Maya Malan-Gonzalez is a playwright, actor and teatrista. Her work centers female voices and pressing social issues, and she embraces a little wacky humor in all things art.
She is a lifelong member of Milagro in Portland and an ensemble member with Studio Luna in Los Angeles. As an actor Maya has performed on stages from coast to coast as well as in Mexico, Scotland and Ireland. She has worked with Denver Center for the Performing Arts, Seattle Rep, South Coast Repertory, Portland Center Stage, Cara Mia Theatre, San Jose Stage Company, The Road Theatre Company, El Teatro Campesino and many others.
Her theatrical productions include “Blast Off”, “Huelga”, and “Worry Dolls” commissioned and presented by Teatro Milagro; "A Xmas Cuento Remix", which had a National New Play Network Rolling World Premiere with Milagro, 16th Street Theater and The Cleveland Public Theatre; and “A Christmas Treat” commissioned by Cleveland Public Theatre and featured in 10 Minutes to Midnight: 9 Quirky Plays for the Holidays.
Her work is featured in “Not So Merry and Bright: A Christmas Mixtape by Studio Luna”. Her piece, “Sunshine” is in “The Inbetweens” presented at El Centro Del Sur: Latinx Theatre Festival and her story “Down the Side of the Mountain” is featured in Teatro Luna’s Audible Original audiobook, “Talking While Female and Other Dangerous Acts”.
Maya received her B.F.A in Acting from The Theatre School at DePaul University with a concentration in Latino Studies and she is a graduate of the NALAC Leadership Institute (2018).