Saviana Stanescu
writer
SAVIANA STANESCU
300 15th St
New York, NY 11215
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RECENT PRODUCTIONS
"Waxing West" by Saviana Stanescu, directed by Benjamin Mosse, La MaMa Theatre, New York
(2007 New York Innovative Theatre Award for Outstanding Original Full-length Script)
Grant Neale (Ceausescu), Marnye Young (Daniela) and Alexis McGuinness (Elena Ceausescu) - photo by Scott Eastman
Aliens with Extraordinary Skills, directed by Tea Alagic, Julia Miles Theatre - Women's Project
Jessica Pimentel, Seth Fisher
Aliens with Extraordinary Skills, directed by Tea Alagic,
Julia Miles Theatre - Women's Project
Gian Murray-Gianino, Natalia Payne, Shirine Babb
Aliens with Extraordinary Skills, directed by Tea Alagic,
Julia Miles Theatre - Women's Project
Kevin Isola and Natalia Payne
Inmigrantes con habilidades extraordinarias directed by Alberto Lomnitz
Teatro La Capilla - Mexico City
Cassandra Ciangherotti, Olivia Lagunas, Fernando Bonilla"YokastaS Redux" by Saviana Stanescu and Richard Schechner, at La MaMa Theatre
Rachel Bowditch, Daphne Gaines, Sarah Kozynn, Phyllis Johnson
"Lenin's Shoe" by Saviana Stanescu, directed by Daniella Topol - barebones production at The Lark
With: William Carden, Jennifer Dorr-White, Walter Masterson, Amir Arison, Florin Penisoara, Jessica Warner, Shawn-Coulin Young"E-DATING Project" by Saviana Stanescu, directed by Gia Forakis (developed with the cast in Saviana's class Performance Technique at Lee Strasberg Theatre & Film Institute in New York)
"Vicious Dogs on Premises", at Ontological Theatre, a dance-theatre piece created by Witness Relocation, script by Saviana Stanescu
listen to a super-podcast: the interview that Martin Denton did with Stanescu and Safer.
"I Want What You Have" by Saviana Stanescu, a site-specific piece directed by Gia Forakis, at the World Financial Center
(part of "Girls just wanna have fund$", produced by Women's Project)
With: Tamilla Woodard, Chriselle Almeida, LeeAnne Hutchison. Costumes: Alixandra Gage Englund
"INFANTA. USER'S GUIDE" by Saviana Stanescu (UK production)
directed by Vasile Nedelcu, starring Erica Blaxland-de Lange goes to Edinburgh Festival! (August 1-10) after undergroundezero festival in New York City and Berlin 100 Grad Festival
JAZZY TAROT - libretto by Saviana Stanescu, music by Mircea Tiberian, Metropolis Theatre, Bucharest
"Suspendida" by Saviana Stanescu,costumes/set by Oana Botez, choreography by Irina Poulos, music by Lucian Ban - Ontological Theatre, New York
With Irina Constantine Poulos, lighting by Lucas Krech
"Body Maps", a dance-theatre piece with text by Saviana Stanescu, at 45 Bleecker Street Theatre
(part of New York Fringe Festival)
choreography by Natasa Trifan,
costumes by Oana Botez, music by Lucian Ban
Playwriting WORKSHOPS
Besides her NYU teaching, Saviana leads playwriting workshops on on-going basis.
most recent: January 2009, Stockholm, Sweden. March 2009, Mexico City.
For group or individual sessions: $100 / hour
For applications: EMAIL SAVIANA
Saviana's PLAYS:
full-length:
Aliens With Extraordinary Skills, Waxing West, Bechnya, Lenin's Shoe, Ants, Useless, For a Barbarian Woman, Infanta. Users' Guide, The Inflatable Apocalypse
shorts:
White Embers, Final Countdown, Dog Luv, Aurolac Blues, Toys, Jelly-Love and Peanut-Butter
SAVIANA STANESCU
300 15th St
New York, NY 11215
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