Honolulu Theatre for Youth

One of the oldest professional theatres for young audiences in the US, performing at Tenney Theatre on the Cathedral of St. Andrew grounds downtown. Eight productions a season, September to May, tickets $15–$30, with original work rooted in Hawaiʻi and the Pacific.

Coming up at HTY

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Recurring shows are placed on their next date. Every listing was read off the venue's own page by a person; prices are the printed ones.

Oct3MoveOct 3 – Oct 25Move is a participatory dance and movement show for the youngest theatregoers from Honolulu Theatre for Youth, directed by Danica Rosengren and choreographed by Reiko Ho with the HTY Ensemble. The company describes it as a celebration of how bodies dance, squiggle, wiggle and giggle, and it asks how the world shapes movement and how movement reshapes the world. It was created with Capitol Modern, the Hawaiʻi State Art Museum, and Emily Wright and Samuel Bui perform. Public performances are Saturday, October 3 at 10:30 am, Sunday, October 11 at 2 pm and Sunday, October 25 at 2 pm. The page recommends it for ages 3 and up, at a preschool and kindergarten level. A running time is not printed. Our calendar lists tickets at $15–$30. The show page itself prints no price and sends buyers to Eventbrite, so check there for current availability and tiers. HTY performs at Tenney Theatre, 229 Queen Emma Square in Downtown Honolulu. On our calendar Move is the second HTY show of the season, after Anime Momotaro, and Joseph Kekuku and the Voice of the Steel Guitar was listed on October 10. According to Coyote opens November 7.$15–$30
Oct25Move!Sunday, 2:00 PMAdults $30; Seniors & Military $25; Children & Students $15; HTY Members Free + $12 tickets for guests
Nov7According to CoyoteNov 7 – Nov 22According to Coyote is an anthology of Native American trickster tales from Honolulu Theatre for Youth, told through traditional music, dance and storytelling. It was written by John Kauffman in collaboration with Spokane Ensemble Theatre, directed by Josephine Keefe and performed by Julia Keefe, an actor and member of the Nez Perce tribe. It showcases well-known characters from Native American mythology. Public performances are Saturday, November 7 at 7 pm, Sunday, November 15 at 2 pm and Sunday, November 22 at 2 pm. HTY recommends it for ages 5 and up for public audiences. The page prints no running time or content notes. Our calendar lists tickets at $15–$30. The show page prints no price and links to Eventbrite for public tickets, so check there before you go. The show plays at Tenney Theatre, 229 Queen Emma Square in Downtown Honolulu. On opening night, Saturday, November 7, the Hawaii Theatre has its Rocky Horror Picture Show Spooktacular and Bishop Museum lists Nānā I Ke Kumu, so it is a busy evening for Honolulu live events. Move ends its run on October 25 just before this one, and HTY's next show on our calendar is Tales of the Sun & Moon on January 10, 2027.$15–$30
Jan10Tales of the Sun & MoonSundayTales of the Sun & Moon is an epic steampunk adventure from Honolulu Theatre for Youth that celebrates celestial myths and legends from Hawaiʻi, China and Korea. It weaves in astronomy and movement inspired by traditional Asian theatre forms. The page says the show is returning to Tenney Theatre for a limited run before a national tour. Reiko Ho wrote and directed it, and Serina Dunham, Annie Lokomaikaʻi Lipscomb and Emily Wright perform. The single public performance is Sunday, January 10, 2027 at 2:00 pm. HTY recommends it for ages 5 and up. A running time and content notes are not printed. Our calendar lists tickets at $15–$30. The show page prints no price and links to Eventbrite for public tickets, so check there for availability. Tenney Theatre is at 229 Queen Emma Square in Downtown Honolulu. On the same Sunday, the Hawaii Symphony Orchestra performs Beethoven's Ode to Joy on our calendar, so families can look at both. HTY's next production after this one is Listen, which opens January 23, 2027, and the company's season on our calendar began with Anime Momotaro in September.$15–$30
Jan23ListenJan 23 – Feb 7Listen is an original interactive show for the very youngest audiences from Honolulu Theatre for Youth, built around the grooves and sounds of Hawaiʻi. Children are invited to play and explore rather than sit still. Jarren Amian and Mattea Mazzella, two of HTY's resident composer-musicians, created and perform it. Public performances are Saturday, January 23 at 10:30 am, Sunday, January 31 at 2 pm and Sunday, February 7 at 2 pm. The page does not print the year, but it belongs to the 2026–27 season and our calendar dates the run January 23 to February 7, 2027. HTY recommends it for ages 3 and up, at a preschool and kindergarten level. A running time is not printed. Our calendar lists tickets at $15–$30. The show page prints no price and links to Eventbrite for public tickets. Performances are at Tenney Theatre, 229 Queen Emma Square in Downtown Honolulu. Tales of the Sun & Moon plays there on January 10, and Heartstrings follows on February 20. The final Sunday, February 7, is also the closing day for Into the Woods at Diamond Head Theatre and Purpose at Manoa Valley Theatre on our calendar.$15–$30
Feb20HeartstringsFeb 20 – Mar 14Heartstrings is a Honolulu Theatre for Youth production at Tenney Theatre, 229 Queen Emma Square in Downtown Honolulu, running from February 20 to March 14, 2027. The company's own show page was not available when this listing was written, so the cast, creative team, performance times and running time are not confirmed here. Check htyweb.org before you plan your visit. HTY has not been confirmed to recommend an age for this show. For reference, the other public HTY shows on our calendar this season carry recommendations of ages 3 and up (Move and Listen) or ages 5 and up (According to Coyote and Tales of the Sun & Moon). Our calendar lists tickets at $15–$30. HTY's public shows are sold through Eventbrite, which is where to confirm current tiers and availability for specific dates. Heartstrings comes after Listen, which closes February 7, and before The Malama Musical, which opens April 17. It is the seventh of eight HTY productions on our calendar this season. Near the end of its run, Diamond Head Theatre opens Suffs on March 12, and Manoa Valley Theatre follows with The Producers on March 18, so there is plenty of Honolulu theatre to compare around the same weeks.$15–$30
Apr17The Malama MusicalApr 17 – May 9The Malama Musical is the closing production of Honolulu Theatre for Youth's 2026–27 season on our calendar, running from April 17 to May 9, 2027 at Tenney Theatre, 229 Queen Emma Square in Downtown Honolulu. The company's own show page was not available when this listing was written, so the cast, creative team, performance days, curtain times and running time are not confirmed here. Check htyweb.org for those details. No age recommendation has been confirmed for this show. The other public HTY shows on our calendar this season are recommended for ages 3 and up (Move and Listen) or ages 5 and up (According to Coyote and Tales of the Sun & Moon), which gives a rough idea of the company's audience. Our calendar lists tickets at $15–$30. HTY's public shows are sold through Eventbrite, so confirm tiers and availability there. It follows Heartstrings, which ends March 14, and is the eighth of eight HTY productions on our calendar. Soon after it closes, Manoa Valley Theatre opens Folks You Meet in Longs on May 13 and Diamond Head Theatre opens its Penzance pirate musical on May 21, so families and theatre-goers have several Honolulu stages to choose from this spring.$15–$30

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2 past since Aug 2026

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Joseph Kekuku and the Voice of the Steel GuitarOct 10, 2026
Anime MomotaroSep 5, 2026

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