Artistic Statement
I cling to the ribcage of my characters, grasping at the human need to fight for survival. I investigate their inner demons, the vices and addictions. I call out to their brothers, best friends, and worst enemies, for perhaps they have the key. I explore my character’s dreams and nightmares, searching for the sparks of hope and stirs of terror. My plays seek to make connections across time and space, our past and our present, as we search for the collective consciousness uniting us all. My plays are wild, yet cultivated, full of epic theater magic wrapped in the intimacy of close-knit ensembles.
Biography
Cassie M. Seinuk is a queer Jewish Cuban playwright, stage manager, and educator in Boston, MA.
Seinuk received a BA in Theatre Arts and Creative Writing at Brandeis University, an MFA in Writing for Stage and Screen at Lesley University, and received additional training at the Gary Garrison Kennedy Center Summer Playwrights Intensive.
Her play From the Deep won the Kennedy Center ACTF Latinidad Playwrights Award, The Pestalozzi New Play Prize, the Boston University Jewish Culture Endowment, Honorable Mention 2015 Kilroys List, and IRNE Award and FringeNYC award nominations. Seinuk’s short works have been produced internationally, including her award-winning 10 Minute Play Occupy Hallmark, which won the Gary Garrison National 10 Minute Play award at the Kennedy Center. Seinuk is the Region 1 Co-Chair of the National Playwrights Program through the American College Theater Festival. Seinuk is on the faculty at The Boston Conservatory and at Lesley University's MFA in Creative Writing
Seinuk is a member of The Dramatist Guild and Actors’ Equity Association. Seinuk serves as adjunct faculty at Lesley University’s MFA in Creative Writing, and is part-time Asst. Professor of Theatre at Boston Conservatory at Berklee College of Music, where she teaches Theatre Production/design, Stage Management, and Theatre Literature courses.
Seinuk received a BA in Theatre Arts and Creative Writing at Brandeis University, an MFA in Writing for Stage and Screen at Lesley University, and received additional training at the Gary Garrison Kennedy Center Summer Playwrights Intensive.
Her play From the Deep won the Kennedy Center ACTF Latinidad Playwrights Award, The Pestalozzi New Play Prize, the Boston University Jewish Culture Endowment, Honorable Mention 2015 Kilroys List, and IRNE Award and FringeNYC award nominations. Seinuk’s short works have been produced internationally, including her award-winning 10 Minute Play Occupy Hallmark, which won the Gary Garrison National 10 Minute Play award at the Kennedy Center. Seinuk is the Region 1 Co-Chair of the National Playwrights Program through the American College Theater Festival. Seinuk is on the faculty at The Boston Conservatory and at Lesley University's MFA in Creative Writing
Seinuk is a member of The Dramatist Guild and Actors’ Equity Association. Seinuk serves as adjunct faculty at Lesley University’s MFA in Creative Writing, and is part-time Asst. Professor of Theatre at Boston Conservatory at Berklee College of Music, where she teaches Theatre Production/design, Stage Management, and Theatre Literature courses.
