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Maia Directors
For organizations and artists engaging with stories from the Middle East and beyond


Maia Directors
May 22, 2021
A Maia Directors Update
Like so many of us at this time, Maia Directors is in a moment of transition. There are two pieces to this transition that we want to...


Maia Directors
Jun 2, 2020
A Statement of Commitment from Maia Directors
We have never explicitly named ourselves as an anti-racist organization. We do that now. We are seeing a flood of statements from...


Maia Directors
May 25, 2020
An Offering From Maia Directors
When the going gets tough, the Middle Easterners get cooking (and eating). As our beloved theatre artists and institutions try to weather...


Maia Directors
Mar 9, 2020
Meet Aysan Celik
Aysan (she/her) is an actor and theater maker focused on new plays, experimental performance, interview-based theater, and comedy. Tell...


Maia Directors
Feb 3, 2020
Meet Damon Owlia
Damon Owlia is an actor and producer focusing on civic-minded storytelling and navigating the intersection between art and technology....


Maia Directors
Jan 6, 2020
Meet Madhuri Shekar
Madhuri Shekar is a playwright and screenwriter, who counts Chennai, Los Angeles, and Jersey City as her different homes. Tell us...


Maia Directors
Dec 19, 2019
Meet Kholoud Sawaf
Kholoud Sawaf is a Syrian director and creator living in The United States whose work is driven by physical storytelling and ensemble...


Maia Directors
Dec 19, 2019
Meet Pooya Mohseni
Pooya is an Iranian-American actor, writer, filmmaker, and transgender educator & activist, born and raised in Tehran, now based in New...


Maia Directors
Dec 19, 2019
Meet Dina El-Aziz
Dina is one of the busiest costume designers working today. Current and upcoming projects include Nine Parts of Desire by Heather Raffo,...
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