Catalina Florina Florescu

Catalina Florina Florescu

Catalina Florina Florescu holds a Ph.D. in Comparative Literature from Purdue University with a double specialization in medical humanities and comparative theater. After the death of her mother because of breast cancer, she found comfort in theater, music, and philosophy. She teaches courses on theater, cinema, and writing at Pace University. She is a published author with books part of the Library of Congress...
Catalina Florina Florescu holds a Ph.D. in Comparative Literature from Purdue University with a double specialization in medical humanities and comparative theater. After the death of her mother because of breast cancer, she found comfort in theater, music, and philosophy. She teaches courses on theater, cinema, and writing at Pace University. She is a published author with books part of the Library of Congress and national and international universities.
Her plays have been developed as hyphenated spaces between personal and collective, arts and medicine, humanities and politics. She is currently working on staging three of her plays professionally, one in NYC, another in London, and a third back home, in Bucharest. An immigrant at heart, Catalina is constantly searching for plurality within individuality. She is also the New Play Development Curator and Dramaturg at Jersey City Theater Center: https://www.jctcenter.org/about/​​

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    4 Dec. 2020
    Rachel's play uses simple ingredients to make us all feel safe and loved in the middle of everything being severely changed because of C-19. I said "simple" because I believe only gifted writers can achieve that. I'd recommend Soup warmly. Congrats!
  • Missing Ingredient
    4 Dec. 2020
    This play reminded me of the special bond between sisters in the aftermath of a tragedy and beyond that. Colleen treated the loss of a dear one in a manner that is exquisite and does not leave an additional scar but moves towards healing. Congrats, Colleen!