Alexandra I. Gersten-Vassilaros (born 1960) is an American playwright and actress. She is the co-author, with

Theresa Rebeck Theresa Rebeck (born February 19, 1958) is an American playwright, television writer, and novelist. Her work has appeared on the Broadway and Off-Broadway stage, in film, and on television. Among her awards are the Mystery Writers of America's ...

, of

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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 is a graduate of

NYU New York University (NYU) is a private research university in New York City. Chartered in 1831 by the New York State Legislature, NYU was founded by a group of New Yorkers led by then-Secretary of the Treasury Albert Gallatin. In 1832, the ...

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, Tisch is a training ground for artists, scholars of the a ...

. She is a member of Actors Studio 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 wo ...

Selected works

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

'' (co-author) 2003 * ''The Wedding Play'' 2004 * ''The Argument'' 2005 ;As actress * ''Alone Together'' by Lawrence Roman

Music Box Theatre The Music Box Theatre is a Broadway theater at 239 West 45th Street ( George Abbott Way) in the Theater District of Midtown Manhattan in New York City. Opened in 1921, the Music Box Theatre was designed by C. Howard Crane in a Palladian-inspir ...

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 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 America ...

(Film) 1989https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0169895/ Fear, Anxiety & Depression (imdb) * ''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 Davenport Theatre, 354 West 45th Street to the 199-seat theater at 59E59 Theat ...

1990 * '' Beautiful Child'' by

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

Vineyard Theatre The Vineyard Theatre is an Off-Broadway non-profit theatre company, located at 108 East 15th Street in Manhattan, New York City, near Union Square. Its first production was in 1981. It is best known for its productions of the Tony award-winning ...

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