Join the HCT ʻOhana
Work & Volunteer With Us
Teaching artists, directors, designers, crew and volunteers — everything we do for Kauaʻi's keiki is powered by people like you.
Whether you're a professional artist, a parent with a free evening, or someone who's always wanted to work behind the scenes, there's a place for you at Hawaiʻi Children's Theatre. See what's open below, or tell us what you'd love to do.
Ways to Get Involved
Paid roles and volunteer spots
Teaching Artists
Lead a weekly class, a weeklong intensive or a one-day workshop for HCT Academy and Summer Stars.
Directors, Music Directors & Choreographers
Bring a Mainstage or After Dark production to life with our young performers.
Backstage & Design
Stage management, crew, costumes, hair and makeup, sets, lights and sound.
Front of House & Events
Welcome audiences, usher, run the merch table, and help at fundraisers.
Office & Board
Lend your skills in the office, on a committee, or on our board.
For Teaching Artists
Share Your Craft. Inspire the Next Generation.
Formats
Weekly · Weeklong · One-Day
Resident Artists
Kauaʻi-Based · Year-Round
Visiting Artists
Housing on Select Dates · TBD
Open To
All Creative Artists
Who We're Looking For
Creative artists of every discipline
We're looking for creative artists who love working with young people — experienced teaching artists and working professionals alike. If you can teach it, we want to hear about it. Past and current offerings include:
- ✦ Acting
- ✦ Musical theatre
- ✦ Voice
- ✦ Dance and movement
- ✦ Improvisation
- ✦ Shakespeare
- ✦ Stage combat
- ✦ Hair and makeup
- ✦ Costume design
- ✦ Videography and filmmaking
- ✦ Technical theatre and stagecraft
- ✦ Audition skills
- ✦ A specialty we've never thought of
Two Ways to Teach
Resident & Visiting Teaching Artists
Resident Teaching Artists
Live on Kauaʻi and teach with us throughout the year. Resident artists form the core of HCT Academy's faculty — teaching weekly classes, camps, and intensives season after season, and growing alongside our students.
Visiting Teaching Artists
Join us from off-island for a weeklong or one-day intensive. We have housing available for visiting artists on select dates (to be announced) — reach out and let's find a window that works.
Formats
Weekly Classes, Weeklong & One-Day Intensives
You choose the shape of your offering — we'll help you fit it into the season:
Weekly Class
A recurring class with the same group of students over a season — the backbone of HCT Academy.
Weeklong Intensive
A deep dive over school breaks or summer — one subject, five days, big growth.
One-Day Intensive
A single-day workshop or masterclass — a powerful way to try out teaching with HCT.
How Payment Works
Enrollment-Based Pay, Explained Simply
We keep payment for teaching artists simple and transparent, so you always know what to expect before you commit:
- ✦ Propose your class — subject, format, ages, dates, and tuition are agreed together up front.
- ✦ We add your class to our roster and open registration.
- ✦ If enrollment meets our minimum threshold, your class runs and you're paid per the agreed terms.
- ✦ If the class doesn't fill, we cancel it and — per our cancellation policy — no payment is made.
Scheduling & Venues
Venue Availability & Costs
Our home venue is the Puhi Theatrical Warehouse. When it isn't available at the time you want to teach, we have to rent a separate venue — which adds to our costs and can affect what we're able to offer. Flexible scheduling helps us keep your class viable, and we'll always confirm the venue with you before your class is listed.
What We Ask
Our Mission & Your Commitment
We invite everyone to apply, as long as you understand and support our mission: inspiring community through the study, performance and appreciation of the theater arts. Everything we do must be safe, supportive, and age-appropriate — everyone who works with our students is background-checked — and teaching artists should understand our cancellation policy up front: if a class doesn't meet its enrollment threshold, it's cancelled without payment.
Apply
Tell us about yourself
It takes about five minutes. We read every application.