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A Maia Directors Update
Like so many of us at this time, Maia Directors is in a moment of transition. There are two pieces to this transition that we want to...
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For organizations and artists engaging with stories from the Middle East and beyond
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- Jun 2, 2020
A Statement of Commitment from Maia Directors
We have never explicitly named ourselves as an anti-racist organization. We do that now. We are seeing a flood of statements from...
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- May 25, 2020
An Offering From Maia Directors
When the going gets tough, the Middle Easterners get cooking (and eating). As our beloved theatre artists and institutions try to weather...
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- Mar 9, 2020
Meet Aysan Celik
Aysan (she/her) is an actor and theater maker focused on new plays, experimental performance, interview-based theater, and comedy. Tell...
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- Feb 3, 2020
Meet Damon Owlia
Damon Owlia is an actor and producer focusing on civic-minded storytelling and navigating the intersection between art and technology....
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- Jan 6, 2020
Meet Madhuri Shekar
Madhuri Shekar is a playwright and screenwriter, who counts Chennai, Los Angeles, and Jersey City as her different homes. Tell us...
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- Dec 19, 2019
Meet Kholoud Sawaf
Kholoud Sawaf is a Syrian director and creator living in The United States whose work is driven by physical storytelling and ensemble...
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- Dec 19, 2019
Meet Pooya Mohseni
Pooya is an Iranian-American actor, writer, filmmaker, and transgender educator & activist, born and raised in Tehran, now based in New...
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- Dec 19, 2019
Meet Dina El-Aziz
Dina is one of the busiest costume designers working today. Current and upcoming projects include Nine Parts of Desire by Heather Raffo,...