Hoboken Children's Theater
Hoboken Children's Theater, 701 Clinton Street, Hoboken, NJ 7086
About
Hoboken Children's Theater offers year-round musical theater and acting classes that include activities such as Make It Musical!, Songs & Scenes, Theater Games, Sing! Dance! Act!, Theater Games & Improv, Performance Workshop, Devise & Improvise, Teen Workshop, and SummerStage. Students take part in singing, dancing, acting, and conservatory-style classes in Voice, Acting, and Dance. Songs & Scenes and Acting classes culminate in a presentation for family and friends during the final class, while Sing! Dance! Act! and Performance Workshop classes put on full performances complete with costumes and sets.
• Ages: 3–18 years old
• Schedule: Three full productions are mounted over three fun-filled weeks of rehearsals, and three week-long mini sessions are offered for the youngest children.
Hoboken Children's Theater was founded in 2002 by Chase Leyner. In 2016 it produced The Ballad of Janis Matthews and the Dodo Scouts, written by Giancarlo Rodaz and Rachel Dean, co-directed by Chase Leyner and Broadway veteran Don Brewer, and musical-directed by Scott Pearson.
Hoboken Children's Theater has developed shows for Theatrical Rights Worldwide, Broadway Licensing, and Stage Rights, and its producing arm is frequently asked by prominent theater writers to help develop, workshop, or perform new works. Over the years HCT has received Broadway World nominations, was a finalist for the Hoboken Chamber of Commerce’s Educator of the Year in 2019, was named Hulafrog’s Most-Loved Acting Studio in 2017, was listed as New Jersey Family magazine’s Top Acting Program in 2015, and received the Park Performing Arts Center’s Showtime Award in 2009. HCT is described as one of the tri-state area’s premiere theatrical training programs for young people, and its veterans have been accepted to top college programs in performing and theatrical arts in multiple disciplines, with students appearing in Broadway productions, national tours, film, television, commercials, and voiceovers.
Last updated July 9, 2026.
• Ages: 3–18 years old
• Schedule: Three full productions are mounted over three fun-filled weeks of rehearsals, and three week-long mini sessions are offered for the youngest children.
Hoboken Children's Theater was founded in 2002 by Chase Leyner. In 2016 it produced The Ballad of Janis Matthews and the Dodo Scouts, written by Giancarlo Rodaz and Rachel Dean, co-directed by Chase Leyner and Broadway veteran Don Brewer, and musical-directed by Scott Pearson.
Hoboken Children's Theater has developed shows for Theatrical Rights Worldwide, Broadway Licensing, and Stage Rights, and its producing arm is frequently asked by prominent theater writers to help develop, workshop, or perform new works. Over the years HCT has received Broadway World nominations, was a finalist for the Hoboken Chamber of Commerce’s Educator of the Year in 2019, was named Hulafrog’s Most-Loved Acting Studio in 2017, was listed as New Jersey Family magazine’s Top Acting Program in 2015, and received the Park Performing Arts Center’s Showtime Award in 2009. HCT is described as one of the tri-state area’s premiere theatrical training programs for young people, and its veterans have been accepted to top college programs in performing and theatrical arts in multiple disciplines, with students appearing in Broadway productions, national tours, film, television, commercials, and voiceovers.
Last updated July 9, 2026.
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