Maro Lesioti is an actress, improviser, director, musician, and dedicated educator. She studied at the Hellenic Conservatory, Modern Times Drama School, and the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts.

In 2018, she founded the improv group Raining Cats And Bats (THE VILLAGE, INTERROGATION), which has participated in several international festivals. She is the creator and director of the formats EDMOND-JEAN-WILLIAM, HIERONYMUS BOSCH, CHORUS, WORLDS APART (co-created with Tim Hearn), THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS, ANIMISM,  MEMORIES (co-created with Time Hearn) and EAGERLY WAITING… (co-created with Gabriel Caropreso).

Immediately after graduation, she starred in the plays: MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING (2023), EXTREMITIES (2023), THE LAST BIRD (2023-2024), WHITE ROSE (2024), THE ISLAND OF SLAVES (2025) and in the short films SYMPHYSIS (2025), 26 CIGARRETES (2025), THE REAL THAT WAS (2025).

She has directed the plays THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS (IRREVERENTE International Improv Theater Festival, Lisbon, July 2025), THE ISLAND OF SLAVES by Pierre de Marivaux (Athens, September 2025) and EAGERLY WAITING… (Currently working with to ensembles in Athens and Sao Paolo, premiering in December 2025).

As an educator, she has been teaching improvisation and theater workshops since 2020 in Greece, the U.S.A., the Netherlands, Portugal and Italy, fostering creativity in performers of all levels and abilities, focusing on each individual’s needs. She a member of the organising team of I.TH.A.C.A. Improv Festival in Athens, Greece and was the co-artistic director of 2025’s edition.

She is the producer of Improv Nights and one of the artistic directors of the Worlds Apart Residency. She is also a board member and instructor of ImproSynthesis School of Improv (Athens, Greece).