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Finding Your Voice

Our Mission

GAPA Theatre is an intergenerational collective of QTAPI writers, performers and storytellers. We mentor emerging artists, and those interested in the performing arts and theater, by supporting their artistic development through skills building and technical workshops in writing, acting and directing, as well as producing public readings of works-in-progress and full-length performances for both virtual and in-person audiences.

GAPA Theatre Open House

GAPA Theatre is hosting an Open House on Saturday, October 4, 2026, 11am to 1pm. We'll talk about our upcoming GAPA Theatre retreat (January 2027) and other GAPA Theatre activities coming up in 2027 and 2028! Feel free to bring yourself and any other QTAPI friend(s) who might be interested in GAPA Theatre. This is an opportunity for all of our artists collective and potential writing cohorts to gather together in person!

Bonus: the Castro Street Fair is happening that same day, just down the hill. So after the Open House, head down and make a day of it. To RSVP, click here.

Hearts and Minds: A QTAPI Community Conversation Series

GAPA Theatre recently hosted a three-session series of intergenerational conversations with LGBTQ Asians and Pacific Islanders and their allies. The sessions included panelists who are community leaders, activists, artists, and educators. These esteemed individuals held space for important conversations that embrace our experiences of the dual pandemics of HIV/AIDS and COVID-19; our histories as Asians and Pacific Islanders in the U.S.; our past and current role in community organizing and the political process; as well as other issues that are part of the current cultural and political shifts and relevant to our experiences QTAPI individuals.