Saviana Stanescu

writer

(playwright, poet, screenwriter, blogger, journalist, teacher)

 

SAVIANA STANESCU
1268 Amsterdam Ave #3A
New York, NY 10027

PLAYS

 
full-length: Waxing West, Lenin's Shoe, Bechnya

shorts: White Embers, Final Countdown,

      Aurolac Blues, Jelly-Love and Peanut-Butter

  • WAXING WEST (a hairy-tale in two acts and four seasons)


    In Waxing West -- (A Hairy-Tale in Four Seasons), Romanian cosmetologist, Daniela Popescu, arrives in the United States as the soon-to-be bride to the sexually repressed computer engineer, Charlie Aronson.  As Daniela seeks to adjust to her new life with Charlie in the land of dreams, Elena and Nicolae Ceausescu, formerly Dictator-and-Wife of Romania, but now vampires, haunt her making her life miserable.  This comic yet socially and politically relevant drama journeys between Romania and New York, between past and present, between "the American Dream" and the American nightmare.  Will Daniella be able to escape the ghosts of her past to move on?

  • LENIN'S SHOE

     
    Vlad, the crippled son of a Russian Mafioso, plans to kill his father - now owner of a restaurant in Queens. Vlad comments on reality by immersing himself into a virtual world of blogs, the only place where he can be himself. He also loves to rap… Alex and Irina, two other young loners, help Vlad to put his murderous plan into practice. On the other hand, Jasna - a former war correspondent, and Kebab - a former suicide bomber, try to find friendship and peace.

    LENIN'S SHOE is an intimate look into the world of East European immigrants living in New York after the fall of Communism and their struggle to redefine the word 'home'.

  • BECHNYA (another grim fairy-tale)

     
    SHARI faces hopeless days and  nights in Bechnya, a (fictional) country torn by wars and poverty.  The American Dream takes unsettling forms in Shari’s mind as she is a prisoner in a dark cell with only one escape: her imagination. So she imagines - or maybe recalls - the meeting with FATMA, a Bechnyan girl now living an America.

    BECHNYA is the confrontation between two women who share a past and negotiate a future. A sad&funny story about political and familial circumstances that determine people's lives.

  • AUROLAC BLUES

     
    Two Gypsy street-kids, high on Aurolac (a silver-paint that's huffed from plastic bags), dream of an America they know from movies and McDonalds leftovers.

  • WHITE EMBERS

     
    White Embers is a passionate and heart-breaking "thriller" dealing with the violent love&hate relationship between the West and the East.

  • FINAL COUNTDOWN (or Balkan Blues -  the version with songs)

     
    A dark comedy about a homeless woman living in trains, somewhere in the Balkans

  • JELLY-LOVE AND PEANUT-BUTTER

     
    A hilarious rampage about love, betrayal, office boredom/sexuality, and various types of jelly ...

SAVIANA STANESCU
1268 Amsterdam Ave #3A
New York, NY 10027