Saviana Stanescu is a Romanian-born award-winning playwright. Recent productions include: Aliens With Extraordinary Skills (Women's Project, NYC; Sacramento, California; Cincinnati, Oklahoma City, Mexico City; published by Samuel French), Waxing West (La MaMa Theatre, 2007 NY Innovative Theatre Award for Outstanding Full-length Script), For a Barbarian Woman (Fordham/EST). Her plays have been developed at: Lark Play Development Center, NYTW, New York Stage & Film, Long Wharf, EST, PS122, and HERE. She holds an MA in Performance Studies (Fulbright), and an MFA in Dramatic Writing, both from NYU, Tisch School of the Arts. Saviana teaches at NYU and ESPA Primary Stages. She is the President/Founder of Immigrants Artists and Scholars in New York (IASNY). www.saviana.com.