Maja Wampuszyc

Maja made her Broadway debut in 2009 at The Walter Kerr Theater, in Irena's Vow by Academy Award nominee Dan Gordon, directed by Michael Parva originating the role of Ida Haller. Favorite roles include: Kara, the German wife of a First Gulf War Veteran suffering with PTSD, in Gun's, Shackles and Winter Coats by Mike Strozier; Marina Petrovna, a Russian Uzbekistani born terrorist in the political farce Foggy Bottom by James Armstrong at The Abingdon Theater; and a Palestinian activist, a Chicago lesbian and a 70 year old Israeli Zionist in the Chicago Silk Road Theater's two hander play Precious Stones. Additional NYC and film credits include: a Father in The Obie Award winning play An Oak Tree by and with Tim Crouch at the Barrow Street Theater (other fathers in the run included F. Murray Abraham, Joan Allen, and Frances McDormand); Rewriting Her Life, by Barbara Masry, directed by Tony Award winner Trazana Beverly; as well as runs at: The Pearl Theater, HB Playwrights Foundation, MCC,