Discipline: Theatre – playwriting

Aja Nisenson

Discipline: Theatre – playwriting
Region: New York, NY
MacDowell Fellowships: 2015

Aja Nisenson is a singer, actor and playwright. Her one-woman shows, Piccola Cosi (about her experience as a jazz singer in Bologna, Italy), Daja Vu, a french cabaret gone awry, and My Life Is A Woody Allen Film have premiered in venues throughout New York City. Nisenson's latest show was awarded “Best Cabaret” and “Best Musical Direction” in the 2014 United Solo Theatre Festival.

Studios

Banks

Aja Nisenson worked in the Banks studio.

Banks, an ell on the north end of the Lodge dormitory, was first used as an artist’s studio in 1970. Since then, it has played host to an extraordinary list of writers working in several disciplines. In all seasons, Fellows have enjoyed the pastoral view through the French doors facing a field…

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