Elena Naskova

Elena Naskova

Elena Naskova was born and raised in Macedonia. She immigrated to USA when she was twenty-five. Elena is interested in the human condition and the ways we relate to ourselves and to others. The subtle, the hidden, the unseen, the untold and the misunderstood is what she strives to capture in her plays.

Her plays have been produced and read in Portland, San Luis Obispo, San Francisco, North...
Elena Naskova was born and raised in Macedonia. She immigrated to USA when she was twenty-five. Elena is interested in the human condition and the ways we relate to ourselves and to others. The subtle, the hidden, the unseen, the untold and the misunderstood is what she strives to capture in her plays.

Her plays have been produced and read in Portland, San Luis Obispo, San Francisco, North Hollywood, Chicago, Nantucket, Mesa/Scottsdale, Sheffield - UK, New York, Toronto, Bloomington, Oakland, San Francisco, Madrid – Spain, Dubai, Spokane and Seattle. She’s also a proud participant of the 14/48 theater project in Seattle and a second-place winner in the La Vegas Little Theater’s New Works Competition.

Her play has been most recently published in “Fleas on the Dog” and the True Acting Institute.

Elena is a member of the Dramatist Guild and the Seattle Playwrights Circle.

Plays

  • A Jorney to Trashland by Elena Naskova
    Cast: 
    6–8
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    Genre: adventure, fantasy + 1 more
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    Keyword: children's play, Fantasy + 2 more
    Genre: adventure, fantasy, young audiences
    Keyword: children's play, Fantasy, children adventure, a different fairytale
    Treely is a tooth fairy who travels to Trashland, to find Corvus, so she can tell him that his grandmother has breathed her last. Treely invites her newly made friend, Sam, to join her in the journey. Sam is a little girl who would go anywhere with her cool fairy friend Treely, even in a place full with trash, like Trashland.
  • El Monstruo by Elena Naskova
    Cast: 
    5
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    Genre: drama, mystery/thriller
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    Keyword: murder mystery, sexual exploitation + 2 more
    Genre: drama, mystery/thriller
    Keyword: murder mystery, sexual exploitation, gay, mortgage crisis
    A television pilot production gig and a search for a potential murder
    evidence brings Brad, a B movies producer, to Seattle where he
    reconnects with Summer, his old love interest. Summer, who is a real
    estate agent, helps Brad rent the house of his choosing. The house
    belongs to Steve and Lisa, a married couple, who have decided to move
    in the basement and...
    A television pilot production gig and a search for a potential murder
    evidence brings Brad, a B movies producer, to Seattle where he
    reconnects with Summer, his old love interest. Summer, who is a real
    estate agent, helps Brad rent the house of his choosing. The house
    belongs to Steve and Lisa, a married couple, who have decided to move
    in the basement and rent the upper floor, because they can't afford to
    pay the mortgage.

    Brad has not chosen the house randomly. He has a hidden agenda that will
    eventually lead to his conviction of murdering his wife.
  • The Door by Elena Naskova
    Cast: 
    6–7
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    Genre: drama, experimental
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    Keyword: Mental Health, child abuse + 1 more
    Genre: drama, experimental
    Keyword: Mental Health, child abuse, sisterhood
    Log line:
    A walk on the line between sanity and madness can sometimes lead to a self discovery.

    Jana walks the line between sanity and madness.
    When she is alone, she is accompanied by a few
    imaginary friends - enemies: her teacher, her Soul and
    the Doorkeeper of the Devil's door, or the door to madness.
  • The Lost Garden by Elena Naskova
    Cast: 
    6–7
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    Genre: adventure, drama + 1 more
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    Keyword: environment, environmental crisis + 1 more
    Genre: adventure, drama, fantasy
    Keyword: environment, environmental crisis, Adventure/Fantasy
    While trying to escape an environmental disaster,
    Veronica and Damon come upon a lush garden in the
    middle of the desert. The garden is surrounded by a
    tall hedge and has no entrance. They can only peek
    through the hedge and see rape fruit growing on fruit trees,
    plants, flowers and sparkling streams. They take a shelter
    in a deserted gas station store not far from a...
    While trying to escape an environmental disaster,
    Veronica and Damon come upon a lush garden in the
    middle of the desert. The garden is surrounded by a
    tall hedge and has no entrance. They can only peek
    through the hedge and see rape fruit growing on fruit trees,
    plants, flowers and sparkling streams. They take a shelter
    in a deserted gas station store not far from a garden.

    Soon they're joined by three sisters: Joy, Hope and Faith,
    and Faith's husband, John and everyone of them has a different
    opinion about what the garden could be. Eventually Veronica
    manages to get in the garden where she meets Vincent, a
    mysterious man who appears to be from another dimension
    or world, but who may be there to help her and her friends
    plant the seeds of a new life.
  • Frozen Masterpieces by Elena Naskova
    Cast: 
    5
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    Genre: drama
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    Keyword: cancer, romance + 2 more
    Genre: drama
    Keyword: cancer, romance, Tattoo, art
    Frozen Masterpieces’ is a story about our struggle for permanency against the destructive forces of time. Edward is an artist who has chosen tattoo art as his favorite art form because of its permanency. He is deeply captivated by the idea of putting his artwork on a “living, bleeding, twitching canvas”, and having it remain there for a lifetime. Valerie is a young woman who is diagnosed with breast cancer and...
    Frozen Masterpieces’ is a story about our struggle for permanency against the destructive forces of time. Edward is an artist who has chosen tattoo art as his favorite art form because of its permanency. He is deeply captivated by the idea of putting his artwork on a “living, bleeding, twitching canvas”, and having it remain there for a lifetime. Valerie is a young woman who is diagnosed with breast cancer and is searching for a way to express her pain and grief.
    As things unravel and lives fall apart, new beginnings emerge, but our tattoos remain as proof that change and tattoos are the only permanent things in life.
  • Just Playing by Elena Naskova
    Cast: 
    9
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    Genre: drama, young audiences
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    Keyword: kids, bullying + 3 more
    Genre: drama, young audiences
    Keyword: kids, bullying, school, play for teens, full length
    An innocent children's play, or a bullying incident? What is behind two cell phone videos and a few pictures?
  • Sugar Momma by Elena Naskova
    Recommendations: 2
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    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: comedy
    Genre: comedy
    Jean, an older and successful woman, meets Damian, a young inspiring playwright, in a coffee house, and she likes what she sees.

    Jean offers Damian a Sugar Baby Arrangement, but all that Damian needs is a writing partner.
  • God said, 'Let Tesla be,' and all was light by Elena Naskova
    Cast: 
    8–24
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    Genre: biography, docudrama/historic + 2 more
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    Keyword: science
    Genre: biography, docudrama/historic, drama, period
    Keyword: science
    Nikola Tesla's life story with emphasis on his relationship with his mother.