MAIA NGUYEN
Résumé Print Résumé
Theater | ||
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Indian Princesses |
Samantha U/S |
La Jolla Playhouse |
peerless |
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Asian American Theater Project |
Deepfake |
Andi, Staff Engineer |
LJP WOW Festival/404 Theater |
Fancy Jungle (Katie Ðo) |
Lucy |
WNPF (dir. Shyama Nithiananda) |
The Three Musketeers |
D'Artagnan |
UCSD (dir. Lamar Perry) |
One Flea Spare |
Morse |
UCSD (dir. Shyama Nithiananda) |
The Rogues' Trial |
John Cricket |
UCSD (dir. Ludmila de Brito) |
Vinegar Tom |
Margery |
UCSD (dir. Allie Moss) |
The Comedy of Errors |
Luciana |
UCSD (dir. Ludmila de Brito) |
Orlando |
Euphrosyne/Chorus |
UCSD (dir. Allie Moss) |
Everybody |
SOMEBODY |
dir. Michael Rau |
The Seagull |
Arkadina/Masha U/S |
dir. Michael Rau |
Nerve Endings (Quentin Nguyen-duy) |
Izzy |
WNPF (dir. Kieran Beccia) |
Dirty Martini (Katie Ðo) |
Poppy |
WNPF (dir. Shyama Nithiananda) |
Cancelina (Beth Hyland) |
Meg |
WNPF (dir. Allie Moss) |
Measure for Measure |
Duke Vincentio |
Stanford Shakespeare Company |
A Midsummer Night's Dream |
Moth/Snug |
Stanford Shakespeare Company |
Some Like It Hot (Adaptation) |
Sugar Kane |
Dramatic Theater Scena na Woli |
Cerulean |
Vivian Tan |
Stanford Repertory Theater |
FILM | ||
Worms (Short) |
Lead |
dir. Behzad Dabu |
Dinner For Two (Short) |
Lead |
dir. Behzad Dabu |
108 (Short) |
Lead |
Ma-Yi Studios (Diana Khong) |
Education and Training | ||
University of California, San Diego |
MFA Acting |
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Stanford University |
BA Theater and Performance Studies |
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Stanford University |
BS and MS Computer Science |
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Teatr ZAR (Grotowski Institute) |
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Theater Center Ognisko Teatralne u Machulskich |
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OTHER: Writing, Directing, Theater-Making | ||
Beyond The Wound is a Portal |
Assistant Director to Haruna Lee |
Stanford TAPS Department |
Snow in Midsummer (Adaptation) |
Playwright/Director |
Stanford TAPS Department |
Cerulean |
Co-Writer/Co-Creator |
Stanford Repertory Theater |
Flesz (Short Film) |
Story Co-Creator |
Filmforum |
Skills | ||
Languages: |
English, Vietnamese, Polish, German |
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Accents: |
British (RP, Essex), French, Texan |
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Music: |
piano, ukulele, guitar, singing |
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Other: |
stage combat, computer programming |
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Physical Characteristics / Measurements |
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Height: 5'4" |
Weight: 125 lbs |
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Combat - Stage, Ice Skating, Roller Skating, Running - General, Snow Skiing - General, Swimming - ability - general, Clowning, Improvisation, Licensed Driver, Piano, Singer, Ukulele, Vocal Range: Alto, Whistler, American - Southern Accent, British - BBC English Accent, British - Cockney Accent, French Accent, Polish Accent, Russian Accent, Fluent German, Fluent Polish, Fluent Vietnamese
Maia Nguyen is a Polish-Vietnamese actor, theater-maker and engineer, whose work lives at the intersection of thought, emotional urgency, and playful rebellion. She holds an MFA in Acting from UC San Diego and MS in Computer Science from Stanford University. Outside of acting, she enjoys writing songs and has written and directed multiple short performance pieces and one-acts. She is a recipient of the Louis Sudler Prize for Excellence in the Performing Arts (2022).