Saviana Stanescu

The difficult relationship between an immigrant poet with an anxious-preoccupied
attachment style and a neuroscientist with a dismissive-avoidant attachment style is observed by one of the rats in the scientist’s lab. Who's whose experiment? And why?

A play about animal liberation and human connection. A story about love, passion, speciesism, and revenge.
A DRAMEDY of errors...

Zina, an undocumented immigrant woman, working as a night-shift janitor at a Wildlife preservation/tracking company in the US, develops an uncanny friendship – or maybe more - with AI, the main Artificial Intelligence. Can the two misfits, Zina and Al, truly connect across the borders of human/artificial intelligence?

Zoe, a black English teacher, riskily attempts to convince her troubled white student Joey to abandon the idea of a shooting spree at their high school. Will she succeed?

A quirky dramedy exploring the biochemistry of job loss, motherhood and desire - as well as the personal science of turning worker ants into queens, while surviving in the world of ants and humans with an accent.

Two immigrant sisters struggle to make ends meet as they attempt to capture a piece of the American Dream. Kara is the provider. She has been working in a factory sending money home for her younger sister Mia, making it possible for her to come to America to finish up her PhD in biochemistry. Everything is working according to their plan. They have a nice house. Mia is making remarkable progress with her research on ants under the guidance of her professor, Adam Kohn. Kara spends her free time reading Tarot cards. And then the unthinkable happens...

Two women in a white room are prisoners of routine and imagination.
But are they both human?
Maybe one is a robot, or a clone, or a hologram, or a ghost...
"Black Mirror" meets "Waiting for Godot" (or Godette?) in this futuristic dystopia.

'Bee Trapped Inside The Window' explores modern-day slavery’s effect on the lives of three women of different backgrounds and ethnicities in the leafy suburbs of Connecticut.
May is an Asian-American in-house domestic worker for a wealthy family with kids; Sasha is a Russian-American corporate executive with a drinking problem; and Mia is Sasha’s black daughter, who is exploring and gradually understanding her own biracial identity.
Written as intercut interior monologues sliding into dialogue, the play follows Mia's coming-of-age story over the course of 15 years through her relationships with her mom and her neighbor, while offering a window into the lives of domestic workers and immigrants.

A dark comedy about a clown from the “unhappiest country in the world”, Moldova, who pins her hopes on a US work visa. Chased by Homeland Security, a deportation letter deflates Nadia's enthusiasm and a pair of spike heels might be all it takes to burst her American Dream (or turn it into a nightmare...). New York City, with its special energy, seems like the perfect solution for her problems, but is it really? Luckily, Nadia is not alone in her journey: A Russian illegal immigrant, Borat, her fellow clown, tries to find his own path in the Big Apple, by working as a cab driver. Lupita, her Latina roommate, an exotic dancer and wanna-be actress, shows Nadia the tough side of the city. Meanwhile, Bob, an American washed-up musician finds himself in the relationship with the Moldovan girl. Aliens with Extraordinary Skills is based on true stories of immigration explored and fictionalized by a playwright who tries to understand her own story. The moral of the “fable” might be that - regardless our passport and native language - we are all “aliens” in search for love, understanding and a place to call “home”.

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 days&nights, 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?

'For a Barbarian Woman' interweaves a present-day love story between a Romanian interpreter and an American colonel from the NATO base in Constanta (a seaside resort in Romania, formerly known as the ancient city of Tomis, the city of the Roman poet Ovid’s exile sometime around year 8 AD) and a fictional relationship between Ovid and a Barbarian woman from Tomis. Black Sea and their muses have witnessed and tell both stories.

Vlad, the wheelchair-bound 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 the Iron Curtain and their struggle to redefine the word 'home'.
Lately, issues around KGB and Russians are becoming painfully relevant again...

A woman from the East confronts a woman from the West. A US couple goes to Bechnya (a fictional country torn by wars) to adopt a child. The past and the present collide and intersect in unexpected ways.

USELESS is a dark humored drama about love, dreams and human trafficking. It investigates the relationship between a couple of Eastern European immigrants involved in kidney trafficking (Kora, who was formerly sex-trafficked and later saved by her now husband Chris), and Omy, a mentally challenged young man from a poor country, brought to the U.S. for his kidney. Omy affects Kora and Chris in a profound way, triggering unexpected outbursts and changes. He becomes a sort of mirror for their unfulfilled dreams, hidden fears and desires, and ultimately makes them connect on a deeper level. Or so we hope. The play intersperses heightened realistic scenes with dreams and nightmares that offer a glimpse into the characters’ inner lives and alternate realities.

A man is ready to go on a shooting spree. Are the two women in his life going to stop him?

When 8-year-old Emma gets bullied at school for having two dads, she sets out on a fantastical journey to end bullying and encourage listening. Emma's stuffed unicorn, Connie, joins her on this journey of discovery, during which she meets people-like animals, animal-like people, and the President.
Themes: advocacy, bullying, diversity, self-expression, imagination, friendship.

Two Roma ("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.