Maya Macdonald is a playwright and native of New York City who grew up performing new work both dance and theatre. As a playwright, her work is a collision between many different mediums.
She is bad at sleeping, but rather skilled at dreaming.
Her plays have been read, workshopped and produced with The Bushwick Starr, New Dramatists, Ensemble Studio Theatre, MCC Young Playwrights, among others. Her play Leave the Balcony Open, recently showcased at 3LD was a Finalist for the 2011 Princess Grace Playwriting Fellowship. It will be produced at DePaul University this Spring. Maya is also the author of The Really Important People, which has been workshopped with Rising Phoenix Rep, The Be Company, and The Bushwick Starr.
Maya is a graduate of Bennington College, a New Georges Affiliated Artist, and a member of the Dramatist’s Guild of America.
Maya attempts optimism daily, and believes that hope is cutting edge.