbinding new musical in years.

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TERMS AND CONDITIONS

Tour Prices: Call or email for free, no obligation quotations. The cost of all tours are quoted per person, based on group size and the customized features of your tour. Tour prices will be affected by choice of hotel and the mode of transportation selected. Quoted prices are accurate during the effective dates of this brochure as long as availability of the tour elements exist. Booking: Inform your Gerber Tours Account Rep that you are ready to book and we will provide you with promotional materials (including posters, parent brochures and registration forms) and a Tour Agreement. To confirm your reservations Gerber Tours must receive the non-refundable booking deposit per person, completed registration forms for all participants and a signed Tour Agreement by the date indicated in your Agreement (usually 30 days from the date you received the materials). Deposits and Cancellations: The Tour Agreement will provide you with a schedule for when additional deposits are due in our office. Additional deposits are fully refundable up to 60 days prior to departure except for any amounts paid to suppliers to confirm your groups reservations. Cancellations occurring within 60-15 days of departure will be assessed late cancellation fees of 20% of the Tour Cost, the non-refundable booking deposit as specified in your Tour Agreement and any amounts paid to suppliers to confirm your reservations. All such cancellation charges are liquidated damages and not a penalty. Cancellations occurring within 14 days of departure will receive no refunds. Final Payment: Final Payment and your rooming list are due in our office 60 days prior to departure date. Upon their receipt, final documents will be processed and then forwarded approximately 7-14 days ahead of departure. Late payments will be assessed penalty fees. Insurance Protection: Gerber Tours provides Primary Medical Insurance coverage for Accident, Dental Injury or Illness for all tour participants during travel - terms and conditions apply. We also maintain a comprehensive Tour Operator Professional Liability, Errors and Omissions Policy which covers all schools, school districts and their employees. Seller of Travel Laws: Gerber Tours complies with all applicable state seller of travel law and has registered as follows: Arizona: Exemption as an ARC Travel Agency #33515285 California: (CST #2021080-40) Registration as a seller of travel does not constitute approval by the state of California. California law requires certain sellers of travel to have a trust account or bond. This business has a trust account. Florida: Exemption as an ARC travel agency #33515285 Hawaii: Travel Agency Registration TAR6263 Iowa: Travel Agency #538 Nevada: Travel Agency Registration 2005-0134 Oregon: Registry #313609-93 Washington: Seller of Travel Reg. #602 052 263 Responsibility: Gerber Tours, Inc., its employees, shareholders, subsidiaries, affiliates, officers, directors, successors, agents, and assigns (collectively, Gerber Tours) does not own or operate any entity which is to or does provide goods or services for your trip including, for example, lodging facilities, airline, vessel or other transportation companies, guides or guide services, local ground operators, providers or organizers of optional excursions, food service providers, etc. All such persons and entities are independent contractors. As a result, Gerber Tours is not liable for any negligent or willful act or failure to act of any such person or entity, or of any third party. Without limitation, Gerber Tours is not responsible for any injury, loss, or damage to person or property, death, delay or inconvenience in connection with the provision of any goods or services whether occasioned by or resulting from, but not limited to, acts of God or force majeure, acts of war or civil unrest, insurrection or revolt, strikes or other labor activities, criminal or terrorist activities of any kind, overbooking or downgrading of accommodations, mechanical or other failure of airplanes or other means of transportation or for any failure of any transportation mechanism to arrive or depart timely, dangers associated with animals, sanitation problems, food poisoning, lack of or quality of medical care, illness or disease, difficulty in evacuation in case of a medical or other emergency, or for any other cause beyond the direct control of Gerber Tours. Changes in hotels or itinerary may be made at the discretion of Gerber Tours or your local ground operator as it or they deem necessary or desirable. Gerber Tours reserves the right to decline to accept or retain any person as a member of any trip. Gerber Tours reserves the right to cancel any trip with its sole obligation to refund all monies received by it for the trip. Gerber Tours reserves the right to increase the tour cost if cost of the tour elements go up. Trip participants are solely responsible for securing their own passports, visas, medical inoculations, etc. These terms and conditions can be changed only pursuant to a writing signed by an officer of Gerber Tours. Arbitration: Any controversy or claim arising out of or relating in any way to these Terms and Conditions, to the tour agreement, to the brochure, or any other information relating in any way to the trip, or to the trip itself, shall be settled solely and exclusively by binding arbitration in New York City, New York in accordance with the rules of the American Arbitration Association then existent. Effective Dates: September 1, 2006 to August 31, 2007 As a member of these leading travel associations, we promise you that we adhere to a strict set of ethical, financial and professional standards, a promise that we keep in everything we do.
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The Student Travel Experts

Gerber Tours