Maia Lorian
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I truly love working on SNL. It's always a blast! Here I am at an Elizabeth Warren Rally!​

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Hyperallergic wrote an amazing feature on my collaboration with Abe Lincoln Jr., A Presidential Parody! Check it out!

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Click on the photo to read Hyperallergic's feature

This Saturday I played a rally attendee for the cold open on SNL. Getting work on SNL is always such a thrill, but getting to say "Live from New York it's Satruday night" is definetly a moment I'm checking off on my bucket list! An amazing time!

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Click on the photo to watch the SNL cold open

When I'm not acting I'm creating. My collaboration with Abe Linclon Jr., A Presidential Parody, was recently added to the permanent collection of Poster House museum in NYC! Check out our interview

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Click on the photo to read our interview with Poster House

Here's a still from Lauren Francesca's new series Appland. Loved being a part of the experience!
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It was such a fantastic time getting to work on this weeks SNL, hosted by the amazing Larry David. Any time I get to grace the stage at Studio 8H is just the most penultimate feeling 100%
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It was such a blast getting to film at YouTube Space for Lauren Francesca's new series Appland. Stay tuned!
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I had a great time collaborating with photographer Nick McManus on a new photography series. Here's one of the shots from the project, more to come!
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When your face ends up on CNN?! I truly had the most excellent time getting to work on SNL's Weekend Update cold open recreation of the Phoenix Rally


If you've ever wondered about what Mercury Retrograde means for you, my video for Sanctuary IGTV may help shed some light! Check it out!
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Love getting to see the finished product! A photo taken from the American Daddy premier 
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Seriously had the time of my life getting to work on the SNL season finale. Click on the photos to check it out

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Here's a shot of me on the set of American Daddy, coming soon!


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Excited to participate in this fundraiser for the ACLU, a reading of Tony Kushner's A bright Room Called Day, make it out if you can


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Here I am looking groovy on the set of The Get Down on Netflix, so much fun was had


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This week I"ll be shooting the film Far Rock, directed by Peter Pascucci. I'm excited to switch it up and sink my teeth into a dramatic role! Stay tuned for more details.


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Video exists of me doing stand-up comedy for the first time in my life! Feel free to check it out by clicking on the photo. Here's to new experiences!


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I had an amazing time doing stand-up as part of a group show under the guidance of Veronica Mosey who also hosted it, at The Comedy Cellar at The Village Underground! My second show is tomorrow, can't wait!


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I open up the first minute of the first episode of the brand new series Anything Else! Click on the link to watch.


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Had a great time shooting a film by the brilliant Jen Taher, called Life as we Post it. Soon more info to come!


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So much fun was had shooting a spot for Five on a Match's promo. Such a talented group of artists! Click on the link to support their kickstarter campaign for their fantastic show Seen/By Everyone premiering at HERE Arts this June


I had such a great time shooting this piece on 35mm where I get to play a Mad Hatter-esque character, directed by the brilliant Jackie Christy
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Working on Generator was such an amazing experience, here's a family portrait with Marina Abramovic from the last day of the show!


Here are some images I'm in from Marina Abramovic's exhibit Generator, where I'm working as a performance facilitator. It has truly been a very cool experience.
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The new project I worked on with Mike Kuchar, Nonsensical, just had it's east coast premier last friday at The Anthology Film Archives, and it's west coast premier at Artist Television Access. Can't wait to see where it shows next!
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Click Here To Watch A Preview Courtesy Of Video Data Bank

Very pleased to announce that I'll be working as a performance facilitator for Marina Abramovic's new piece Generator, at Sean Kelly Gallery, her first performative work in New York since her major retrospective at The Museum of Modern Art in 2010
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Excited to be workshopping my new play thanks to BAX and The Field. It's been a great experience!
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Had a great time filming the new 
comedy series Anything Else, 
soon more details to come.


Just got cast in a new series Anything Else, written and directed by Graham Wallace, and produced by Alex Bach and also Richard Peete of Neighborhood Watch Films. Super funny script, can't wait to work on the project!
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Anything Else. Coming Soon!

Had a fabulous time filming a parody of the show Scandal for an episode of Sketchy called Everyday Scandal directed by the brilliant Matt Pollock
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Click Here To Watch Sketchy: Everyday Scandal

Here's a photo from the set of Mike Kuchar's latest project! So happy to have had the chance to work with him again.
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As a child actor in NYC, I began my career with TADA! Youth Theater, I just discovered a photo from a show I was in at age 11, singing with my dear friend, actress Mizuo Peck.
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Had a blast collaborating with Mike Kuchar of the Kuchar Brothers, and Dan Carbone of Kigdom of Not, this week. Such a great time and so fun being out in California!
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So proud of Mike Kuchar who's having a retrospective at The Tate Modern in London, Film Follies and Digital Daydreams. I had the pleasure of acting in 5 of Mike's films, truly the sweetest guy.
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The next project I'm working on, Prohibition NYC, is going to be such an exciting event. Click on the link for more info.
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Had a great time on the set of Jake and Amir this week. Such hilarious guys!
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As an actor, the inspiration for our performance comes from all places. Here's a funny juxtaposition of the inspiration and later recreation in a CollegeHumor sketch.
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Worked on a medical industrial today. Always nice to switch it up!
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Here's a fun photo from my recent day on set with Very Mary-Kate.
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Here's a photo from my recent day on set filming the music video parody Burden of the State which is running on Funny or Die, written and directed by Brett Haroldson.
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Such a fun time filming a parody of Tommy Wiseau's The Room, written and directed by Sarah Natochenny.
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The Huffington Post featured my picture in the article The Importance of Indie Theater in 2012, a statement with which I couldn't agree more!
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Had a great time on set with both Jest and CollegeHumor this week.  Acting in comedies is as much fun as it looks!
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Click Here To Check Out Jest

Check out photos from Flying Snakes in 3D, an Everywhere Theatre Group production which performed as part of Ars Nova's ANT Fest.
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Check out the trailer for the next show I'm appearing in, Flying Snakes in 3D, an Everywhere Theatre Group production, presented as part of ARS Nova ANT Fest.

Up next in Flying Snakes in 3D, an Everywhere Theatre Group production being presented as part of Ars Nova ANT FEST, a festival devoted to showcasing "the widest variety of the freshest talent in all of New York City." 
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Here's a photo from my recent day on set with The Onion News Network, "Jenna and Hailey". The new season airs this October on IFC.
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"Jenna and Hailey" on the set of The Onion News Network

Just got cast in an episode of The Onion News Network on IFC. I'm a big fan of the show so very excited to get to work with them again. Soon more details to come...
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Click Here To Learn More About The Show

From June 10 - June 25 Berkeley Art Museum/Pacific Film Archive will be having a retrospective on the Kuchar Brothers: Cult Of The Kuchars, featuring more than 50 years worth of films. I had the honor and pleasure of acting in 5 films by Mike Kuchar. If in the Bay Area definitely check it out!
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Click Here For Information on Cult Of The Kuchars at BAM/PFA

Congrats to my friends at CollegeHumor who just had a great segment on ABC News Nightline, "Seriously Funny: CollegeHumor.com" which also features the I've Gotta Feeling Parody I'm in (one of their top ten viewed videos of all time).
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Click Here To Watch On ABC's Nightline

It was recently announced that the opening of the Broadway Musical Spider Man Turn off the Dark has been postponed til June.  Here's a commercial parody I'm in by CollegeHumor about the show
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Click Here To Watch On CollegeHumor

Check out the CollegeHumor parody I'm in Grease Dilemma. It provides an answer to the question of whatever really happened on those summer nights...
Click Here To Watch On Youtube

Fans are the greatest! I just came across a fan-made sims version of Xbox Girls Get Revenge.  Its such fun to see myself in animated form! (Audio NSFW).

Here's a photo from another great day on set with CollegeHumor filming a commercial/parody for the new Spider Man musical on Broadway
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Watch me die a bloody death and simultaneously have a ton of fun in the closing scene from A Pale Horse, Death & Hell Followed With (A Lifetime Original Series). Premiered last year at Richard Foreman's Ontological-Hysteric Theater as part of their Incubator Series, an Everywhere Theatre Group production.
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Click Here To Watch On Vimeo

Check out my episode of Amateur Hour, written and directed by comedian Streeter Seidell (MTV's Pranked, CollegeHumor) and starring comedian Jon Gabrus.
    Streeter Seidell: "Here is the third installment of Amateur Hour, this one featuring the delightfully weird Maia Lorian. Maia was such a pro when we were shooting this and did whole takes without blinking at all. It got to the point where she had tears streaming down her face. But in a funny way. "
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Click Here To Watch Amateur Hour - Lexi Luther

Just got cast in a new series Amateur Hour, written and directed by Streeter Seidell (of MTV's Pranked & CollegeHumor). Stay tuned for more details.
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I'll be performing in From A DIfferent Place, DIrected by Leah Winkler and written by Jeff Helgeson as part of the Harvest One Act Play Festival
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Check out the new CollegeHumor video I'm in Jackass For Girls. Directed by Josh Ruben.
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Click Here To Watch On CollegeHumor

Pictures from a fun day on set with CollegeHumor filming a Grease Parody.  Directed by Mathew Pollock

Murder in the Cathedral, directed by Alec Duffy, got a great review in the NY Times! Its been such a great experience being a part of this epic production
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Click Here To Read The NY Times Review

On set for Walking Contradictions, directed by Will Hines
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Xbox Girls Gets Revenge has reached over a million views in less than a week!
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Click Here To Watch On Youtube

Tiger Tiger will open up The Chrysalis (a series of new plays) this Sunday June 6 at 8pm in the Johnson Theater at Theater For The New City. "A pitch black comedy about the world's most dysfunctional family"
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"The woods are lovely, dark, and deep..."
Here's a clip of the opening overture from A Pale Horse, Death and Hell Followed With (A Lifetime Original Series), an Everywhere Theatre Group production which performed at The Ontological-Hysteric Theater. Truly a great experience to have been a part of.

Check out some fun photos from a recent day on set with CollegeHumor, a groovy time was had by all!

I'll be performing a scene from Tiger Tiger this Sunday May 30th at Theater For The New City as part of the L.E.S. Festival of the Arts. Should be a lot of fun, plus it's free so come on out to the show!
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Up next in Tiger Tiger, a new play by Dee Ramirez premiering at Theater For The New City as part of their Chrysalis Program for New Playwrights
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If you're in the back of a NYC taxi don't be surprised if you recognize me, I'm running in a series of ads for bing that appear exclusively on Taxi TV. 
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Getting called into work without auditioning is one of my most favorite things! Next week I'll have the pleasure of working with with CollegeHumor again, always a great time and such a fun set!
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Check out Photos from A Pale Horse, Death And Hell Followed With (A Lifetime Original Series) An Everywhere Theatre Group Production at The Ontological-Hysteric Theater
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Click Here To Check Out Pictures From 'Pale Horse...'

Been recording with the band. Check out the latest very rough cut from The Alice Underground/Holidays Are For Lovers: Beating Heartbeat

A Pale Horse, Death and Hell Followed With (A Lifetime Original Series) 

An Everywhere Theatre Group Production

Premiering at the Ontological Hysteric Theater

December 3rd: 8pm
December 4th: 8pm
December 5th: 8pm and 10:30pm
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Meet the cast and crew of the next show I'll be appearing in: A Pale Horse, Death and Hell Followed With (A Lifetime Original Series) by Everywhere Theatre Group. Premiering December 3rd at the Ontological Hysteric Theater
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I'll be performing scenes from 'Pale Horse...' with Everywhere Theatre Group on Aztec Economy's Octobership. Drink on a boat while watching theater, burlesque, and music! October 25
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