Constantine X. Anastasakis

Camp & Artist Instructor

Constantine X. Anastasakis (he/him) is a Calgary-based director, playwright, and performer with experience in dramaturgy and devised creation, and holds a BA in English with a concentration in Creative Writing (‘14) as well as an MFA in Directing (‘19) from the University of Calgary.

With directing and playwriting styles influenced by German regietheatre, expressionism, and works categorized broadly as ‘absurdist’, CXA is drawn to meta-, transgressive, and speculative theatre that explores contemporary social commentary, disrupts and reimagines the classical canon, and/or experiments with multimedia and interdisciplinary approaches to theatre making.

CXA is an artistic associate with Jupiter Theatre and the director of their Europa New Works Incubator. CXA is currently completing a two year after-degree BEd at the Werklund School of Education (‘23) and plans to teach secondary English and Drama.

Selected Directing Credits Include: A Krampus Carol (Jupiter Theatre, (exp)lore); Spring Awakening (Storybook Theatre, asst. dir.); The New Canadian Curling Club (ATP, asst. dir.); Rhinoceros, Woyzeck (University of Calgary); Betrayal (Search Tower Company)

Selected Playwrighting Credits Include: The Overview Effect (Jupiter Theatre, (exp)lore); Imperfect Symmetry (Jupiter Theatre); Henry G20 (Luminato); Opaque, All Roads Diverge, Post (Search Tower Company, Common Ground Festival); Stag/Stagette (Calgary One-Act Festival)