2018-2019 Season of Surprises!
In the Lerner Family Theatre
Enjoy surprising twists on familiar stories, a brand-new show schedule, and a show where YOU get to choose how the adventure unfolds!
Subscribe to our 2018-2019 season to get the best seats in the house at half the price. Subscriber benefits include $16 tickets, unlimited exchanges, and 5% off all Imagination Stage classes.
OR Save big with 2018-2019 Flex Pass tickets, which can be used at any show in the season.
Single tickets for the 2018-2019 Season will go on sale August 13, 2018.
Cinderella
November 3, 2018-January 6, 2019
Adaptation & Lyrics by Alyn Cardarelli
Music by Steve Goers
Directed by Kathryn Chase Bryer
Best for Ages 4+
This wacky retelling of the beloved fairy tale takes Cinderella on a royal adventure complete with a wisecracking rat, evil stepsisters, and a smitten prince. When Cinderella’s stepmother forbids her from attending the ball, her fairy godmother convinces here that if the shoe fits- wear it! True love may await her if only she can put down her sword. Just the right fit for the holiday season!
Anatole: Mouse Magnifique
in repertory with Dickens’s Davy Copperfield
February 9-March 24, 2019
Book & Lyrics by John Maclay and Lee Becker
Music composed by Janes Valcq
Directed by Tom Story
Based on the books Anatole ® and Anatole the Cat ® by Eve Titus
Best for Ages 4+
Meet Anatole- mouse magnifique- the best cheese-taster in all of France! In this whimsical musical adventure, Anatole and his best friend Gaston set out to save the Duval cheese factory, only to discover something much scarier than moldy Brie lurking in the tasting room. Can Anatole outsmart the hungry predator and save the factory? Join Anatole, Gaston, and a chorus of dancing cheeses to find out!
Dickens’s Davy Copperfield
in repertory with Anatole: Mouse Magnifique
February 16-March 31, 2019
Written and directed by Janet Stanford
Music and lyrics by Tim Guillot
Freely adapted from Charles Dickens’s semiautobiographical novel David Copperfield
Best for Ages 6+
Experience the genius of Charles Dickens through the eyes of a young boy! Follow Davy Copperfield on his childhood adventures in 19th C. England. Whether at home with his mother, at boarding school, working in a London bottling factory, or making his epic escape across the English countryside, Davy shows his resilience and determination to find a loving home.
Escape from Peligro Island
April 27- May 26, 2019
Written by Finegan Kruckemeyer
Directed by Kathryn Chase Bryer
Best for Ages 5+
You create your own adventure! Callaway Brown – an unlikely young hero – has been stranded on a desert island, and it’s up to YOU to decide what happens next! In this interactive production, audience members vote on Callaway’s actions in an energetic romp through time and space. Will Callaway time travel to the Wild West and meet a talking horse? Develop superpowers and fight crime in the future? Or have a crush on a vampire? The choice is yours!
The Ballad of Mu Lan
June 26- August 11, 2019
Written and directed by Alvin Chan
Music by Matt Mazzella
A partnership production with Honolulu Theatre for Youth
Best for Ages 6+
Courage, honor, and country! When China is forced to war with the invading Xi Xia, each family must send one man into battle. In her quest to protect her baba, our young heroine proves girls can do anything – including saving a nation. Inspired by Peking Opera, this partnership production with the Honolulu Theatre for Youth is full of music, pageantry, and humor. Students from the prestigious O-mei Wushu Center- under the direction of Martial Arts Master Sifu Xiaolin Lu – round out the cast in this girl-powered adventure!
