GAPA Theatre

03/30/2026

We’re excited to uplift and support this powerful work by Eddie Jen (Miss GAPA 1998) as part of the San Francisco International Arts Festival and the United States of Asian American Festival
Seeking a Penpal for the End of the World is an immersive, participatory performance that blends drag, storytelling, and real-life correspondence—exploring what it means to connect across difference in deeply human ways. Funny, provocative, and unexpectedly moving, this is a one-of-a-kind theatrical experience.

The Marsh Studio Theater, San Francisco
Saturday, May 2 (7:30PM) & May 9 (6:00PM)

Early bird tickets are on sale now for $20 (33% off the door price)
⏳ Sale ends May 31 — would love your help getting those early sales up!

Get tickets + more info:
https://www.sfiaf.org/sfiaf2026_eddie-jen

Let’s show up for QTAPI artists and bold, boundary-pushing storytelling ❤️

03/19/2026

03/19/2026

Call for Q***r and Transgender Asian and Pacific Islander (QTAPI) Storytellers!

GAPA Theatre invites Q***r and Transgender Asian and Pacific Islander (QTAPI) storytellers to join our 2026 Spring Cohort.

APPLICATION DUE: FRIDAY, MARCH 27TH, 3PM
Application link: https://bit.ly/GT2026cohort

We are seeking QTAPI community members who are ready to explore and share stories rooted in their own lived experience—stories of finding community, building community, and showing up for one for community.

Through a collaborative, workshop-based process, participants will develop original solo performance and spoken word pieces. These works will be presented in a GAPA Theatre production, "As One", on June 6, as part of 2026 QTAPI Week celebrations and the United States of Asian American Festival, presented by the Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center.

No prior writing or performance experience is required. We welcome anyone with a desire to tell their story, engage in collective creative process, and support fellow cohort members in a space grounded in trust, care, and artistic growth.

Workshop dates are mandatory and check in sessions are voluntary and used to share your work, hear others and support one another.

Workshop and Session Dates:
3/31, 7-8pm – Intro and Overview Workshop (virtual)
4/7, 7-9pm: Storytelling Workshop 1 (virtual)
4/11. 2-4pm: Storytelling Workshop 2 (in-person) confirmed
4/14, 6-8pm: Spoken Word Workshop 1 (virtual)
4/16, 7-8pm: check in session
4/18, 4-6pm Spoken Word Workshop 2 (virtual)
4/23, 7-8pm: check in session
4/25, 2-3pm: check in session
4/28, 7-8pm: check in session

Production and Theme:
As One
Community + Care + Resilience
A collection of original performances by Q***r and Transgender Asian and Pacific Islander (QTAPI) artists, As One uplifts stories of community—discovering community, building community, and showing up for one another. These works reflect the care and resilience that sustain and connect us. Presented as part of the 2026 QTAPI Week celebrations and the United States of Asian American Festival, presented by the Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center.

30-minute informational Zoom call, Saturday March 21, 7PM
Zoom link: https://bit.ly/GTzoom0321

Questions? Contact: [email protected]

02/05/2026

see you there!

Join us for A Q***r Lunar New Year, in celebration of GAPA's 38th Anniversary! Co-presented by the Chan National Q***r Arts Center & GAPA, we will ring in the Year of the Horse with some of the Bay’s best and brightest QTAPI voices.

Your ticket includes one drink ticket, access to an array of delicious food stations, and an electrifying lineup of QTAPI performers, including FiliP!NX, GAPA Dance Collective, GAPA Men’s Chorus, Nā Lei Hulu i ka Wēkiu, Mabuhay Bi***es, Masala Mahal, Rice Rockettes, Royales, and SGI Dance Collective. Plus performances from our reigning GAPA Royalty, Mx GAPA 2025 The Indigo Menace, Miss GAPA 2025Quinn Amann Krunch, and Mr. GAPA 2025 Seika Ryu.

We are also excited to recognize Connie Chan(George Choy Community Ally Award), BAPHR (Doug Yaranon Organization Ally Award) and Patrick Makuakāne (Donald Masuda Vanguard Award). Lastly, we will be announcing the 2026 GODZY Award recipient, GAPA's highest honor.

With thrilling performances, great drinks, and community at every turn, this three-hour celebration is the Lunar New Year party you don’t want to miss. Grab your ticket, raise a glass, and celebrate together. All guests must be 21+ with valid photo ID.

For link to tickets, visit www.gapa.org/banquet

12/04/2025

Join us for food, drinks, and community as we celebrate GAPA's achievements this year. Reserve your spot today to celebrate with us!
 
GAPA is built by the community for the community. We are delighted to have you at this celebration. As much as we want to welcome everyone, the venue has limited capacity, so we only have 50 slots for this event.
 
Light snacks will be provided, plus enjoy a variety of drinks from the no-host bar at the Academy. Sign up now to make sure you don't miss out!
 
To RSVP, click here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/gapa-holiday-get-together-2025-tickets-1976760134776?utm_experiment=test_share_listing&aff=ebdsshios

06/22/2025

Join GAPA Theatre as we celebrate QTAPI artist Eddie Jen!

ONE NIGHT ONLY!
Seeking a Penpal for the End of the World
Written and performed by Eddie Jen
Wednesday, July 16th, 2025
Doors Open 7 pm, Show starts 7:30 pm

Eclectic Box SF
446 Valencia Street
San Francisco CA 94103
Tickets at: bit.ly/seeking2025

After Trump 1.0 tried to end America's democracy on January 6th, 2021, a gay immigrant drag queen in San Francisco began corresponding with a retired, White, Republican woman from Bountiful, Utah -- his high school English teacher. But what happens when the political discussions veer into the personal? How far can you explore being "friends" with a former teacher? And how does this friendship shed light on America under Trump 2.0?

After this San Francisco premiere, the show will do the full run at Edinburgh Fringe.

For more info, check out www.seekingapenpal.com

06/02/2025

Thank you and congrats to the GAPA Theatre Spring 2025 cohort and newest members for the GAPA Theatre Artists Collective on a great performance/reading yesterday!

OUR VERY FIRST DREAM
aLoe huynh phuong

BAREBONES
Bree Ahmed

MORE THAN MEETS THE EYE
Brian Palac

KINK
Day

MY BODY WASN’T MINE
Delaney Bantillo

ENSENADA
Dino Duazo

BELONGING
Fay Cordeiro

TONY & JANE
Hy (Teddy) Truong

SAFE SPACES WHERE NO ONE CAN HEAR YOU SCREAM
Jake Montano

WHAT IS A FOREST
Mayo Arbues

LESSONS FROM SWIMMING IN THE BAY
Shijia Lu

05/15/2025

QTAPI Week Kick Off Drag Show
Celebrate the 5th anniversary of Q***r and Trans API (QTAPI) Week with us at the QTAPI Week mixer and preview night!
May 23, 2025 6-8PM
National Japanese American Historical Society

Celebrate the 5th anniversary of Q***r and Trans API (QTAPI) Week with us at the QTAPI Week mixer and preview night, May 23rd from 6-8pm! Come mix and mingle with members of the Bay Area's Q***r and Trans API organizations at the National Japanese American Historical Society (NJAHS), located in the heart of San Francisco's Japantown. There will be refreshments, Pei Pei Ma'bilz and Kristi Yummykochi of the Rice Rockettes, COOL PEOPLE, and a preview of all the great events happening around the Bay Area for this year's 5th QTAPI Week. Interested in hearing about Chinatown Pride? The progress pride flag raising in Japantown? Come to the QTAPI Week preview night and mixer for an exclusive peak!

First held between May 22-29, of 2021, Q***r and Trans Asian & Pacific Islander Heritage Week was proclaimed in San Francisco by the Board of Supervisors during a time of increasing anti-Asian hate in the SF Bay Area. Since then it has spread across North America and been officially proclaimed by several cities and counties. The week itself serves as a metaphorical bridge between API Heritage month in May and Pride Month in June, showing that our identities are interconnected, and can have compounding impacts.

Celebrate the 5th anniversary of Q***r and Trans API (QTAPI) Week with us at the QTAPI Week mixer and preview night!