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Theater

On the stage and beyond

I’m Moscow-trained actor (Institute of Russian Theatre), certified by The Clown School Los Angeles. Theatre is my first love: I fuse Stanislavsky’s tradition and Meyerhold’s biomechanics with dance, poetry, and contemporary immersive performance, turning every medium into a vivid, emotionally resonant story. Onstage I play with form and meaning, drawing on the eye of an actor, director and visual artist.

Artist process

My Projects

Lunatic

Main actor / Director / Playwright / Designer

“Lunatic” is a delightful mix of poetry, music and physical theatre (clowning). Absurdity and surreality, visions and images, despair and hope, sadness and happiness all come together in this performance as in our life.

Inspired by Russian poetry of the early 20th century (Kharms, Vvedensky, Mandelstam, Akhmatova, Gumilev, Tsvetaeva, Chorny, Vertinsky). Although written a century ago, this poetry is absolutely present-days and reflects our lives perfectly: search for destiny, the pain of not fitting in society, the desire to connect with the universe, the fear of being honest, and the courage to be ourselves.

Orchard

Director / Scenic Designer

West Performing Arts Center, Santa Cruz, California

A contemporary reimagining of Chekhov’s The Cherry Orchard, exploring urban transformation, displacement, and homelessness through the lens of a changing city.

Working with a young ensemble, I developed an emotionally driven production that brought Chekhov’s 120-year-old text into dialogue with present-day social realities. The staging combined elements of physical theatre, clowning, and ensemble-created imagery while remaining grounded in the psychological depth and character work of the Stanislavsky tradition.

The production sought to reveal the enduring relevance of Chekhov’s questions: What happens when a familiar world disappears? Who is left behind by progress? And how do we navigate change when the ground beneath us is shifting?

Artist process

Moomins at the beach

An immersive children’s performance inspired by Tove Jansson’s Moomins, created and staged on the California coast. I developed the adaptation, designed the costumes, directed the production, and guided the young actors through the creative process.

The project explored theatre in an open landscape, where the beach became the stage, the cliffs the scenery, and the sound of the ocean the performance’s natural score. Rather than a traditional production, the piece unfolded as a theatrical walk, inviting both performers and audience into a shared journey through the story.

My focus was to create a form that would support the child actors’ imagination and sense of play while allowing the environment itself to become an active part of the performance. Working without conventional theatrical boundaries presented unique challenges and possibilities, making the process both demanding and deeply rewarding.