Maya Lea has been an Applied Theatre practitioner for seven years using theatre as an instructive tool, equipping audiences with knowledge and motivation to engage in real efforts to make change towards social justice.
She first began this work as an ensemble member of the Interactive Theatre Project while attending the University of Colorado where she received her BFA in Theatre Performance. Maya then created For Sale, a one-woman show exploring sex trafficking in America that she has toured throughout the United States. She then became the Artistic Production Coordinator for the SAVA (Sexual Assault Victim Advocacy) Center's ACTivism Theatre Program, a prevention outreach program focusing on sexual assault and gender role socialization for middle school, high school and college students. She also taught Theatre and Movement at an elementary school with emphasis on inclusion for students with special needs. Upon moving to North Carolina Maya was a consultant for Interactive Theatre Carolina, a social justice theatre company based at the University of North Carolina. With Interactive Theatre Carolina Maya co-wrote, Where's the Line? a play that takes a deeper look at the American race binary of African Americans and Caucasians in context to the intersection of historical, social and political systems in relation to health/wellness. She then had the opportunity to create Class Act, a juvenile justice theatre program for incarcerated male youth ages 15-17.
Maya Lea is currently creating theatre programs for high-risk and incarcerated youth in Jefferson County as well as programs for the professionals who interact with targeted youth.
She first began this work as an ensemble member of the Interactive Theatre Project while attending the University of Colorado where she received her BFA in Theatre Performance. Maya then created For Sale, a one-woman show exploring sex trafficking in America that she has toured throughout the United States. She then became the Artistic Production Coordinator for the SAVA (Sexual Assault Victim Advocacy) Center's ACTivism Theatre Program, a prevention outreach program focusing on sexual assault and gender role socialization for middle school, high school and college students. She also taught Theatre and Movement at an elementary school with emphasis on inclusion for students with special needs. Upon moving to North Carolina Maya was a consultant for Interactive Theatre Carolina, a social justice theatre company based at the University of North Carolina. With Interactive Theatre Carolina Maya co-wrote, Where's the Line? a play that takes a deeper look at the American race binary of African Americans and Caucasians in context to the intersection of historical, social and political systems in relation to health/wellness. She then had the opportunity to create Class Act, a juvenile justice theatre program for incarcerated male youth ages 15-17.
Maya Lea is currently creating theatre programs for high-risk and incarcerated youth in Jefferson County as well as programs for the professionals who interact with targeted youth.
