MAYA WILKINSON

A writer, Director  and Mulmedia Arst.  She  was  born  in  Brooklyn,  New  York,  then  spent  the  first  three  years  of  her  life  in  Guyana  before moving  to  Jamaica  with  her  mother  at  the  age  of  four.  Maya  spent  the  rest  of  her  childhood  and teenage  years  in  Wakefield,  Trelawny,  graduang  from  Wakefield  Primary  School  and  then  from the  Montego  Bay  High  School  in  St.  James. Throughout  her  primary  and  high  school  years,  Maya  avidly  parcipated  in  performing  and visual  arts  acvies,  represented  her  schools  in  various  compeons  and  eventually  became the  President  of  her  high  school’s  Dance  &  Drama  and  Visual  Arts  Clubs. Aer leaving  Montego  Bay  High  School,  Maya  aended  Berkeley  High  School  in  California  where she  was  awarded  for  Dance  and  Visual  Arts.  She  then  returned  to  Jamaica  to  enroll  in  CARIMAC at  the  University  of  the  West  Indies,  Mona.  While  at  the  UWI,  she  joined  the  University’s  Dance and  Drama  Sociees  and  signed  up  to  be  a  Junior  Technician  at  the  Philip  Sherlock  Centre  for the  Creave  Arts.  She  also  held  for  two  consecuve  years,  the  posion  of  Publicaons Commiee Chairperson  of  the  UWI  Mona’s  Guild  of  Students.  She  now  holds  a  Bachelor  of  Arts in  Media  &  Communicaon. Maya  has  spent  most  of  her  creave  energies  in  theatre  and  has  more  recently  begun  exploring f ilm.  She  is  a  founding  member  and  the  Director  of  Mulmedia  at  QUILT  -  a  dynamic  group  of young  creave  arsts  who  use  transformave  theatre  as  a  means  of  tackling  and  curing  social issues.  Maya  shares  the  vision  of  the  company  in  her  own  career  journey  as  she  aims  to  develop young,  talented  individuals  through  various  art  forms.  She  is  driven  by  her  belief  in  the importance  of  storytelling  and  art  as  therapy. Maya  has  won  several  awards  for  playwring  and  theatre  producon  in  Jamaica.  Most  recently, she  was  the  producer,  writer  and  director  of  the  crically  acclaimed  comedic  theatrical producon,  “Heist”.  This  producon  was  nominated  for  12  Actor  Boy  Awards  and  received  the tles  of  Best  Special  Effects,  Best  Sound  Design  and  Best  Actor  in  a  Lead  Role  -  Desmond  Dennis.

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