Educator Preview Nights
Free Ticket! Clock Hours! Door Prizes!
We're so excited to bring back Educator Preview Nights for our 2024-2025 Season! Whether you're booking a field trip to one of our shows and deepening your understanding of the content, or looking for a chance to network within the arts community, this event welcomes all educators to engage with SCT - free of charge.
Preview Nights are an opportunity for educators to experience the content of our shows, our Dramatic Connections workshops, and to connect with artists and community members of SCT.
Tickets for educators are free, with the option to purchase additional tickets for any guests you'd like to see the show with (families, friends, etc). Email the school Partnerships & Programs team at schoolprograms@sct.org for more information.
Not only will this event be eligible for clock hours, we'll also have small bites, drinks, and door prizes! Join us for any or all of this season's Educator Previews. Register at the links below.
(Banner image by Barksdale Jones Photography from an educator professional development session.)
24-25 Season
CAT KID COMIC CLUB: THE MUSICAL
Educator Preview | 5:00pm - 8:00pm
Approx. 60 minutes, no intermission
From the team that brought us Dog Man: The Musical comes the much-awaited sequel Cat Kid Comic Club!
Based on the wildly popular series by Dav Pilkey (Dog Man, Captain Underpants) this fast-moving, colorful, and kinetic play will entertain the whole family!
Cat Kid and Molly Pollywog have started an epic club to teach 21 rambunctious baby frogs how to make their own comics! Their fishy father Flippy is overjoyed that his kids will learn to unleash their creativity, but when the frogs’ constant bickering and outrageous imaginations send their comics comically off the rails, Flippy flips out! Will the club survive? Will the frogs ever get along? And will creativity finally save the day? All will be answered in this madcap musical based on Dav Pilkey’s irreverently hilarious book series.
HAVANA HOP
Educator Preview | 4:30pm - 7:30pm
Approx. 60 minutes, no intermission.
SCT is excited to welcome back Artistic Resident Paige Hernandez with her inspired one-woman dance party tour de force, Havana Hop.
Come meet young Yeila who visits her grandmother in Cuba to add a salsa flavor to her own hip-hop style! The audience gets to dance along in this dynamic participation play where one actress creates three generations of lively women. Journey with Yeila as she discovers the fun of her multi-cultural heritage.
SCT'S THE SNOW QUEEN
*Educator Appreciation Event* | 2:00pm - 6:00pm
Approx. 80 minutes, no intermission.
Join Gerda on a harrowing journey in SCT’s The Snow Queen, a wildly original adaptation of the beloved Hans Christian Andersen tale. When her best friend Kay is taken by the Snow Queen to a world of numbing ice and snow, Gerda embarks on an unforgettable adventure across singing flowers, leaping reindeer, and unbreakable riddles. Will Gerda’s love and grief save her best friend Kay before he is trapped forever in the Snow Queen’s palace? Join us in this courageous and whimsical tale of deep human connection and belonging.
Readied for its West Coast Premiere in collaboration with our local and regional partners The National Nordic Museum and Western Washington University, comes a fresh new take on the same classic tale that inspired Disney’s Frozen.
THE HULA HOOPIN' QUEEN
Educator Preview | 5:00pm - 8:00pm
Approx. 60 minutes, no intermission.
“Around and around the hoops went that day. Circles connecting a community.”
Three Harlem girls vie for the crown of The Hula Hoopin’ Queen, encouraged and mentored by the community elders in master playwright Gloria Bond Cunie's spirited adaptation of Thelma Lynn Godin’s book. A sweet, funny, and energetic slice-of-life reminder of the essential loops that bind our communities.
Aesop's Fantastic Family Fables
Educator Preview | 5:00pm - 8:00pm
Performance approx. 45 minutes, no intermission.
From the mind that brought you The Boy Who Kissed The Sky comes a new interactive ode to the art of storytelling.
Aesop’s Fantastic Family Fables is a vibrant and interactive theatre experience that reimagines Aesop's timeless tales. Won’t the real Aesop please stand up? Watch as two charismatic performers—both claiming to be that legendary storyteller—engage in a playful and spirited competition elevating classic stories. From The Tortoise and The Hare to The Lion and The Mouse, each performer draws on their unique creative powers to prove they are the true purveyor of Aesop’s wisdom, but not without our help!
THE PA'AKAI WE BRING
Educator Preview | 5:00pm - 8:00pm
Performance approx. 60 minutes, no intermission.
SCT is proud to host Honolulu Theatre for Youth, presenting a one-of-a-kind experience steeped in history, culture, and the healing we all need right now. The Pa'akai We Bring follows multiple generations of salt farmers on Kauai, mixing in ancient stories, hula, live music, original songs, and plenty of audience participation into a tasty potluck of performance, joyously served up with aloha.
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Get more out of your field trip experience with our Dramatic Connections Workshop! Engage with each production's material more deeply with exercises, activities, and conversations led by our skilled Teaching Artists.