Hawaii Theatre Newsroom

Don Barnhart brings top-quality entertainment to Hawaii with The Aloha Ha Comedy Club and House of Magic. Enjoy live comedy shows and family-friendly magic performances in Honolulu.

Award winning playwright, Victoria Nalani Kneubuhl teaches via the Kumu Kahua Theatre virtual classroom. Learn more about how to attend the class here!

Late Night Theatre Company presents 'Haku Wale' at UHM's Kennedy Theatre. Directed by Joshua Tavares, this production is part of Kennedy Theatre's 60th season. Learn more about the show and find out how to get tickets here!

Kumu Kahua Theatre, in collaboration with Bamboo Ridge Press have announced the October prompt for their monthly play writing contest, Go Try PlayWrite. Learn more about how to submit here!

Diamond Head Theatre presents Mamma Mia! For Maui, a special benefit performance on Wednesday, October 4, in which all ticket sales will support Hawaii Community Foundation's Maui Strong Fund. Learn more about the performance and find out how to get tickets here!

Check out production photos from University of Hawai'i at Mānoa's Department of Theatre & Dance and Kennedy Theatre's production of Kaisara here!

Kumu Kahua Theatre and Bamboo Ridge Press announce the winner of the August 2023 Go Try PlayWrite Contest. Find out who took home the prize in this exciting competition.

The University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa’s Department of Theatre & Dance and Kennedy Theatre will present, Are We There Yet, Baby? a dance-theatre production challenging conventional binary assumptions within society and education. Learn more about the production and find out how to get tickets here!

Honolulu Theatre for Youth (HTY) and the Hawai’i State Foundation on Culture and the Arts (SFCA) invite high school students throughout Hawai’i to participate in Poetry Out Loud! Learn more about the program and how to participate here!

Kumu Kahua Theatre, in collaboration with Bamboo Ridge Press have announced the September prompt for their monthly play writing contest, Go Try PlayWrite.

 In light of recent tragic events The Maui Arts & Cultural Center & Kapono Inc. are presenting  We Are Friends - A Maui Wildfire Benefit Concert, hosted by Henry Kapono and featuring a massive all-star lineup of performers.

Honolulu Theatre for Youth has announced the world premiere of The Royal School by Moses Goods and Lee Cataluna. The production brings to life a time when Hawaiian leaders Kamehameha IV, Kamehameha V, Bernice Pauahi Bishop, Queen Lili`uokalani, Queen Emma, and King Kalakaua were together as children at Ke Kula Keiki Ali`i, the Royal School. 

University of Hawai'i at Mānoa's Department of Theatre & Dance and Kennedy Theatre will present Kaisara, a world premiere hana keaka (Hawaiian Theatre) performance written and directed by Iāsona Kaper and inspired by four scenes from William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar that were translated into 'ōlelo Hawai'i by James N. K. Keola and published in Ka Nupepa Kuokoa in 1896.

The July Go Try PlayWrite winner is Steven D. Miller for his pieceIamb and You Are Too

Kumu Kahua Theatre launches its 53rd Season with Mendokusai by playwright Eric Stack, in a production sponsored in part by the Hawaiʻi Tourism Authority. The powerful contemporary drama will premiere at the historic downtown Honolulu theatre on Thursday, August 17, followed by five weeks of show dates running through Sunday, September 17, 2023.

Kumu Kahua Theatre, in collaboration with Bamboo Ridge Press have announced the August prompt for their monthly play writing contest, Go Try PlayWrite.

 Honolulu Theatre for Youth (HTY) opens its 69th season with an all new, revamped version of The Carp Who Would Not Quit and Other Animal Stories, by Reiko Ho and The HTY Ensemble. The show includes re-tellings of traditional fables from Japan and Okinawa that teach important lessons of perseverance, respect and kindness.

Get ready for a night of laughter and mind-bending entertainment as Don Barnhart brings his Hypnomania Comedy Hypnosis Show to Da Playground in Maui. Join him on August 13th for a unique experience that combines standup comedy, improvisation, and hypnosis. Don't miss out on this one-night-only event! Purchase your tickets in advance.

 The Maui Arts & Cultural Center presents Henry Kapono & the Songs of C&K, featuring Henry Kapono and fellow musicians in a 50th anniversary salute to the music of Cecilio & Kapono.

BAMP PROJECT presents THROUGH THE ROOTS at da Playground Maui, Wailuku, HI. The performance is on Thursday, August 3 at 8:00pm HST.

Each month Kumu Kahua Theatre co-sponsors this playwriting contest with Bamboo Ridge Press in their combined effort to nurture local playwrights and authors. The monthly Judges are theatre practitioners from the Hawaii theatre community. All plays submitted are read by Kumu Kahua Theatre Artistic Director, Harry Wong III.    

Get ready to be hypnotized and entertained with Don Barnhart's Hypnomania Comedy Hypnosis Show in Maui. Experience the mind-bending comedy and unlock the hidden talents of volunteers as they tap into their subconscious mind. Join Don Barnhart and guest comedians Chino LaForge and Ronda Lee Kitts for an unforgettable night of laughter.

Kumu Kahua Theatre, in collaboration with Bamboo Ridge Press announce the July prompt for their monthly play writing contest, Go Try PlayWrite.

From entertaining the troops around the world to starring in his own Las Vegas residency, comedy hypnotist Don Barnhart turns audience volunteers into the star of the show at Hypnomania August 13th at Da Playground in Maui, HI.

Mendokusai was written by Eric Stack and will be performed live at Kumu Kahua Theatre August 17- September 17, 2023.