Design
The Design Team features international artists with deep roots in innovative theatrical interpretations.
Set Designer Jim Findlay works across boundaries as a theater artist, visual artist, and filmmaker. His works have been presented in 50 countries. Projection Designer Yana Biryukova is a video artist and theater designer with credits from Hartford Stage, Yale Repertory, Irish Repertory Theatre, and the Venice Biennale 2022. International Costume Designer Olivera Gajic is known for bringing cultural authenticity to her work through unique use of detail, texture and color. Lighting Designer Barbara Samuels uses her craft to create an intimate and explosive environment for the show, aiming to unearth the human condition and the consciousness of our surroundings. Composer and Sound Designer Dan Baker builds audio landscapes that transcend the boundaries of music and sound, fully activating the acoustic landscape of the project. With the addition of internationally renowned Puppeteer and Animator Julian Crouch, the visual landscape and character expression become complete and expressive in unexpected ways. All of this is then folded back onto itself in real-time through the lens of international Videographer Tatiana Stolporskaya, creating a synthesis between documentary and narrative filmmaking live on stage.
Jim Findlay – Sets
JIM FINDLAY (Set Design) works as a designer, performance maker, director, and producer. He is a Creative Capital Artist and MacDowell Fellow. Recognition includes two Obie Awards, two Bessies, Lortel and Hewes Awards. Residencies: Baryshnikov Arts Center, Ucross and Mount Tremper Arts. He is a founder of Collapsable Giraffe and a founder and partner artist at the Collapsable Hole.
Olivera Gajic – Costumes
OLIVERA GAJIC (Costume Design) is a NYC based designer and educator working in theater, opera, dance, film, and performance art in the US and Internationally. Olivera has over 250 credits including: Jedermann (Salzburg); God’s Ear (Vineyard); Film I am a Seagull; The Lucille Lake Project (Chekhov Project Company) Olivera received the 2004 NEA/TCG CDP for Designers, 2010 IT Award for Outstanding Costume Design, 2010 TDF/Irene Sharaff Young Master Award, Barrymore Award for Outstanding Costume Design and Bessie Award Recipient for Outstanding Visual Design. https://www.oliveragajic.com
Barbara Samuels – Lighting
BARBARA SAMUELS (Lighting Design) is an Obie and Henry Hewes Award winning queer lighting designer, producer, and organizer. Her designs have been seen at Soho Rep, NAATCO, Ma-Yi, MCC, Lincoln Center, Ars Nova, NYTW, Target Margin, TFANA, Playwrights Horizons, Signature Theater, 2ST, WP Theater, The Bushwick Starr, Beth Morrison Projects, New Georges, Clubbed Thumb, Pig Iron, Bard Summerscape, The Alley, Long Wharf, ACT, Woolly Mammoth, Playmakers, KC Rep, and Trinity Rep. BA, Fordham; MFA, NYU. Proud Member USA829. www.barbarasamuels.com
Dan Baker & Co. – Sound & Music
DANIEL BAKER & CO. (Sound Design and Composition) Dan is a sound designer/composer/producer, and educator living in New City, NY. He founded Daniel Baker & Co., an audio production company that creates sound designs and music for theater, film, dance and other endeavors across the media spectrum. He has designed sound for over 200 productions on Broadway, Off-Broadway, and at regional theaters across the country. He holds an MFA in Sound Design from the Yale School of Drama and teaches at Barnard College and Berklee NYC.
Yana Biryukova – Projection
YANA BIRYUKOVA (Projection Design) is a video artist and theatre designer. She has designed for Hartford Stage, Yale Repertory Theatre, Resident Ensemble Players, Barrington Stage Company, American Mime Theatre, Miami New Drama, Westport Country Playhouse, Red Bull Theater, Yale Opera, Irish Repertory Theatre and more. In addition to theatre work Yana edits films and designs installations. Her work was featured at the Venice Biennale 2022, Yale Art Gallery, Catskill Art Society, Harvestworks among others. yanabiryukova.com
Julian Crouch – Puppets & Animation
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Tatiana Stolporskaya – Director of Photography / Camera
TATIANA STOLPOVSKAYA (Director of Photography / Camera) (she/her) is a New York based cinematographer and filmmaker. Born and raised in Moscow, she studied Cinematography and received a BA in Cultural Studies and an MFA from Hunter College. Tatiana’s cinematographic works have twice received grants from The NYC Women’s Fund for Media and has been showcased at international film festivals including Pesaro Film Festival, the Ishinomaki International Film Festival and won Best Media Arts at the Women Media Arts and Film Festival in Australia. Stolpovskaya.com
Kate Field (Properties Supervisor)
KATE FIELD (Properties Supervisor) is a Kentucky-based scenic, properties, & experiential designer. Off Broadway: Yes, I Can Say That, Penelope, or How the Odyssey Was Really Written. Associate Designer with LDC Design, her work has been seen at the Guthrie Theater, Cleveland Playhouse, Trinity Repertory, Philadelphia Theatre Company, & more. Events: Design Miami/, Rolling Loud, iHeart Radio Music Festival, Governor’s Ball, Sound on Sound. For Dad. www.Katefielddesign.com
Snezhana Chernova (Cultural Consultant)
SNEZHANA CHERNOVA (Cultural Consultant) Acting Faculty at HB Studio, NY, and graduate of St. Petersburg State Theatre Arts Academy, where she taught Speech/Speaking Voice and Acting. Performed at the Baltic Repertoire Theater in St. Petersburg. Studied with Uta Hagen at HB Studio. former faculty at Danish Theater School GITIS Scandinavia and Trinity/La MaMa Performing Arts of Trinity College; taught Uta Hagen’s Master Class at Shanghai Theatre Academy in 2024. Interpreter at the MET Opera. Leading actress with Russian-speaking Literary Theater Dialogue, NY. Film/TV: The Americans, Law and Order.
Jane Guyer Fujita (Dialect Coach)
JANE GUYER FUJITA (Dialect Coach) is a NYC-based voice and dialect specialist, who coaches film, TV, streaming, and theater. She serves as head of Voice at NYU’s Graduate Acting Program. Jane’s current projects include Cabaret on Broadway and Classic Theater of Harlem’s Midsummer Night’s Dream.
Cagla Karslioglu (Asst. Director/Asst. Puppet Design)
CAGLA KARSLIOGLU (Assistant Director/Assistant Puppet Design) is a director and designer who works in theater and film. Her recent design credits include Dance Nation (Royal Family), Daughters of Anatolia (The Tank) and The Ghost Note (film). As an assistant director, she recently worked on Ghost Lights (documentary) and as assistant designer, Erismena (opera at Juilliard). Cagla holds a BFA from NYU Tisch.