TESTIMONIALS

“She shows an empathic and nuanced attention to individual dancers and how to meet them where they are. This is the way!”

— Bradley Teal Ellis

“Maya is a natural voice over talent. She is smart, focused and the mic loves her voice. Maya is an intuitive creator who has every reason to be confident with her talent and how she’s integrating all her training.”

— Ceci Fernandez

“Maya, you have been a warrior of expansion. Every day, you chose to enter your work with dedication and with power. You embodied the fact that confidence is not a state of mind but an action verb – you do and therefore you are.”

— Andy-Arden Reese

“She is a communicator, and she has a real sense of genuine emotion in her voice.”

— Benji Goldsmith

“Her work as Andrei was deep, complex, embodied, truthful - it was a wonderful portrayal that embodied Andre's point of view, of Chekhov's writing and the given circumstance with heart. We saw a character grappling with their life choices, their conflicting emotions of shame, pride, sorrow and contrition; beautiful work.”

— Naomi Livingstone

"She allowed herself a level of passionate expansiveness and emotional transparency I had not seen before."

— Kevin Kuhlke

“She works for herself without being selfish. She gives over to the vision of the group while maintaining her individuality. She reaches far back to bring into question the purpose of her artistic responsibility in today’s world.”

— Peggy Pettitt

“You are a strong and humble competitor.”

— nicHi douglas

“Each time you were given a challenge to expand your range as an actress. I can tell you will be a powerful force in the next generation of theatre artists!”