Maraya Performing Arts

Motivational Monday Vibes. We welcome one and all with open arms to our brand new multicultural arts center in Chula Vista. ICYMI: please check out our Channel 10 News segment that tells the story of our founding...a story of resilience...a story of how the arts can heal and positively change lives through the most challenging of times. ... In the spirit of BAYANIHAN (communal unity), please consider making a donation to Maraya Performing Arts and demonstrate your solidarity for #AsianWomxnOwnedBusinesses and the arts, so we may continue to survive and thrive through this pandemic and beyond. DONATION LINK IN BIO. #SupportBIPOCArtists #SupportArtsEducation #ArtHeals #ArtUnites https://youtu.be/-l-xVmQRvAU Maraming Salamat (thank you very much), Anjanette Founder, CEO, Artistic Director Maraya Performing Arts

ATTENTION PARENTS: Do you have a child who needs to be reconnected and reinspired alongside other Youth? Are you searching for a fun place where your child can explore the Performing Arts in a physically safe and emotionally supportive environment? ... Is/are your child/children wanting to build and strengthen their Musical Theatre & Performance skills? We got you covered! CHECK OUT OUR SUMMER YOUTH THEATRE PROGRAMS (SYTYP) in HIP HOP & CONTEMPORARY MUSICAL THEATRE Dance. Sing. Act. FINAL SHOWCASE PERFORMANCE OF ORIGINAL STUDENT CREATIONS will occur on the last day of respective session. Designed for AGES 6-18! LIMITED SPOTS AVAILABLE. 3 Summer Session Dates Available in June, July and/or August. For more info and to register in advance click here: https://marayaarts.com/classes/theatre-classes/

#THROWBACKTHURSDAY Pre-pandemic days...dressing up in a Squirrel costume to do some movement exploration. First Day of School for "Squirrels" at La Jolla Playhouse Written by: Rob Askins. Directed by: Christopher Ashley.

Celebrating our beautiful and talented AAPI Teaching Artists. MISS MOANA and MISTER MATT! #StopAAPIHate... Photos: @BetoSoto

PRACTICE GRATITUDE. We are grateful for the gift of life. Check out our latest news! - https://mailchi.mp/marayaarts.com/practice-gratitude

Proud to see Filipinx-American stories represented!

Fall Updates from MPA - https://mailchi.mp/marayaarts.com/fall-updates-from-mpa

Photo session with Maraya Performing Arts this past weekend! Anjanette Maraya-Ramey

photo session with Beto Soto!

WE ARE DOWN TO OUR LAST DAY BEFORE THE EVENT! WE ARE CURRENTLY IN TECH RIGHT NOW - We are absolutely excited to see y'alls lovely faces tomorrow! All of the information is in the event page.

Audience engagement time! What do you think of when you hear the word "BELONGING?" Drop your thoughts in the comments below.

Crazy FilAms Celebrate Cultural Pride with Vincent Rodriguez III - https://mailchi.mp//crazy-filams-celebrate-cultural-pride-

4 MORE DAYS AWAY FROM OUR EXCITING FILAM PRIDE EVENT THIS WEEKEND. We would love to see your lovely faces come and celebrate art & heritage with us in this event. The best part is that, we definitely want to be as inclusive by making it a "pay-what-you can-scale" in order to ensure that we do not turn anyone away at the door due to financial reasons and etc. Please click on the link below for more details.

Celebrate FilAm Pride with Vincent Rodriguez III from Crazy Ex-Girlfriend! - https://mailchi.mp//crazy-filams-celebrate-cultural-pride-

International superstar, Vincent Rodriguez III, comes to San Diego to celebrate Filipino Heritage Month with Maraya Performing Arts! Maraya Performing Arts hosts an exclusive interview with FilAm triple-threat performer, Vincent Rodriguez III. Best known for his leading role on the hit TV series, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, Vincent is giving back to his very own Filipin(x/a/o) and arts community by supporting critical fundraising efforts to keep the arts thriving in South Bay Sa...n Diego and beyond. In the spirit of kabayanihan (communal unity), join the fun as we celebrate the crazy pride of Filipin(x/a/os) in the arts! EVENT DETAILS: Saturday, October 17th from 3:30 pm to 5:00 pm (PST) via ZOOM. To make this event as inclusive and accessible as possible, the event will be offered on a pay what you can model. REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN To register and gain the ZOOM link for the event, please register here: www.marayaarts.com/events *Absolutely no recording or taking of photographs permitted during the event. Maraming Salamat (thank you very much) for your respect and understanding. To donate to the fundraiser directly, please visit: www.FilAmPrideWithVincent.com BIO: Vincent Rodriguez III is a Los Angeles-based entertainer, best known for playing the male lead role of Josh Chan in The CW comedy-drama series Crazy Ex-Girlfriend. Vincent was born in San Francisco and grew up in Daly City, California. In his spare time, Vincent enjoys working out, taking acting and dance classes, trains in extreme martial arts, and teaches performing arts masterclasses. Prior to moving to Los Angeles, he was a stage actor in New York City for 11 years, performing internationally in first national tours, regional theater, and Off-Broadway. More recently you can see him in season 2 of Insatiable (Netflix) as Detective Rudy Cruz and as Lord Li Jing in the English-dub version of the animated film Ne Zha.

New project officially annnounced. We are honored and humbled! ... Thank you La Jolla Playhouse for commissioning us to create a new dance theatre film for the 2020 Digital Without Walls Series!

@marayaarts supports Autism Awareness. Go #TeamKaleb #GoTeamKaeoJr @houseofninjas5678

International superstar, Vincent Rodriguez III, comes to San Diego to celebrate Filipino Heritage Month with Maraya Performing Arts! Maraya Performing Arts hosts an exclusive interview with FilAm triple-threat performer, Vincent Rodriguez III. Best known for his leading role on the hit TV series, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, Vincent is giving back to his very own Filipin(x/a/o) and arts community by supporting critical fundraising efforts to keep the arts thriving in South Bay San Di...ego and beyond. In the spirit of kabayanihan (communal unity), join the fun as we celebrate the crazy pride of Filipin(x/a/os) in the arts! EVENT DETAILS: Saturday, October 17th from 3:30 pm to 5:00 pm (PST) via ZOOM. To make this event as inclusive and accessible as possible, the event will be offered on a pay what you can model. To register and gain the ZOOM link for the event, please email Hannah at [email protected]. *Absolutely no recording or taking of photographs permitted during the event. Maraming Salamat (thank you very much) for your respect and understanding. To donate to the fundraiser directly, please visit: www.FilAmPrideWithVincent.com BIO: Vincent Rodriguez III is a Los Angeles-based entertainer, best known for playing the male lead role of Josh Chan in The CW comedy-drama series Crazy Ex-Girlfriend. Vincent was born in San Francisco and grew up in Daly City, California. In his spare time, Vincent enjoys working out, taking acting and dance classes, trains in extreme martial arts, and teaches performing arts masterclasses. Prior to moving to Los Angeles, he was a stage actor in New York City for 11 years, performing internationally in first national tours, regional theater, and Off-Broadway. More recently you can see him in season 2 of Insatiable (Netflix) as Detective Rudy Cruz and as Lord Li Jing in the English-dub version of the animated film Ne Zha.

TODAY IS OUR LAST FREE COMMUNITY CLASS We are truly thankful for all the wonderful and awesome times we’ve shared during the last 7 weeks doing this. We are also excited to start shifting into our other exciting ventures with MPA and we can’t wait to finally announce them. For now, we truly hope you can join us this morning at 10am PST for our final wander/wonder Wednesday class.... Click on the link for more information and see you soon!

S P E C I A L R E V E A L We, at Maraya Performing Arts are absolutely excited to reveal our special guest for an upcoming event for this year's Filipino American History Month. If you can guess who this is - you get big cookie points!

Congratulations to everyone who showed up at our very first ever auditions for Maraya Performing Arts - stay tuned for the announcement for the final casting for our dance film, "TOWARDS BELONGING"

We are absolutely proud of our very own, Edrian Pangilinan via Studio Penguino for bagging the very first "Outstanding LGBTQ Filmmaker" award at the recent Asian American Film Lab's The 72 Hour Film Shootout. Way to go for your press for the stories of our brothers and sisters in the marginalized communities to be heard in a very vulnerable and authentic manner.

LAST CALL FOR AUDITION NOTICE We are down to almost the last day of accepting applications/registration for our audition for our upcoming dance film, "Towards Belonging" this Sunday, 10/4. Due to the current pandemic, we are NOT accepting any walk-ins, so you will need to register for a time slot by clicking on the link below.... Maraming salamat! https://bit.ly/2HRXFa4