Andrea Ciannavei

Teaches at Primary Stages ESPA

Andrea Ciannavei is a playwright, TV writer, producer, and political activist. Graduate of The Juilliard School’s Lila Acheson Playwriting Fellowship in 2010. Plays include The Winstons (commissioned by Hangar Theater) and Pretty Chin Up, which received a development production at LAByrinth Theater Company (Artistic Directors: Philip Seymour Hoffman and John Ortiz) at The Public Theater.

TV: “The Path” (Hulu), “Last Men Out” (NatGeo), “American Odyssey” (NBC Universal), “Borgia” (Canal Plus), and “Copper” (BBC America). Publications: Alternet and Flurt Magazine.

Since 2008, Andrea has produced free writing workshops for wounded veterans and their family caregivers, sponsored by the Writers’ Guild Initiative and in partnership with Wounded Warrior Project. In 2011, Andrea traveled to 10 countries across 3 continents to conduct interviews and research on human trafficking, sex slavery, gender violence, and socio-political and economic issues that impact women for Marsha Norman. She returned to the US and became heavily involved in social and political activism and is a co-founder of InterOccupy, Occupy Sandy, and the Million Hoodies for Trayvon Martin movement. She has also worked on various projects that seek to affect social, political and economic change.