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After being formally trained at Kent State University, became a

company member to several local theatres in the NEOhio area including Magical

Theatre Company, The Ohio Shakespeare Festival, and The Chameleon Village

Project. These past years, she has directed some of her favorite productions: Ain’t

Misbehavin’, For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is

Enuf, Sister Act, Fences and many more. Maya is a core member of the newly formed

Akron Black Artist Guild. She is a Theatre, Film, and Voice actor as well as carpenter,

director and playwright and is represented by Docherty Acting Agency. Maya has

tied her social justice work and love for theatre together in a myriad of productions,

including Say It Loud! (co-creator), Home (co-collaborator), inCOPnegro (co-

collaborator) and truly enjoys doing this work. As the Artistic Associate at Magical

Theatre Company Maya can fulfill her passion as an artist and educator and being

so an avid student. She prides herself in her continued study of Lessac Kinesensic

training, improvisation, and character development. She teaches a series of theatre

courses to all ages and that information can be found once an inquiry is made at the bottom of the page.