Education Programs: Families and Children

HTY announces Primary Players: A Youth Performing Group

From January to May the HTY Primary Players will:
• Build performing skills
• Learn to create and put on a play
• Work with a dedicated, exciting group of young performers to have a great time through the experience

Primary Players enrollment will be extremely limited and highly focused on creating a performance. If you are into some serious fun and wish to develop your creativity, sign up today!

Ages: 8 - 12 years old
Time: 9am – 11am
When: Every other Saturday, starting January 21, 2012
Where: Sacred Hearts Academy, Kaimuki
Culmination: May 19
Cost: $300 per child

For more information call Courtney at 839-9885 ext. 704.

To register, please click here to download and print out our application form (pdf) and then send it in before January 13, 2012.

For a scholarship application form, please click here. Limited scholarships are available.

HTY SUMMER DRAMA PROGRAMS
Two programs for 2012!
Summer Drama Adventure
For children ages 7-9
Fantastic Voyages/Mystical Journeys
Through magnificent stories and your grand imagination we will fly across the sky, sail the tumbling seas, cross rough mountains to discover new lands and exotic people.  Your creative spirit will bring to life wondrous characters to tell stories of exciting and daring adventures.
The ‘Tween Scene
For ages 10-13
Imagine. Create. Perform.
In ‘Tween Scene you imagine the story you’d like to tell
In ‘Tween Scene you create the characters and the play you desire present
In ‘Tween Scene you develop the skills to perform your play
The ‘Tween Scene is about you.  Create the story you dream to play.
 
Monday-Friday, June 4-29, 2012
8:30 am – 12:30 pm
Tenney Theatre, Cathedral of St. Andrew's
Cost: $575 ($500 each for siblings registering together)
839-9885, ex 704

The HTY Drama programs build dramatic and expressive skills, promote positive interaction and focus creative energy.  Enrollment is limited, so sign up early!  Grab a friend, bring brothers and sisters and come share the excitement.

2011 Summer Drama Adventure-pictures!

Thank you to all our wonderful students who participated in Summer Drama Adventure 2011! Subscribe to the HTY newsletter for updates on our upcoming programs, including early notification of enrollment for summer 2012. Click here and then scroll down to the bottom of the page.

"Everybody was screaming at the teachers and they were running. We wanted to make them fall down with our voices." -- Marissa, age 7

"This is me and my friends Marissa, Rasmey and Inez forming a cave. Alyssandra is crawling through it." -- Mahina, age 8

"This is in our play. Superior defeats Parallax with three hits of great shots and Parallax dies." -- Kainalu, age 8, and Kai, age 8

"Christina is filling in for Tyler here because he was absent. She is accidentally knocking Kate and Rancen out. I was a rainbow." -- Cienna, age 7

"Hayley is dead beacuse Merikia the mean alien threw a rock at her and killed her." -- Lynsey, age 8

"We're at the fairy meeting and we're discussing war." -- Lynsey, age 8

"The dog and his owners are looking at the new consellations in our play." -- Bronson, age 10

"I'm Momo and I'm mad and I want to get Blueberry the Elephant back because she keeps saying that I'm jealous." -- Paris, age 11

"I'm acting as Zeus and I'm thinking about what to do about the fish." -- Jackson, age 10

"I was supposed to be scared and I was saying one of the lines from my play, 'I think the crab's gonna get it!' The teachers were standing at the back of the theatre and would raise their hands if they could hear us." -- Kennedy, age 7

"We were looking at our chart for our grades. Miss Vienna is helping us." -- Grace, age 7

"We were doing the play. I was the world, and Tony and Crystal were sprinkling colors on me." -- Christina, age 9

"We were doing our play. It was the end where the monkeys were picking bananas from the banana tree, which was me!" -- Zoe, age 7

"We are going through our play and in the beginning we are looking at the stars and talking about how beautiful they are." -- Amber, age 9

"That's the end of the play. We're fish and we're moving around." -- Jessie, age 10

"In our play, I'm mad because Taylor keeps saying that I'm jealous because she's saying that my nose is uglier than hers." -- Paris, age 11

"Me, Rasmey and Inez are monkeys in our play. This is the end. The world is now happy because there are monkeys in it. Marissa is taking a picture of the monkeys." -- Mahina, age 8

"Me, Rancen, Kate and Christina are the world in our play." -- Cienna, age 7

"I was practicing my play and in the play I was throwing a rock at the alien." -- Katie, age 9

"I was practicing my play with my group. It was a scene with the elf and the fairy." -- Ethan, age 7

"We were doing our play. My character is a crab, and I was fighting." -- Cade, age 7

"Me and Tyler are on the set. We are together in the group Medusa's Golden Dragon." -- Rancen, age 8

"I was eating a sandwich and talking to Kai. It was break time." -- Shaun, age 11

We asked students to reflect upon their experience with Summer Drama Adventure so far. Below is a selection of responses:

"Summer Drama has been an inspiring adventure for me throughout two summers. Acting means everything. I found my favorite thing. Acting. It has helped me to learn to be weird. Acting is where I should be because we learn the basics of having fun. The best part of Summer Drama is how to reenact our plays in different areas. The most challening was learning to work as a group. We finally pulled it off. I look forward to working on our plays. It's fun." -- Byron, age 11

"Summer Drama Adventure is fun. I like group time with my group Medusa's Golden Dragon. The hardest part is making our play. I'm excited to put on the play." -- Drew, age 9

"It has been fun so far. It's fun because it's easy. The most challenging part is working with my group. I look forward to the play." -- Tyler, age 8

"Summer Drama Adventure is excellent because we have done fun stuff. The best part is practicing on stage. The hardest is focusing on my task. I always look forward to working on the set." -- Ethan, age 7

"It's WONDERFUL! I like the games. The most difficult thing is not getting into trouble. I look forward to working on the set." -- Inez, age 7

"So far, Summer Drama Adventure has been great. My favorite part so far has been creating our myths. The most challenging part is working on the set. I look forward to working with my story group." -- Jessie, age 10

"We were writing our stories in the dressing room. My hand hurt!" -- Katie, age 9

"I was being an elf! Rasmey is my costume partner." -- Ethan, age 7

"We were looking for a seat. We were acting as our characters. It was very fun." -- Lynsey, age 8

"My group, Myth Makers, is doing an exciting activity!" -- Miss Nina

"I was being a karate master. It was fun." -- Natalia, age 10

"We had to copy the expressions of what Mr. Junior was saying. It was a funny activity." -- Kainalu, age 8

"There's a warm-up activity called 'expressive vowels.' They are expressing their whole body as well. They are expressing the vowel "O" in the photo. I told them to act as if they are being crushed by a huge boulder. There are parents in the audience because it was parent observation day." -- Mr. Junior

"We were doing an activity with Mr. Junior called 'I love to eat.' It was funny!" -- Katie, age 9

"I am acting as Buddy Boo. It's Barney's evil twin in our play." -- Byron, age 11

"Mr. Dan came and told us do different expressions. We had to use big motions. It was fun but a little difficult." -- Haley, age 8

"The activity we were doing was if we were really loud and really expresive, then we could move up onto another level on the stage. It was fun" -- Zoe, age 7

"We were writing what we remembered about the Athena and Arachne story, and then I was numbering the beginning, middle and the end of the story." -- Olivia, age 9

"We were pantomiming! I was cooking pasta, and Ilisha was pouring in the sauce." -- Amber, age 9

"We were playing a game where we had to change three things about ourselves and then the people across from us had to say what we changed." -- Paris, age 11

"We were making the sound of a thunderstorm." -- Alyssa, age 7

"We asked the students to write what they did to show they were focusing" -- Miss Lily

"We were doing our team cheer!" -- Ella, age 7

"We were making a story about what was inside the box." -- Alex, age 12

"Miss Lily was telling stories. I was looking at her because I wanted to listen." -- Cade, age 7

FAQ Sheet

This hour-long Saturday workshop is thematically connected to the production and will give kids the chance to peek backstage, try out a bit of performing, and directly interact with members of the HYT creative team.  Parents are invited to watch the workshop from the house.

Anime Momotaro ON STAGE: workshop Saturday, September 24, 2011, 2:00pm

Poetry Fever ON STAGE: workshop Saturday, October 22,  2011, 2:00pm

Tasi's Gift ON STAGE: workshop Saturday, December 10, 2011, 2:00pm

The Lion Dancer ON STAGE: workshop Saturday, February 4, 2:00pm

May Day is Lei Day! ON STAGE: workshop Saturday, May 5, 2012  2:00pm