Cristina Plesa

A 2010 graduate of the Drama School with the Hyperion University, in Bucharest, Romania, Cristina studied in the class mentored by Maia Morgenstern, Constantin Florescu and Amalia Ciolan. She took parts in plays written by Isaac Bashevis Singer, Eugen Ionesco, Mihail Sebastian, Matei Visniec and Carlo Goldoni. She was also in poetry recitals dedicated to major Romanian poets Nichita Stanescu and Mircea Cartarescu. While still a student Cristina was in productions of the State Jewish Theater of Bucharest, TES, directed by Catalina Buzoianu and Erwin Simsensohn. At TES Cristina plays in both Romanian and Yiddish, while also mastering English, Spanish and French.