Maui Academy of Performing Arts

The Maui Academy of Performing Arts (MAPA) is a nonprofit theatre company that produces community theater and offers classes to children and young adults.

MAPA was founded in 1974 as the Maui Youth Theater by Linda Takita (daughter of Frankie Yankovic).

[4] Some notable students and actors are Hawaiian music artists Kealiʻi Reichel, Amy Hānaialiʻi Gilliom, Eric Gilliom, screenwriter Gregory Poirier, and actor, screenwriter, director Brian Kohne.

[3][5] Every year, the Academy performs for over 25,000 elementary and pre-school students in roughly 200 schools across the state of Hawaii.

[6] The Academy has a yearly summer musical production and a spring dance concert.

Location of Maui Academy of Performing Arts, September 2019
The back side of the building where the office of Maui Academy of Performing Arts is located, February 2019