Dramatic Comedy / 2m, 2f, 2 either m or f 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". "Saviana Stanescu's Aliens With Extraordinary Skills is an enchanting piece of theater...Ms. Stanescu's dialogue is flawlessly observant...the energy people talk about as New York's essence comes from all those newcomers' hopes and dreams in the air. Aliens pays tribute to that energy and at the same time radiates tons of its own." -The New York Times "Saviana Stanescu introduces us to two remarkable, resilient young women; it's gratifying to find a smart and intriguing play like this one, not only created by females but also focused on a pair of memorable heroines...Stanescu takes the audience into territory that will be uncharted for most of them: the immigrant experience is presented here with candor and without a shred of romanticism." - Martin Denton, www.nytheatre.com "A native Romanian, [Stanescu's] writing in English has more scrupulous care, more pure attention than someone to the grammar born. Aliens with Extraordinary Skills may feel just like a lark-there's understated silliness, a set of adorable strugglers and just the right thread of romance. But it's also a triumph of listening." -Time Out "Whatever your stance on immigration, Stanescu's upbeat mood overwrites it...In a craigslist conversation, spoken smiley faces and all, we are all equal, and dressed up like a hamburger or soda, we are meant to be together, for we are all--especially this play--extraordinary." - Kül - That Sounds Cool

Aliens with Extraordinary Skills

Literature & Fiction

Stanescu, Saviana

Dramas & Plays

Concord Theatricals

Three of US-based Romanian playwright Saviana Stanescu's most daring, comic plays are collected in this volume with an introduction by John Clinton Eisner. Waxing West, Lenin's Shoe and Aliens with Extraordinary Skills are exciting new plays for the US and world stage.

Saviana Stanescu: The New York Plays

Contemporary

Nopassport

DIARY OF A CLONE is a smart and moving collection of poems from Romanian poet Saviana Stanescu. Divided into chapters such as "Bad Girls' Bed-Time Stories" and "Barbed-Wire Silences," Stanescu's poems are sharp, sensual looks into everyday life. "Saviana Stanescu is for and of the 21st century. She is hot and cool, witty and brave, sexy and weird, politically knowing and cynical. But most of all, she is an extraordinary writer"-- Richard Schechner.

Diary of a Clone: Five Poems

Poetry

Meeting Eyes Bindery

FOR A BARBARIAN WOMAN AND OTHER PLAYS. By Saviana Stanescu. Saviana Stanescu's "barbarian" heroines are not victims; they are strong, rebellious, and resilient women, who struggle to fulfill their potential despite inauspicious historical, geographical, and socio-economic circumstances. The three plays included in this volume (Don't / Dream, For a Barbarian Woman, Useless) explore the contradictions of "civilization" and "the primitive", privilege and exclusion, rich and poor, rational and irrational; with pathos, humor, and vivacity. Roman poet Ovid, exile, suicide, human traffic, undocumented immigrants and domestic workers are a few of the topics that intersect in this thought-provoking book of a multi-rooted playwright committed to bring outsiders center stage. This is a NoPassport Press publication.

For a Barbarian Woman and other plays

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Aliens with Extraordinary Skills

Saviana Stanescu: The New York Plays

Diary of a Clone: Five Poems

For a Barbarian Woman and other plays