Ana Margineanu is a Romanian theatre director, based in NYC. Credits include: Broken City (NYC), INSIDE ( Madrid, Bucharest), Long Distance Affair (Edinburgh, Buenos Aires, New York, Mexico) , The Window (NYC), The Blind Trip (New York City), The Sunshine Play (Dublin /Bucharest), Buy Me With A Coffee (Graz / Bucharest), Bucharest Calling(New York /Bucharest), 89 , 89… Hot After ’89 (Bucharest). Her work has been presented internationally in New York, Buenos Aires, Edinburgh, Madrid, Mexico, Basel, Dublin, Düsseldorf, Graz, Prague, Saint Petersburg (Russia), Stuttgart and Vienna as well as the major cities of Romania.
Her storefront theartrical installation The Window received 4 New York Innovative Theatre Awards including Best Ensemble. The Sunshine Play received several awards including Best Play in 2006– Relationship Drama at London Fringe Awards, and the Romanian Critics Award in 2007. 5 Miraculous Minutes in Piatra Neamt won Best Show Award at the Romanian Comedy Festival in 2010. 89, 89… Hot After ’89 received seven awards in 2005 including Best Show at the Romanian Drama Festival and The Jury Award for Innovation at the Contemporary Drama Festival. Garbage won Best Show at Hop Gala Mangalia in 2003.. Ana received Best Contribution In Romanian Theatre Award in 2008 at the VIP Gala. She was also nominated for Best Debut at the Uniter Gala.
As a television director, Ana worked for Media Pro Television Studios, directing the series One Step Ahead and short films. Ana worked as an associated professor at the National University of Theatre and Film, Bucharest. She has lead workshops in Athens, Bucharest, Mexico City, New York and Timisoara. She is a founding member of DramAcum (directors collective that supports young Romanian playwrights) and participated in Lincoln Centers Directors Lab ’07. Together with Tamilla Woodard, Ana created PopUp Theatrics, a site specific/site impacting theatre company.
Her most recent project in Romania - Only the Best About Romania is a series of plays created in collaboration with playwright Peca Stefan. Through interviews and rigorous research each play in this series becomes a portrait of the life and spirit of a different Romanian town. Together they make an unconventional analysis of contemporary Romania. The first of these plays are A True Story Completely Invented About Baia Mare and 5 Miraculous Minutes in Piatra Neamt. The third show in the project, Playground Targoviste, was selected in the prestigious festival New Plays from Europe 2012, in Wiesbadean. The newest show, The Saint from Saint George, is performing in Saint Geroge (Romania ) durring 2014- 2015 season.
Her storefront theartrical installation The Window received 4 New York Innovative Theatre Awards including Best Ensemble. The Sunshine Play received several awards including Best Play in 2006– Relationship Drama at London Fringe Awards, and the Romanian Critics Award in 2007. 5 Miraculous Minutes in Piatra Neamt won Best Show Award at the Romanian Comedy Festival in 2010. 89, 89… Hot After ’89 received seven awards in 2005 including Best Show at the Romanian Drama Festival and The Jury Award for Innovation at the Contemporary Drama Festival. Garbage won Best Show at Hop Gala Mangalia in 2003.. Ana received Best Contribution In Romanian Theatre Award in 2008 at the VIP Gala. She was also nominated for Best Debut at the Uniter Gala.
As a television director, Ana worked for Media Pro Television Studios, directing the series One Step Ahead and short films. Ana worked as an associated professor at the National University of Theatre and Film, Bucharest. She has lead workshops in Athens, Bucharest, Mexico City, New York and Timisoara. She is a founding member of DramAcum (directors collective that supports young Romanian playwrights) and participated in Lincoln Centers Directors Lab ’07. Together with Tamilla Woodard, Ana created PopUp Theatrics, a site specific/site impacting theatre company.
Her most recent project in Romania - Only the Best About Romania is a series of plays created in collaboration with playwright Peca Stefan. Through interviews and rigorous research each play in this series becomes a portrait of the life and spirit of a different Romanian town. Together they make an unconventional analysis of contemporary Romania. The first of these plays are A True Story Completely Invented About Baia Mare and 5 Miraculous Minutes in Piatra Neamt. The third show in the project, Playground Targoviste, was selected in the prestigious festival New Plays from Europe 2012, in Wiesbadean. The newest show, The Saint from Saint George, is performing in Saint Geroge (Romania ) durring 2014- 2015 season.