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Maia discovered that she wanted to be an actress at the age of six, when she played Mr. Mole in a play about recycling. Fast forward a few years later, Maia has performed with the BATS (Flea Theater), Woolly Mammoth Theater, Skeleton Rep, Columbia Stages, the Lynn Redgrave Theatre, UglyRhino, the Player's Theater, CityShow, Lexington Ensemble, Manhattan Rep, and Theater Memphis among others. She has taken classes in film acting (Adrienne Weiss), method acting (Elizabeth Kemp at the Actor's Studio), voice (Carole Blankenship), Shakespeare (Claire Warden, Sybille Bruun-Moss, Nick Hutchinson), and stage combat (Cookie Ewing). She is SAG eligible.
 
Maia discovered that she wanted to be an actress at the age of six, when she played Mr. Mole in a play about recycling. Fast forward a few years later, Maia has performed with the BATS (Flea Theater), Woolly Mammoth Theater, Skeleton Rep, Columbia Stages, the Lynn Redgrave Theatre, UglyRhino, the Player's Theater, CityShow, Lexington Ensemble, Manhattan Rep, and Theater Memphis among others. She has taken classes in film acting (Adrienne Weiss), method acting (Elizabeth Kemp at the Actor's Studio), voice (Carole Blankenship), Shakespeare (Claire Warden, Sybille Bruun-Moss, Nick Hutchinson), and stage combat (Cookie Ewing). She is SAG eligible.
   
As a playwright, her work has been produced Off and Off-Off Broadway at the Hudson Guild Theatre, the PIT, the Lynn Redgrave Theatre, the Player's Theater, the Gene Frankel Theatre, Littlefield, the Kraine Theater, The Tank, the Matthew Corozine Studio Theatre, the NY LGBT Community Center, and Manhattan Rep. Her films include Quinceañera (dir. Angelique Molina), Broken (dir. Ethan Scarduzio), and An Escape (dir. Ted Boozalis). Her play, "Joan", is featured in ''365 Women, A Playwriting Project''.
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She is also an award-winning Off-Broadway playwright and has had work produced at The Hudson Guild Theatre, the PIT, the Lynn Redgrave Theatre, the Player's Theater, the Gene Frankel Theatre, Littlefield, the Kraine Theater, The Tank, the Matthew Corozine Studio Theatre, the NY LGBT Community Center, and Manhattan Rep among many others. Her films include Quinceañera (dir. Angelique Molina), Broken (dir. Ethan Scarduzio), and An Escape (dir. Ted Boozalis). Her play, "Joan", is featured in ''365 Women, A Playwriting Project''.
   
She is an ALAP Diversity Fellow.
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She is an ALAP Diversity Fellow and works with the LA Female Playwrights Initiative.
   
 
Maia graduated with honors in gender studies from Rhodes College with a BA in English Lit/Creative Writing and Theatre with a minor in Film. While at Rhodes, Maia was awarded the Clifton Scholarship to study abroad at St. John's, Oxford University,  where she took classes in Shakespeare, Women in Medieval Literature, and Medieval Drama. 
 
Maia graduated with honors in gender studies from Rhodes College with a BA in English Lit/Creative Writing and Theatre with a minor in Film. While at Rhodes, Maia was awarded the Clifton Scholarship to study abroad at St. John's, Oxford University,  where she took classes in Shakespeare, Women in Medieval Literature, and Medieval Drama. 

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MaiaHenkin

Bio

Maia discovered that she wanted to be an actress at the age of six, when she played Mr. Mole in a play about recycling. Fast forward a few years later, Maia has performed with the BATS (Flea Theater), Woolly Mammoth Theater, Skeleton Rep, Columbia Stages, the Lynn Redgrave Theatre, UglyRhino, the Player's Theater, CityShow, Lexington Ensemble, Manhattan Rep, and Theater Memphis among others. She has taken classes in film acting (Adrienne Weiss), method acting (Elizabeth Kemp at the Actor's Studio), voice (Carole Blankenship), Shakespeare (Claire Warden, Sybille Bruun-Moss, Nick Hutchinson), and stage combat (Cookie Ewing). She is SAG eligible.

She is also an award-winning Off-Broadway playwright and has had work produced at The Hudson Guild Theatre, the PIT, the Lynn Redgrave Theatre, the Player's Theater, the Gene Frankel Theatre, Littlefield, the Kraine Theater, The Tank, the Matthew Corozine Studio Theatre, the NY LGBT Community Center, and Manhattan Rep among many others. Her films include Quinceañera (dir. Angelique Molina), Broken (dir. Ethan Scarduzio), and An Escape (dir. Ted Boozalis). Her play, "Joan", is featured in 365 Women, A Playwriting Project.

She is an ALAP Diversity Fellow and works with the LA Female Playwrights Initiative.

Maia graduated with honors in gender studies from Rhodes College with a BA in English Lit/Creative Writing and Theatre with a minor in Film. While at Rhodes, Maia was awarded the Clifton Scholarship to study abroad at St. John's, Oxford University,  where she took classes in Shakespeare, Women in Medieval Literature, and Medieval Drama. 

She is bicoastal and travels between LA and NYC. She is owned by a cat named Pearl.  

Flea Shows

Aunt Laurie (US) I Hate F*cking Mexicans
Lady Montague Romeo and Juliet (The Shakes)
#Serials Various

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