Renaissance Society (Venue Partner)
The University of Chicago, Cobb Hall, 4th floor
5811 South Ellis Avenue, room 418
773 702 8670
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Saviana Stanescu
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Sunday June 6, 2010 (2–3pm)
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Directions: Green Line - Direction: Ashland / 63, to Garfield Station. X55 - Garfield Express - Direction: Museum of Science & Industry, to Ellis Avenue stop. Walk to 5811 South Ellis Avenue.
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“Romanian-born, NYC-based playwright Saviana Stanescu has had a number plays produced in New York, off-Broadway to fringe, winning European and American awards for playwriting along the way. A journalist and poet as well, Stanescu has published six of her own books of poetry and drama, in addition to having several plays anthologized. Stanescu's Dog Luv, a sinister play-turned-screenplay about torture and execution starring dogs led by a leader named Madog, is one of the more disturbing video installations in The Seductiveness of the Interval, where they're played by menacing muppets.”
Monica Westin, Flavorpill
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Sun, Jun 6, 2010 |
2:00 pm |
Reading
Saviana Stanescu
Location: Swift Hall room 106. 1025 East 58th Street
Admission: free
Playwright, poet, screenwriter, teacher, journalist, curator--Stanescu does it all. Her work is often characterized by a black humor and a sense of the absurd that is distinctly Eastern European. She wrote the screenplay for Dog Luv, which is featured in the exhibition. She has won numerous awards and her plays have been widely presented internationally and in the US. Recent New York productions include: Aliens with Extraordinary Skills, Waxing West, and Yokastas Redux (co-authored with Richard Schechner). She teaches at New York University.
This event will take place in Swift Hall room 106. 1025 East 58th Street (on the Main Quadrangle of the University, directly east of Cobb Hall). FREE
