Saviana Stanescu Headshot

Saviana Stanescu

Birth Place: Bucharest

Get Saviana Stanescu Email Alerts

Be the first to get news, photos, videos & more.

Saviana Stanescu BIO

Saviana Stanescu (www.saviana.com) is a Romanian-born award-winning playwright. Her work has been widely presented internationally and in the US.

Recent productions include "For a Barbarian Woman" (a co-production Fordham/EST directed by Niegel Smith), "Aliens with extraordinary skills" at Women's Project (published by Samuel French), "Bechnya" at Hudson Theatre in LA, "Waxing West" (2007 New York Innovative Theatre Award for Outstanding Full-length Script) at La MaMa Theatre, "Suspendida" and "Vicious Dogs on Premises" (with Witness Relocation) at Ontological Theatre, "Polanski Polanski" and "Aurolac Blues" at HERE Arts Center, "The E-Dating Project" at Strasberg Institute for Theatre&Film, and the site-specific "I want what you have" at the World Financial Center.

"Aliens with extraordinary skills" (Inmigrantes con Habilidades Extraordinarias) and "Final Countdown" (Cuenta Regresiva) ran for 8 months in Mexico City at Teatro La Capilla and Teatro El Milagro. "Bucharest Underground" won the 2007 Marulic Prize for Best European Radio-Drama. In Stockholm, Sweden, Saviana's play "White Embers" produced by Dramalabbet made it in the TOP 3 of Best Plays in 2008, and in NYC is published by Samuel French as one of their 2010 OOB festival winners.

Ms Stanescu has published books of poetry and drama including "The New York Plays", "Aliens With Extraordinary Skills", "Waxing West", "Google me!", "Black Milk", and "The Inflatable Apocalypse" (Best Play of the Year UNITER Award in 2000).
She co-edited the anthology of plays "Global Foreigners" (with NYU professor Carol Martin) and "roMANIA after 2000" (with CUNY professor Daniel Gerould).

Her plays have received readings and workshops at The Lark, Long Wharf Theatre, New York Theatre Workshop, New York Stage&Film, Baryshnikov Arts Center, Playwrights' Foundation, Traveling Jewish Theatre, Immigrants Theatre Project, LaGuardia Performing Arts Center, Origin Theatre Company, PS122, HERE, etc.

Saviana is a member of EST (Ensemble Studio Theatre) and a Usual Suspect with New York Theatre Workshop. She was a 2005-2007 TCG fellow with the Lark Play Development Center, where her plays "Waxing West" and "Lenin's Shoe" had barebones productions. She also was a 2007-2008 NYSCA playwright-in-residence with Women's Project and writer-in-residence for Richard Schechner's East Coast Artists.

Saviana holds an MA in Performance Studies (Fulbright fellow) and an MFA in Dramatic Writing (John Golden Award for excellence in playwriting) from New York University, Tisch School of the Arts, where she is on faculty in the Drama Department. She also teaches playwriting at Primary Stages �¿� Einhorn School of Performing Arts (ESPA).

Ms Stanescu is the Director of Eastern European Exchange for The Lark Play Development Center, the curator of playgroundzero for undergroundzero festival, and the founder/president of Immigrant Artists and Scholars in New York.

Credits include:
Waxing West
Saviana Stanescu
directed by Benjamin Mosse
an East Coast Artists (Richard Schechner - artistic director) production La MaMa Theatre; March-April 2007

Saviana Stanescu Productions

 
[Off-Broadway, 2017]
Playwright

Writing


Saviana Stanescu Awards and Nominations


winner
IT Awards - 2007 - Outstanding Original Full Length Script

Saviana StanescuWaxing West

Saviana Stanescu Videos

Saviana Stanescu News


Daniel Gwirtzman Dance Company Presents AN EVENING OF LOVE DANCES


This Valentine's Day, the NYC-based Daniel Gwirtzman Dance Company offers An Evening of Love Dances, a free live Zoom event celebrating love in the DGDC repertory.

Fault Line Theatre Reveals Complete Casts for (plays) In Previews Workshop Series


Fault Line Theatre has revealed the casts for (plays) In Previews., their new play development program. Learn more about the program and see how to purchase tickets!

Franklin Stage Company Presents TOLIVER & WAKEMAN A New Play By Kyle Bass


The Franklin Stage Company, Delaware County's renowned professional summer theater, will present a new play by Kyle Bass entitled TOLIVER & WAKEMAN, directed by Vernice Miller. It will begin performances on August 4 and run through August 2, 2023.

Final ICE FACTORY FESTIVAL At New Ohio Theatre Opens June 28


The Obie Award-winning New Ohio Theatre's last ever Ice Factory Festival opens June 28 and features Artistic Director Robert Lyons' ULTRA LEFT VIOLENCE as the final show.

Nomad Theatrical Company to Present Pride Reading of ALL MEN DO IT: A PRIMER This Month


Nomad Theatrical Company (Grant Neale, Artistic Director) has announced a Pride Week event. ALL MEN DO IT: A PRIMER written by John Robert Tillotson will be given a public reading on Tuesday, June 20, 2023 at 7 PM at The Ellington Room in Hell's Kitchen.

Final Ice Factory Festival At New Ohio Theatre To Conclude 30-Year Run


The Obie Award-winning New Ohio Theatre has announced that it will conclude its acclaimed 30-year run with the last ever Ice Factory Festival, featuring Artistic Director Robert Lyons' ULTRA LEFT VIOLENCE as the final show.

Fault Line Theatre Sets 2023 Season Featuring New Plays in Development


Fault Line Theatre has announced their 13th Season. See full programming and learn how to purchase tickets!

OUR VERSE IN TIME TO COME World Premiere to be Presented at Folger Theatre in April


Folger Theatre will present the world premiere of Our Verse in Time to Come, a new play commissioned by the Folger Shakespeare Library.

Daniel Gwirtzman Dance Company to Present The World Premiere Of E-MOTION in May


Daniel Gwirtzman Dance Company will present e-Motion, an intermission-less program-length dance from May 26 to June 4, 2023 at The Cherry Arts.

The Cherry Arts Announces 2022-23 Season Featuring Three Shows


The Cherry has announced a season presenting three shows that shift this balance, bringing innovative movement to the forefront in three different ways. But first, they engage with important international theater texts, presenting benefit readings of contemporary theater writing from Ukraine.

Cast and Creative Team Announced for FANDANGO FOR BUTTERFLIES (AND COYOTES) at La Jolla Playhouse


La Jolla Playhouse has announced the cast and creative team for its production of En Garde Arts’ Fandango for Butterflies (and Coyotes), by Andrea Thome, original music by Sinuhé Padilla, directed by José Zayas, running August 30 – September 25 in the Mandell Weiss Forum.

HartBeat Ensemble Announces World Premiere Of BEE TRAPPED INSIDE THE WINDOW


HartBeat Ensemble announced today the world premiere production of Saviana Stanescu's Bee Trapped Inside The Window. Set in a wealthy suburb in Connecticut, this intimate drama focuses on the interwoven stories of a Russian émigré, her biracial daughter, and an Asian-American cleaning woman who has been trafficked into domestic service.

Michael Urie, Mallory Portnoy & More Join Fault Line Theatre's IRONS IN THE FIRE


 Fault Line Theatre will continue the 2022 Season of Irons in the  Fire, the organization’s reading series of new plays in development, with God Save the Queer by Zackary Grady, directed by Portia Krieger and featuring Michael Urie (George), Mallory Portnoy (Charlotte), Keshav Moodliar (Tariq), Seth Clayton (Louis), and Mary McCann (Kate).

Listen: Season 3 of THE DRAMATISTS GUILD PRESENTS: TALKBACK Launches With Christine Toy Johnson & More


The Dramatists Guild of America is presenting the third season of their podcast, The Dramatists Guild Presents: TALKBACK, now available on all your favorite podcast platforms. The Dramatists Guild Presents: TALKBACK entertains frank conversations about diversity, equity, and inclusion.

Science In Theatre Festival Will Focus On AI, Mixed Reality, and Smartwear


The inaugural women-driven Science in Theatre Festival is set to kick off on November 12 at Nancy Manocherian's the cell theatre in New York. The event will feature science-infused plays, discussion panels, and an exhibit of theatre technologies.

50 WOMEN IN THEATRE Live Panel Discussion Announced


An exclusive live theatre event to celebrate the publication of 50 Women In Theatre at Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, Shakespeare's Globe will be presented on Sunday 3 October 2021 at 6pm.

LIBERTY'S DAUGHTERS: Immigrant Women's Monologues to be Presented At The Nuyorican Poets Cafe


Immigrant/International Artists and Scholars in New York will present LIBERTY's DAUGHTERS an evening of IMMIGRANT WOMEN'S MONOLOGUES presented by artists across generations and ethnicities (many Honor Roll! members) at the storied (virtual) Nuyorican Poets Café.

ALIEN WITH EXTRAORDINARY SKILLS to be Presented as Part of 7 Stages Theater's Festival 'Human Lights'


'Alien with Extraordinary Skills' is an autobiographical performative lecture that documents and reflects upon Saviana's Romanian/Roma/Balkan journey from living under a totalitarian system to the fall of the Iron Curtain, 9/11 in New York, immigration, grandparents crossing borders and borders crossing them and more.

BUTTERFLY EFFECT, a Theatrical Walking Tour in East Village, is Now Being Presented by Nomad Theatrical


Take a deep dive into the hearts and minds of 6 New York characters as you follow them through one of the coolest, most diverse, and storied neighborhoods in our city, The East Village. Wearing a simple listening device, you'll cover 2 miles in 70 minutes.

Virtual Theatre Today: Monday, May 17- Audra McDonald, Ann James, and More!


Today (May 17) in live streaming: more Miscast, Live at the Lortel with Ann James, Night of Covenant House Stars, and more!

Saviana Stanescu FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

How many shows has Saviana Stanescu written?

Saviana Stanescu has written 1 shows including Aliens with Extraordinary Skills (Playwright).

What awards has Saviana Stanescu been nominated for?

Saviana Stanescu has been nominated for Outstanding Original Full Length Script at the IT Awards for her work on Waxing West.

What awards has Saviana Stanescu won?

Saviana Stanescu has won the Outstanding Original Full Length Script award at the IT Awards for "Waxing West."

Get Saviana Stanescu Email Alerts

Be the first to get news, photos, videos & more.

Videos