Alexis Dascoulias (Executive Director) joined Maui OnStage in June 2007. Bringing with her a rich history in theatre and education, Alexis most recently served as the Executive Director for Seacoast Repertory Theatre (SRT). She was also serving as the President for the Board of Trustees for Cocheco Arts and Technology Academy: a Public Charter High School up until her departure for Hawaii. Prior to working for SRT, Alexis was the Theatre Department Head at Dover High School (in NH). She also served as the Artistic Director for Hackmatack Playhouse in Maine as well as the Executive Director for Piscataqua Youth Players in New Hampshire. Alexis has worked as a producer, teacher, director and manager for many New England theatres including: Seaglass Performing Arts, American Stage Festival, The Bell Center for the Arts, Portsmouth Academy of Performing Arts and Garrison Players. Alexis is honored to have The King & I as her debut directing experience for Maui OnStage. Other Rodgers and Hammerstein credits include directing The Sound of Music in both Maine and New Hampshire, producing productions of The King & I and Oklahoma as well as playing Maria in The Sound of Music and Julie Jordan in Carousel. Other directing credits include; Once On This Island and Seussical (Ogunquit Playhouse), The Nerd and Godspell (Hackmatack Playhouse) as well as productions of Oliver, The Miracle Worker, The Odd Couple (Female Version), How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, Fiddler on the Roof and Quilters (all in New England).

Kristi Scott (Artistic Associate) comes to Maui from the Northern Bay Area. Raised in the small farming town of Morgan Hill, California. Kristi went north to San Francisco where she honed her craft while working with such theaters as Berkeley Repertory, San Francisco Shakepeare Festival, TheaterWorks, and New Conservatory Theater. As well as acting, Kristi is also a director and teacher. For Maui OnStage. She directed Meshuggah-Nuns!, Sweeney Todd; the Demon Barber of Fleet Street, A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum and Blithe Spirit. She was seen in Maui OnStage's productions of Daddy's Dyin'...Who's Got The Will?, You Can't Take It With You and The Full Monty.

Louis Fernandez III (Technical Director & Facility Manager), a Maui native, returns to the island after 10 years of working theatre on the mainland with wife Krista to accept the Technical Director position with Maui OnStage. Louis originally worked at the IAO Theater during his Maui Community College days over 13 years ago. Louis has a Bachelor of Arts in Technical Theatre from the University of Northern Colorado. Louis returned home to Maui for one year upon graduating freelancing events such as the Mercedes Golf Classic at the Plantation Course in Kapalua, the Mercedes Car Dealer Show at the MACC and various other venues like concerts and theme parties. Louis also installed stage equipment for 'Ulalena before its successful run here on Maui. Louis accepted a position in the fall of 1999 at the Denver Center Theatre Company which in 1998 won the Tony Award for Best Regional Theatre, as a scenic technician. Louis worked at the DCTC from 1999 until present working his way up to the position of Lead Carpenter with a crew of six. Louis was involved with the collaboration of the DCTC with Sir Peter Hall and his Royal Shakespeare Company to mount the world premiere epic of Tantalus. This massive spectacle required a transformation of an arena stage called The Space Theatre into a high security museum for priceless antiquities shipped from Greece to promote Tantalus, which included a 16 foot square plexiglass floor that housed a scale model of one of Greece's prominent amphitheatres. Louis dealt with the installation of the museum in its entirety which prevented him from building scenery for Tantalus but he did have 25 tons of sand to hand mix and spread across the mainstage thrust theatre housed in the Denver Center called The Stage Theatre. Amongst many outstanding achievements, one that Louis holds in high regard is his IATSE membership in Local #7 in Denver, Colorado. For Maui OnStage, Louis has built Pump Boys and Dinettes, Meshuggah-Nuns!, Daddy's Dyin'...Who's Got The Will?, Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet Street, Little Shop of Horrors, The Mystery of Irma Vep, You Can't Take It With You, A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum, The Full Monty, Blithe Spirit and The King & I. Up next for Louis is Once on this Island with director Brian Swasey.

Krista Fernandez (Resident Scene Designer & Administrative/Marketing Head) joins Maui OnStage with husband, Louis, originating from Arizona. Krista attended the University of Arizona in Tucson earning her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Scene Design/Scene Painting. Krista quickly became a strong scenic artist under the tutelage of one of two prominent Chinese painters, Mr. Xuzheng He. Krista has worked as a scenic artist all over the country and spent five years in residence with the Music Theatre of Wichita under the second prominent Chinese painter, Mr. Shanfu Zhao. Mr. Zhao was the former Art Director for China's Beijing Opera as well as being Xuzheng's and her mentor. Krista earned her Master of Fine Arts in Scene Design/Scene Painting from the University of Missouri-Kansas City. Hall Family Foundation Professor John Ezell spent three years coaching, molding and creating scenic dynamos during Krista's residency with him at UMKC. Upon graduating from UMKC, Krista attended Ming Cho Lee's Annual Clambake competition in New York City amongst his own Yale students to battle out interviews and jobs with the best of the best in New York. From NYC, Krista accepted a teaching position for one year at the University of Oklahoma in Norman. There Krista taught six classes in scene design and scene painting, she designed two shows, A Midsummer Night's Dream and Coppelia along with being Charge Scenic Artist for over 15 productions that academic year. Krista was also able to freelance with a local architectural model making company to assist in the building of the Oklahoma City National Bombing Memorial scale model. It was prominently featured in TIME Magazine and toured all over the world as a fundraiser to support the building of the actual monument dedicated to the victims of the Oklahoma City bombing. Krista accepted a position in the fall of 1999 with the Tony Award Winning Best Regional Theatre, the Denver Center Theatre Company. Krista worked as a scenic artist in both the properties and paint shops for three years. Many shows stand out to Krista from her residency at the DCTC but definitely Tantalus ranks among the highest. Sir Peter Hall and his Royal Shakespeare Company were in attendance in Denver to produce the massive epic spectacle that took audiences over 10 hours to view in entirety. Krista was one of two scenic artists to sculpt an eight foot sphere of Apollo's head for Sir Peter Hall upon which he congratulated her with enthusiastic praise. Krista accepted a position at the University of Northern Colorado as the Opera Technical Director/Properties Director for two and a half years. Krista supervised a prop crew of five undergraduate students to assist her with over 20 productions during an academic year. Krista designed A View From The Bridge after taking a long hiatus from designing upon graduating from UMKC. Krista also designed Rhinoceros at the University of Colorado at Denver. At Maui OnStage, Krista is the resident scene designer and has designed Pump Boys and Dinettes, Meshuggah-Nuns!, Daddy's Dyin'...Who's Got The Will?, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, Little Shop of Horrors, The Mystery of Irma Vep, You Can't Take It With You, A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum, The Full Monty, Blithe Spirit, The Foreigner and The King & I. Up next for Krista is designing Once on this Island with director Brian Swasey.


The Maui OnStage Production Team Members:

Alexander Cardinalli (Choreographer) a previous local to Maui, went to New York to get his education in choreography, attending CW Post of Long Island University for a BFA in dance at 17. He was founder, artistic director, and head choreographer for the Student Dance Organization and a soloist performer for the Post Concert Dance Company. While going to school, choreographing, and performing, he was also the assistant choreographer/assistant director for You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown. When the Julliard School offered him to join their transfer admissions list, he turned them down and went to the American Musical and Dramatic Academy to gain experience working with singers and actors and to learn about Musical Theatre. The teachers honed in on his choreography experience, and he soon became dance captain for all his classes and a primary choreographer for school productions. After graduating with a conservatory degree in Musical Theatre, he performed in Free Will & Wonton Lust, A Raisin in the Sun, CATS, A City of Strangers, Little Shop of Horrors, Music Man, The Full Monty, and The Goodbye Girl, to name a few. He then expanded The Academy of Dance Arts California and Nevada, bringing with him a professional Musical Theatre program and various East Coast dance techniques. He was a featured guest performer at the Reno Hilton for Best in Ten Years, co-founder and co-artistic director for the Sierra Ballet Theatre Company, and designed Professional Musical Theatre for Non-Professionals, Dancer’s Body Work Out, and Stretching for Non and Professional Dancers programs. He is currently the Resident Choreographer for Maui OnStage. Other Choreographic Credits Include: Cats, All That Jazz, A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum, Thriller, Faces of Rejection, Paquita, The Fire Ballet, A Rainforest…Ballet, Dance is the Key, A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Music to Monte Python, Grease, Little Mermaid, Billboard’s Number 1 Hits,The King & I and Too Many Princesses. Up next for Alexander is Maui OnStage's Once on this Island as assistant director/dance captainr with director Brian Swasey.

The Maui OnStage Board of Directors is comprised of a group of professionals who serve on the Board in a volunteer capacity. They set policy and serve to ensure the organization's fiscal and artistic viability.