Children's Theatre Programs
The Hawaii Theatre Center Enriching, Educating, and Engaging Our Keiki through the Arts educational programming is an annual series of affordably priced, live theatre productions for audiences of all ages: from the very young to the young at heart. Since 2007, the Hawaii Theatre Center educational programming has welcomed over 100,000 attendees access to the arts, especially drama and dance. This annual series of the Summer Intensive Theatre Camp, Theatre for Young Audiences Series and the annual Punchbowl Music Festival help to reach more than 12,500 Pre-K to 12th Grade school children and their families each year.
Hawaii Theatre Center’s arts education program can open the door to many of those who are often excluded from the benefits of arts participation. This is accomplished by greatly reducing cost barriers, making high-quality, arts opportunities more accessible to schools, and reaching out to underserved populations.
The Theatre for Young Audiences is a series of productions with tickets that are offered at a reduced cost that make them accessible to all children and their families who might not otherwise be able to afford to attend such productions. Productions include a fall musical, a spring musical, and a Shakespeare performance.
The Annual Punchbowl Music Festival is a two-day festival established in 2002 to showcase approximately 200 young musicians from the band programs of four (4) nearby Title I Public Schools: Ke’elikolani Middle School, Prince David Kawānanakoa Middle School, Washington Middle School, and Robert Louis Stevenson Middle School. The annual festival has been at no charge to the schools or attendees, giving an opportunity for these young musicians from underserved communities the opportunity to perform in an acoustically excellent venue for their peers, teachers and families.
