# Alexandra Constantin

Alexandra Constantin (7 July 1988 – 24 January 2020) was a Romanian set designer (costumes and sets). She designed the set for the show 'Chiritza in Concert,' directed by Ada Milea at the National Theatre in Cluj, a production that won the UNITER Award for Best Play and Best Actress in a Leading Role in 2019.
A graduate in architecture from KIT University, she started her set designer career by becoming one of the assistants to set designer Adrian Damian. Together with Damian, she created the set for the 2016 show 'The Biggest Gulliver,' directed by Alexandru Dabija at the Gong Theatre in Sibiu. She has designed sets and costumes for productions in theaters in Bucharest, Piatra Neamț, Sibiu, Buzău, and Cluj-Napoca.
She collaborated with big names in the romanian theater industry as Alexandru Dabija, Radu Afrim, Ada Milea, Adrian Damian, Leta Popescu, Slava Sambriș, Bogdan Sărătean, and Cristina Giurgea. She has worked on numerous shows such as "The Government Inspector" (National Theatre Bucharest and UNATC), "The Planet of Lost Dreams" (George Ciprian Theatre, Buzău), "Memories," "Under Every Step There's an Unexploded Mine from a War Unfinished with You," and "Alice" (Youth Theatre, Piatra Neamț), "Chiritza in Concert" (National Theatre Cluj-Napoca), "Love Among People" (Radu Stanca Theatre, Sibiu), and "ImpreLuna" (Ion Creangă Theatre, Bucharest).

## Biography
### Childhood and Youth

Alexandra Constantin was born on 7 July 1988 in Bucharest, where she grew up and studied until 2009, when she moved to Karlsruhe, Germany, for her studies. She is the daughter of Radu-Gabriel and Carmen Constantin, and the granddaughter of the romanian writer and literary critic Alexandru George.

### Higher Education

Immediately after graduating from high school in 2007, Alexandra Constantin began her studies at the "Ion Mincu" University of Architecture and Urbanism in Bucharest. After her first two years, moved to Karlsruhe and finished her architecture studies at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (2009 - 2014). During her time at university, she enriched her knowledge by participating in various extracurricular courses, such as photography courses (winning first place in 2010 in an architecture photography competition at KIT) In 2017, she began her master's degree in set design at UNATC Bucharest in the class of Prof. Stefan Caragiu. Her dissertation show, "The Government Inspector" created in collaboration with director Slava Sambriș, was very well received by the Bucharest audience and beyond. This show was selected to be part of the 9G season at the National Theatre Bucharest. It also received the award for Best Show of 2019 from UNATC for both directing and set design.

### Career

Upon returning to Romania in 2015, she worked on her first project with director Cristina Giurgea at the National Theatre Bucharest. In 2016, she became the set design assistant to Adrian Damian, with whom she continued her work.
Starting in 2017, she began signing her own set designs, with the play "Humans and their love" ("Iubire la Oameni") by director Bogdan Sărătean.

### Death

During the production of the show "Ubu in Concert" in Cluj, on 24 January 2020, the set designer suffered a fatal car accident on her way to Bucharest. Her funeral took place on 27 January 2020, at Bellu Cemetery, where she rests alongside her grandfather, the writer Alexandru George.
To support young set designers at the beginning of their careers and to honor the memory of Alexandra Constantin, Oistat Romania, in partnership with the Comedy Theatre Bucharest, launched the Alexandra Constantin Scholarship on 7 July 2024, on what would have been her 36th birthday.

## Set and costume designs

| Year | Role | Title | Organisation |
| 2015 | Set Designer | Eden | National Theatre Bucharest, 9G Program in collaboration with UNATC and the Irish Embassy in Romania |
| 2016 | Assistant Set Designer | Pipe, Sex and Omlette (Pipa, Sexul si Omleta) | Independent short film |
| 2016 | Assistant Set Designer | A Few Conversations About a Very Tall Girl (Cateva conversatii despre o fata foarte inalta) | Independent short film |
| 2016 | Assistant Set Designer | The Biggest Gulliver (Cel mai mare Gulliver) | Gong Theatre, Sibiu |
| 2016 | Costume Design in collaboration with Diana Ribana | The Guitar's Story (Povestea Chitarei) | Cultural association "Play" and National Theatre "Radu Stanca" Sibiu |
| 2016-2017 | Set Design and Costumes | Humans and their love (Iubirea la oameni) | National Theatre "Radu Stanca" in collaboration with "Lucian Blaga" University, Sibiu |
| 2017 | Set Design | 7 Minutes (7 Minute) | Music video for "Rockabella" |
| 2017 | Set Design | Love Love | Music video for "Larisa" |
| 2017 | Costume Designer | Gaitele | National Theatre "Marin Sorescu" Craiova |
| 2017 | Set Design and Costumes | ImpreLuna | Ion Creangă Theatre, Bucharest |
| 2018 | Set Design and Costumes | The Caretaker | UNATC - diploma play |
| 2018 | Set Design and Costumes | The Planet of Lost Dreams | George Ciprian Theatre, Buzău and University of Murcia |
| 2018 | Set Design and Costumes | Memories (Amintiri) | Youth Theatre, Piatra Neamț |
| 2018 | Assistant Set Designer | Eliza dreams (Eliza viseaza) | Ion Creangă Theatre, Bucharest |
| 2018 - 2019 | Set Design | The Government Inspector (Revizorul) | UNATC - dissertation play |
| 2019 | Set Design and Costumes | Jerusalem | National Theatre "Radu Stanca" Sibiu |
| 2019 | Set Design and Costumes | Chiritza in Concert | National Theatre "Lucian Blaga" Cluj |
| 2020 | Set Design and Costumes | Ubu in concert | National Theatre "Lucian Blaga" Cluj |
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