Author Profile:  Maya Levy

Maya Levy says, “I grew up in a big house on a corner, in a small town in Louisiana, where, after many wanderings across the globe, I live today.  On the same corner.

“I love being a theatre artist, because to me, theatre is one of the few places I know where everybody wins.  The actors have a wonderful time rehearsing and then giving the play away to the audience.  The audience has a wonderful time.  Engaged by the players, they lose themselves in the play.

“As a playwright, I love the idea that, while I live in my little corner of the world, I'm connected through my plays, to people all around the globe:  The young woman in Yellow Knife, Ontario; A student in Belgium; Recovering addicts in a rehab center in South Carolina; The girl in Holland, playing her part in Dutch; Audiences, sitting in the dark, lost in the magic of theatre.  Through my words, they come to know something more about me.  We're connected, in a very real, and wonderful way.  We're neighbors, in the global village.

“Now, you will know something of me, through the Scenes and Monologs for Young Women.  For I am all the parts, as are you.”

Maya Levy passed away in 2012.