Native New Yorker Maia Lorian is a true character actress with a background in comedy and improv. Career highlights include: 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), worked as a performance facilitator for Marina Abramovic’s piece Generator, and featured on SNL., In theater- Carmina Burana (Lincoln Center), Murder In the Cathedral (Hoi Polloi/Off Broadway), A Pale Horse Death and Hell (Ontological-Hysteric Theater), Flying Snakes in 3D (Ars Nova).
Maia went to LaGuardia High School of Music and Art in NYC where she majored in Drama, studied with Anne Bogart's SITI Co., The Atlantic Theater Co., The Experimental Theatre Wing at Tisch/NYU, and graduated with Highest Honors from California College of Art, where she designed her own major in film, performance, and installation.
Maia's workshopped many new productions, and loves to create. She's the artisitic director of A Presidential Parody, her collaboration with Abe Lincoln Jr., a guerrilla art ad takeover, which includes live performance. The project has been incredibly well received, with all four posters from the first season earning a spot in the permanent collection of Poster House Museum in NYC. Maia also does stand-up, sings, composes music/lyrics, and is always learning new skills, like Russian and ukulele.
Maia went to LaGuardia High School of Music and Art in NYC where she majored in Drama, studied with Anne Bogart's SITI Co., The Atlantic Theater Co., The Experimental Theatre Wing at Tisch/NYU, and graduated with Highest Honors from California College of Art, where she designed her own major in film, performance, and installation.
Maia's workshopped many new productions, and loves to create. She's the artisitic director of A Presidential Parody, her collaboration with Abe Lincoln Jr., a guerrilla art ad takeover, which includes live performance. The project has been incredibly well received, with all four posters from the first season earning a spot in the permanent collection of Poster House Museum in NYC. Maia also does stand-up, sings, composes music/lyrics, and is always learning new skills, like Russian and ukulele.
