Maria recently hosted a segment on Chronicle, in which a magician magically made two balls just appear from thin air in her left hand. It really was a moment to remember. Two balls!
As co-director and creator of the ImprovBoston Women in Comedy Festival, Maria has performed with some of her favorite comedians, like Maria Bamford, a coincidental name twin.
Twice nominated Best Stand up Comedian by Boston Phoenix, Maria was Comic in Residence at the Comedy Studio, and a finalist in the Plymouth Rock Comedy Festival. Maria is an alumna of Improv Asylum's Mainstage, where she wrote sketch and performed improv and sketch, did corporate shows and training, and taught comedy.
Maria likes storytelling, smoothies with spinach in them that people don't understand taste good, telling a new joke, the beach, solving clients' problems, and calisthenics.
Word on the Street!
“Maria consistently kills at Mottley's, and is one of our most-requested hosts. She's incredibly easy to work with and always has some new, solid material. She's a total pro.”
-Tim McIntire, Owner, Mottley’s Comedy Club in Faneuil Hall, Boston
“Maria is one of Boston’s best stand up and improv comedians. She’s incredibly talented and I always know she’ll bring energy to any show I book.”
-Rick Jenkins, Owner, Comedy Studio, Harvard Square, Cambridge
“When I saw her onstage, Maria struck me as a comedian that is not only hilarious, but someone who really has it all together. You can tell she takes comedy seriously.”
-Ian Cohen, New Wave Entertainment, CA
“Exciting Newcomer!”
-The Boston Herald
“When Maria does
stand up, I love it, because it’s like she’s saying all these things
that I think to myself when I’m high, and can never articulate
afterwards.”
-Ken Breese, Comedian, ImprovBoston
“Maria’s pretty hot. I like her hairdo most of the time.”
-Justin Carr, Maria’s husband