Maraya Performing Arts

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About

Maraya Performing Arts in Chula Vista's Eastlake community is a women-owned performing arts center founded in 2020, offering Broadway Bound triple-threat training in acting, voice, and dance for students ages five through adult. The organization's youth musical theater productions — including Disney's Moana Jr. and SIX: Teen Edition — draw audiences and visiting families who book nearby accommodations at properties such as Hampton Inn Chula Vista Eastlake. A California Arts Council grant recipient, Maraya premiered Bayanihan, an original docu-style dance theater work exploring multigenerational Filipinx family narratives in South Bay San Diego. The organization's community programming includes a Filipino Arts & Culture Summit and adaptive classes for youth with special needs, extending its reach into cultural institutions across the region including Living Coast Discovery Center's family-engagement programming on the bayfront. Training tracks span ballet, jazz, hip-hop, Breaking, acrobatics, vocal technique, music theory, sight reading, and acting improvisation, with several students holding SAG-AFTRA membership and booking film, television, and commercial work.