ABOUT
Sasha Carrera is an actor, writer and producer best known as “fiery and complicated” series regular Petra Antonelli in the Baltimore based, award-winning series THESPIAN. On stage, she regularly appears with the Endangered Species (theatre) Project and has been heralded by Theatre Bloom as “one of the most notable members of the ensemble.” Sasha returned to the Mid-Atlantic after a decade in Los Angeles where, along with performing, she wrote and produced her first short film, MR. HOPEWELL’S REMEDY, inspired by a rural recycling center in Maryland. She holds a BA in theatre from Wesleyan University, completed the New Actors’ Workshop conservatory training program with Mike Nichols and Paul Sills, and holds an Ed.M. from Harvard University. Sasha won a scholarship to Maine Media for writing SPINSTERS and continues to hone her skills with Karen Kohlhaas, Aretha Sills and the Arvold/Warner Studios. SPINSTERS is her first feature film as a writer and producer.
Writer/Performer
My Way
My final performance at a comedic story-telling workshop, a precursor to SPINSTERS. Believe it or not, my mom was in the first row, understanding more than I had hoped as evidenced by her hands slowly creeping up to cover her face…. This may inform your viewing if you watch the whole thing.
spinsters
Feature Film in Development
Screenplay by Sasha Carrera
A bittersweet comedy about two middle-aged, estranged, childhood besties, who find themselves face to face at an unexpected crossroads. Recently unemployed, stuck with aging parents at the “most wonderful time of the year,” forced to grapple with their pasts, their parents and each other, they realize how much they need this friendship as they learn to drop “supposed to” and embrace “why not?”
Traditionally, spinsters played an important role in the family dynamic, primarily as caretakers for siblings or aging elders. Stereotypically portrayed as jolly aunties or dour old biddies, we may no longer look the part, but we're still here. And while society tends to see us in relational terms, we actually do have lives and aspirations of our own...SPINSTERS.
““The female audience, in nearly every market, is the most important cinema going audience. Women have always been a very important part of the cinema going population, very influential over other audiences, especially male. What we’ve seen in the last year [is] a greater focus on films about women, for women, and I can only see that trend increasing because it’s a very strong, very viable audience.””
“A landmark UCLA study suggests friendships between women are special. They shape who we are and who we are yet to be. They soothe our tumultuous inner world, fill the emotional gaps in our marriage, and help us remember who we really are. By the way, they may do even more. Scientists now suspect that hanging out with our friends can actually counteract the kind of stomach-quivering stress most of us experience on a daily basis.”
Contact:
sasha.carrera@gmail.com
