About
Saviana Stanescu is a Romanian-born award-winning playwright and ARTivist. Her work has been widely presented internationally and in the US.
Recent productions include “What Happens Next” at The Cherry, “Ants” at NJ Rep, “For a Barbarian Woman” (a co-production Fordham/EST), “Aliens with extraordinary skills” at Women’s Project (published by Samuel French), “Useless” at IRT, “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.