Saviana Stanescu
playwright
check out Saviana's new website www.SavianaStanescu.com
SAVIANA STANESCU
USELESS, directed by Jose Zayas - IRT Theatre
Steven Rishard, Anna Grosse, Andy Phelan
ANTS, directed by Jeff Zinn - New Jersey Rep
Maria Silverman, Carol Todd, Michael Samuel Kaplan
POLANSKI POLANSKI, directed by Tamilla Woodard, starring Grant Neale (produced by Nomad Theatrical, presented at HERE Arts Center, PS122/SoloNova, Chain Theatre; toured Romania at TIFF, Sibiu International Theatre Festival, Odeon Theatre - Bucharest)
for a VIDEO Excerpt: click HERE
for more info and the script published on Indie Theater Now: click HERE
UNICORN GIRL (TYA), directed by Sharifa Elkadi - Hangar Theatre
Francesca Panzaea and Robert Edwards
BEE TRAPPED INSIDE THE WINDOW, directed by Vernice Miller - Civic Ensemble
Erin Lockett, Sarah K. Chalmers, Janilya BaizackWHAT HAPPENS NEXT, directed by Sam Buggeln - The Cherry
Jennifer Herzog and Erica SteinhagenAliens 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 - photos by Carol Rosegg
WAXING WEST, directed by Benjamin Mosse
ECA production at La MaMa Theatre
(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
Marnye Young (Daniela) and Dan Shaked (Elvis) - photo by Scott Eastman
For a Barbarian Woman, directed by Niegel Smith,
a co-production Fordham/EST
With: KALON HAYWARD, NICOLE VENTURA, SIMONE BOUFFARD, CARLOS HARRIS, PATRICK DOOLEY, LANI HARMS, AKILAH WALKER, DANA WALSH.
Photos by Gerry Goodstein. For more info and more photos click HERE YokastaS REDUX by Saviana Stanescu and Richard Schechner, directed by Richard Schechner - ECA production at La MaMa Theatre
from left to right: Jennifer Lim (YOYO), Sarah Kozynn (Y-UNDERSTUDY), Daphne Gaines (YOKASTA), Rachel Bowditch (YONO), Phyllis Johnson (YOKO)
LENIN'S SHOE, directed by Daniella Topol
a barebones production at The Lark
With: William Carden, Jennifer Dorr-White, Walter Masterson, Amir Arison, Florin Penisoara, Jessica Warner, Shawn-Coulin YoungI 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
VICIOUS DOGS ON PREMISES, script by Saviana Stanescu,
a dance-theatre piece created with Witness Relocation
at the Ontological Theatre
listen to a super-podcast: the interview that Martin Denton did with Stanescu and Safer.
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)
JAZZY TAROT, libretto by Saviana Stanescu,
music by Mircea Tiberian, Metropolis Theatre, Bucharest, Romania
INFANTA. USER'S GUIDE (UK production)
directed by Vasile Nedelcu, with Erica Blaxland-de Lange Edinburgh Festival (August 1-10) after undergroundezero festival in New York City and Berlin 100 Grad Festival
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 written and co-directed by Saviana Stanescu, at 45 Bleecker Street Theatre (New York Fringe Festival)
choreography by Natasa Trifan,costumes/co-directed by Oana Botez, music by Lucian Ban
SAVIANA STANESCU