Professional Affiliation

Theater Critic, Ministry of Culture

Wilson Center Project

Regional Émigré Theater Specialists in America: 1920-1950: The Experience of American Life as a Creative Impulse in the Artistic Endeavors of the Russian Émigré Theater

Project Summary

Reviews the impact that Russian theater specialists had in America, after exile following the Bolshevik revolution. Details the fusion of the two theatrical cultures in the development of a dynamic new force of the American stage. Recreates a picture of the continuously existing Russian-American theater over four decades.