Alexandra I. Gersten-Vassilaros (born 1960) is an American playwright and actress. With Theresa Rebeck, she co-authored ''Omnium Gatherum'', which was a finalist for the 2004

Pulitzer Prize for Drama The Pulitzer Prize for Drama is one of the seven American Pulitzer Prizes that are annually awarded for Letters, Drama, and Music. It is one of the original Pulitzers, for the program was inaugurated in 1917 with seven prizes, four of which were a ...

. Gersten-Vassilaros graduate from

New York University New York University (NYU) is a private university, private research university in New York City, New York, United States. Chartered in 1831 by the New York State Legislature, NYU was founded in 1832 by Albert Gallatin as a Nondenominational ...

Tisch School of the Arts The New York University Tisch School of the Arts (commonly referred to as Tisch) is the performing, cinematic, and media arts school of New York University. Founded on August 17, 1965, as the School of the Arts at New York University, Tisch ...

. She is a member of

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and HB Playwrights Foundation. She is a niece of theatrical producer

Bernard Gersten Bernard Gersten (January 30, 1923 – April 27, 2020) was an American theatrical producer. Beginning in the 1960s through the early 2000s, Gersten played a major role in shaping American drama and musical theatre. From 1960 to 1978, Gersten wor ...

Selected works

As playwright

* ''My Thing of Love'' 1995 * ''Supple in Combat'' 1996 * ''The Airport Play'' 1999 * ''Mother Of Invention'' 2003 * ''

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'' (co-author) 2003 * ''The Wedding Play'' 2004 * ''The Argument'' 2005 * ''Big Sky'' 2016

As actress

* ''Alone Together'' by Lawrence Roman,

Music Box Theatre The Music Box Theatre is a Broadway theatre, Broadway theater at 239 West 45th Street (George Abbott Way) in the Theater District, Manhattan, Theater District of Midtown Manhattan in New York City, New York, U.S. Opened in 1921, the Music Box ...

, 1984 * ''Loose Ends'' by

Michael Weller Michael Weller (born September 26, 1942) is a Brooklyn-based playwright and screen writer. His plays include '' Moonchildren'', ''Loose Ends'', ''Spoils of War'' and ''Fifty Words''. His screenplays include ''Ragtime'', for which he was nomina ...

, McGinn-Cazale Theatre, 1988 * ''Ladies'' by

Eve Ensler V, formerly Eve Ensler (; born May 25, 1953), is an American playwright, author, performer, feminist, and activist. V is best known for her play ''The Vagina Monologues''.

, Theater at St. Clement's Church, 1989 * ''Fear, Anxiety & Depression'' written and directed by

Todd Solondz Todd Solondz (; born October 15, 1959) is an American filmmaker and playwright known for his style of dark, socially conscious satire. Solondz's work has received critical acclaim for its commentary on the "dark underbelly of middle class Americ ...

, (Film), 1989 * ''Lusting After Pipino's Wife'' by Sam Henry Kass,

Primary Stages Primary Stages was founded in 1984 by Casey Childs as an Off-Broadway not-for-profit theater company. In 2004, Primary Stages moved from its 99-seat home of 17 years at 354 West 45th Street to the 199-seat theater at 59E59 Theaters. In 2014, the ...

, 1990 * '' Beautiful Child'' by

Nicky Silver Nicky Silver is an American playwright. Formerly of Philadelphia, he resides in Madrid, after several years in London. Many of his plays have been produced off-Broadway, and also at the Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company in Washington, D.C. Biography ...

Vineyard Theatre The Vineyard Theatre is a 120-seat Off-Broadway non-profit theatre company, located at 108 East 15th Street in Manhattan, New York City, near Union Square. Founded in 1981 by Barbara Zinn Krieger, the Vineyard states that its goal is "to give ...

, 2004

References

External links

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Alexandra Gersten-Vassilaros
at the Internet Off Broadway Database 1960 births Living people 20th-century American dramatists and playwrights Tisch School of the Arts alumni {{US-playwright-stub