World premiere in New York: Useless drama written by Romanian Saviana Stanescu

Newsroom 13/08/2014 | 19:10

IRT Theater in Manhattan presents the premiere of the new drama Useless by award-winning Romanian-born playwright Saviana Stanescu. The highly anticipated production is directed by Jose Zayas, who has directed over 70 productions in New York, regionally and internationally.

Useless is a dark humored drama about love, dreams and human trafficking. It investigates the relationship between a couple of Eastern European immigrants involved in kidney trafficking (Kora, who was formerly sex-trafficked and later saved by her now husband Chris), and Omy, a mentally challenged young man from a poor country, brought to the U.S. for his kidney. Omy affects Kora and Chris in a profound way, triggering unexpected outbursts and changes. He becomes a sort of mirror for their unfulfilled dreams, hidden fears and desires, and ultimately makes them connect on a deeper level. Or so we hope. The play intersperses heightened realistic scenes with dreams and nightmares that offer a glimpse into the characters’ inner lives and alternate realities.

According to ICR New York, Saviana Stanescu founded Immigrants Artists and Scholars in New York (IASNY) and curates playgroundezero and New York with an Accent. She holds an MFA in Dramatic Writing and an MA in Performance Studies from NYU, Tisch. Currently she teaches Playwriting at Ithaca College. Her plays have been widely presented/developed internationally and in the US.

The play opens on August 14, at 7:30 pm, and runs through August 24, 2014.

Oana Vasiliu

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