Native New Yorker Maia Lorian is an actress and creator with a background in comedy and improv. Career highlights include: featured recurring player at SNL (seasons 42- present), Flight of the Conchords (HBO), The Onion News Network (IFC), a plethora of CollegeHumor videos that have gone viral, a series of films by cult film maker Mike Kuchar (Kuchar Brothers), and worked as a performance facilitator for Marina Abramovic’s piece Generator. In theater- Carmina Burana (Lincoln Center), Murder In the Cathedral (Hoi Polloi/Off Broadway), A Pale Horse Death and Hell With (Leah Winkler and Ontological-Hysteric Theater), Flying Snakes in 3D (Leah Winkler and Ars Nova).

Maia studied with Anne Bogart's SITI Co. and the Experimental Theatre Wing at Tisch/NYU. She’s also an artist and artistic director, and in the permanent collection of Poster House Museum in NYC. Maia’s workshopped many new productions and loves to create. Maia also does stand-up, sings, composes music and lyrics, and plays the ukulele.