Writer. Director. Producer. Actor. Dramaturg.
Sav Maive
Sav has worked at theaters in Central Virginia, the District of Columbia, San Diego, and San Antonio. Highlights include summer internships at La Jolla Playhouse and Studio Theatre, stage managing a one-woman show at the Kennedy Center, and partnering with Climate Change Theatre Action 2019.
Sav is passionate about new works. While in San Antonio, she was involved in the Overtime Theater, which is committed to producing locally written plays. Sav was seen on stage as Jo in "Schrodinger's Catfish" by Lemuel Mitchell and wore multiple hats for "Monday" by Amy Abrigo (understudy, dramaturg, assistant stage manager) and "Calling" by Georgie Lee (assistant director, voice actor).
She currently runs a fledgling film production group, Sucre Cinema, and Raw Dough Lab, a dramatic writing group.
Sav is most fulfilled when working on new plays, especially projects that deal with themes related to the environment, women’s rights, and LGBTQ+ issues. She is drawn toward the genres of sci-fi and horror.
She has experience adapting plays for audio and film recordings.
About Sav
Savannah “Sav” Maive is a theater and film artist based in Central Virginia, with experience primarily as an actor, writer, director, producer, and dramaturg.
She lost her baby teeth (and unfortunately some adult teeth as well) growing up in the Adirondacks in Upstate New York. Her wisdom teeth were removed in Central Virginia, where she attended high school and ultimately earned a B.A. in Drama from the University of Virginia.
Sav was awarded the 2020 Delauney Prize for Playwriting and her first short film “Community of Trust” was selected to screen at the 2019 Poe Film Festival in Richmond, Virginia. Her most recent short film, “Evil on Air,” was screened at Flix Brewhouse with Production Club SA in September 2024.