Maya Lawson

Maya Lawson

Maya Lawson (she/her) is a New York based San Francisco native playwright and performer. She writes plays about familial legacy, ghosts, time travel, and the prismic wonders of the human heart. As an actor, Maya has performed all over the country and values working in collaborative, inclusive, artistically expansive environments. She draws inspiration from music, the animal kingdom, her two young children, and...
Maya Lawson (she/her) is a New York based San Francisco native playwright and performer. She writes plays about familial legacy, ghosts, time travel, and the prismic wonders of the human heart. As an actor, Maya has performed all over the country and values working in collaborative, inclusive, artistically expansive environments. She draws inspiration from music, the animal kingdom, her two young children, and an endless love for the nostalgia of pre-social media 1980's California. She lives and in the Hudson Valley with her family and squirrel-loving hound dog.

Plays

  • COME HOME TO ME
    A brother and sister reunite in an echoey old farmhouse in upstate New York, where ghosts, grieving, and late night dance battles lead to a great awakening.
  • LOTUSLAND
    A chance meeting between two people turns into an epic weekend of word play and sexual revelation that travels from the city, to the sea, and deep into the desert...where wild animals and secrets come out at night, trust is betrayed, gender is transcended...and a friendship is forged.
  • Iphigenia: A Play for Adults
    If someone you seem to know better than you know yourself walked into your life, would you change everything you’ve devoted to? Marine biology and murder, island isolation and art, meet in this twisted tale of (sibling) love.
  • Alcestis Went Down
    What really went down when the self-sacrificing princess Alcestis arrived in the arms of Hades? If the underworld had puppets, a bonfire, a brass band, and all your friends in it, wouldn’t you want to go down too?
  • When We Were Small No One Noticed
    A teenager tumbles through a bedroom window one night, seeking sanctuary from the cops, and finds there an unexpected friendship that will span a lifetime.