“Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” @ Triad Stage

direction: Preston Lane

scenic design: Anya Klepikov

lights: Krista Smith

costumes: Bill Brewer

technical director: Tannis Boyajian

props master: Eric Hart

sound: Taylor Dankovich

stage manager: Janine Wochna

director of production: Katie O’Kelly

Brandy Zarle as Martha

Mark Boyett as George

Mickey Theis as Nick

Rhiannon Ross as Honey

Photos: Anya Klepikov

“Terror is the Order of the Day” at the Flea Theater, NYC, 2025

Writer and Executive Producer: Ben Heineman
Director and Executive Producer: Tea Alagić
Producer: Chantel King
Set Designer: Emmie Finckel
Sound Designer: Evdoxia Ragkou
Costume Designer: Anya Klepikov
Lighting Designer: Betsy Chester
Projections Designer: Yana Biryükova
Wig, Hair, and Make-up Designer: Bobbie Zlotnik
Associate Director: Anna Green
Production Stage Manager: Lindsey Zinbarg
Intimacy and Fight Choreographer: Judi Lewis Ockler
Dance Choreographer: Shannon Stowe

Production Photography by Slaven Vlašić; candids by Monica Sanborn, Jess Gersz and Anya Klepikov.

Citizen/Corday/Cecile Renault/Hebert: Hannah Adrian

Citizen/Advisor/Mailhe/Officer/Hanriot: Mike Spara

King/Dumouriez/Prosecutor/Tallien: Ismael Castillo

Shopkeeper/Jury Foreman: Pamela Joy

De Seze/Cambon: Monica Sanborn

Lindet/Executioner: Misha Bouvion

Queen/Carnot/Duplay: Katharine Chin

Barère/Buzot: Chris Then

Madame Roland/Desmoulins/Thérésa Cabarrus: Lauren Lee

Robespierre: Revon Yousif

Marat/Couthon: Roberto Tolentino

Brissot/Collot: Austin Purnell

Saint Just: Hallie Schwartz

Danton: Christopher McFarland

Crowd/Understudy: RJ Payne

Production Stage Manager: Lindsey Zinbarg

Assistant Stage Manager: Blake Elliott

Writer/Executive Producer: Ben Heineman

Director/Executive Producer: Tea Alagic*

Producer: Chantel King

Set Designer: Emmie Finckel+

Sound Designer: Evdoxia Ragkou

Costume Designer: Anya Klepikov+

Lighting Designer; Betsy Chester

Projections Designer: Yana Biryükova+

Wig, Hair, and Make-up Designer: Bobbie Zlotnik

Dance Choreographer: Shannon Stowe

Intimacy and Fight Choreographer: Judi Lewis Ockler*

Associate Director: Annaporva Green

Associate Set Designer: Kim Zhou

Associate Sound Designer: Bryn Scharenberg

Associate Costume Designer: Jess Gersz+

Associate Projections Designer: Hannah Tran

Dance Choreographer Associate: Pau Zabaleta Llauger

Associate Producer: Ashley Sacks

Dramaturg: Raina Lawrence

Production Stage Manager: Lindsey Zinbarg

Assistant Stage Manager: Blake Elliott

Technical Director: Eli Reid

Costumes Supervisor: Lora LaVon

Props Supervisor: Lola Buncher

AV Supervisor, Master Electrician: Lydon Thorpe

Assistant Technical Director: Cody Henson

Lightboard Programmer: Zack Heffner

A1: Corbin Hopkins

Head of Wardrobe: Kaitlyn Day

by Tennessee Williams
directed by Preston Lane

Set: Anya Klepikov

Costumes: Kelsey Hunt Barker

Lights: Norman Coates

Projections:  Nicholas Hussong

Photos: Emilia Catanoso, Norman Coates, Jeffery West

at Triad Stage, North Carolina

Creator: Anya Klepikov

Director and Choreographer: Rudy Ramirez

Production Coordinator: Fleur Kuhta

Photo and video by Chris Rucinski, Hills3 Studio

Co-produced with the University of Massachusetts Amherst and the UMass Theater Department on the UMass Amherst campus.

September 17, 2022

Music by Igor Stravinsky

Choreography by George Balanchine and Gerome Robbins

Designed for the Miami City Ballet; opened on February 14, 2o20

Set and Costumes: Anya Klepikov

Projections and Creative Direction: Wendall Harrington

Lights: James Ingalls

Stage Manager: Kelly Brown

Photos: Alexander Iziliaev, George Skouras, Wendall Harrington, Anya Klepikov

Venues: Arsht Performing Arts Center in Miami, Broward Center in Fort Lauderdale, Kravis Center in West Palm Beach.

SEARED by Theresa Rebeck

Produced by the Gloucester Stage Company at the Windhover Performing Arts Center in Rockport MA

Nominated for the 2021 Elliot Norton Award as Outstanding Production by a Small Theater

Direction- Victoria Gruenberg

Scenery- Anya Klepikov

Costumes- Kathleen Doyle

Lights- Aja M. Jackson

Sound- Stan Mathabane

Props- Lauren Corcuera

Technical Director- Tori Oakes

Stage Manager- Rebecca Monroe

Photos- Jason Grow

by Henrik Ibsen, adapted by Preston Lane
directed by Preston Lane

Set and Costumes: Anya Klepikov

Lights: Ji-Youn Chang

Photos: Ji-Youn Chang, Jeff West, Anya Klepikov

at Triad Stage, North Carolina

by Euripides

A new version by Anne Carson

Music created and channeled by Diana Oh

Directed by Mike Donahue

Choreographed by Willia Noel Montague

At Baltimore Center Stage

Costumes: Anya Klepikov

Set: Stephanie Osin Cohen

Lights: Amith Chandrashaker and Emma Deane

Sound: Brendan Aanes

Stage management: Erin Swank

Costume Shop Manager: David Burdick

Draper: Matthew G. Smith

Crafts: Will Crowther

Wigs: Denise O’Brien

Photos: Jill Fannon Photography

by Erin Courtney

directed by April Sweeney

Set and Costumes: Anya Klepikov

Costume Associate: Heather Stanley

Lights: Jason Alexander

Sound and composition: Mike "Donksongs" Weiss

Brehmer Theater, Colgate University

PHOTOS: Andy Daddio, Morgan Higgins

by Frederick Knott
directed by Preston Lane

Set: Anya Klepikov

Costumes: April Soroko

Lights: Norman Coates

at Triad Stage, North Carolina

by José Cruz González

directed by Maeli Goren

Set and Costumes: Anya Klepikov

Lights: Marissa Applegate

at the Lewis Center for the Arts, Princeton University

PHOTOS: Maria-Teresa Simao, Warren Rieutort-Louis, Marcos Cisneros, Eamon Foley, Anya Klepikov

by Marvin David Levy
directed by Kevin Newbury

with Lauren Flanigan as Christine

Set: Anya Klepikov

Projections: Wendall Harrington

Lights: Robert Wierzel

Costume coordination: Camilla Haith

Photos: James Daniel, Justin Namon, Erik Pearson, Wendall Harrington, 

at the Florida Grand Opera, Fort Lauderdale and Miami

Radiunt Abundunt (Set + Original Artwork)

Written and Directed by Preston Lane

Music: Laurelyn Dossett

Set + Original Artwork: Anya Klepikov

Projections:  Nicholas Hussong

Lights: Ji-Youn Chang

Costumes: Bill Brewer

Sound: Taylor Dankovich

Photos: Brent LaFever, Anya Klepikov

at Triad Stage, North Carolina

by Sarah Ruhl
directed by Sarah Hedgecock

Set: Anya Klepikov

Costumes: Kristin Fiebig

Lights: Laura Hildebrand

Photos: Matt Pilsner

at the Berlind Theater, Princeton University

The Lily’s Revenge (set + environments)

by Taylor Mac

directed by Jennifer Onopa

Set: Anya Klepikov

Time lapse video of scenic transitions by Tom Kelleher

Costumes: Christina Beam

Lights: Tamara Harris

Toy Theater: Gabriel Harrell

Dramaturgy + choreography: Gaven Trinidad 

Multiple spaces at the Fine Arts Center, UMass Amherst

PHOTOS: Derek Fowles, Amy Butts, Jon Crispin

One woman show with Kathleen Chalfant

by Laurence Leamer
directed by Caroline Reddick Lawson

Photos: Carol Rosegg and Marcella Vander Eems

Set: Anya Klepikov

Costume: Jane Greenwood

Projections: Lianne Arnold and Anya Klepikov

Lights: Caitlin Rapoport

Sound: Jane Shaw

Theatre Row, Off-Broadway

A Midsummer Night’s Dream (set)

by William Shakespeare
directed by Preston Lane

Set: Anya Klepikov

Lights: Laura Eckelman

Projections:  Nicholas Hussong

Costumes: Hannah Chalman

Sound: Jane Shaw

Photos: Anya Klepikov

at Triad Stage, North Carolina

Production design for Amanda Palmer's living statue in front of the New York Public Library as part of NYPL's early literacy drive.

Hair: Isaac Davidson

Body painters: Danny Setiawan, Onalee Rivera, Jen McClure

Props artisan: Jen McClure

Photos: Kyle Cassidy, Jade Sterling, Dina Hawana, and various talented onlookers posting online. Please send me a credit if you recognize your photo.

by Tennessee Williams
directed by Preston Lane

Set: Anya Klepikov

Costumes: Bill Brewer

Lights: Jesse Belsky

Photos: VanderVeen Photographers, Jeffery West, Aaron Sizemore, Jesse Belsky, Anya Klepikov

at Triad Stage, North Carolina

“Dance Nation” by Claire Barron at Barnard College, March 2024.

Costumes: Anya Klepikov

Director: Tea Alagic

Choreographer: Constantine Baecher

Scenic designer: Portia Elmer

Lighting designer: Betsy Chester

Sound designer: Daniel Baker

Costume Shop Manager: Kara Feely

Stage Manager: Angel Qiao

Intimacy choreographer: Alison Novelli

Photos: Slaven Vlasic, Portia Elmer, Hunter Canning

Icons of Different Designs

by Oscar Wilde
directed by James Bundy

Yale Repertory Theatre

winner of Connecticut Critics Award for Outstanding Costume Design

costumes: Anya Klepikov

set: Lauren Rockman

lights: Ola Bråten

photos: Carol Rosegg

by Diana Oh

Director - Diana Oh

Scenic Designer - Anya Klepikov

Costume Designer - Haley-December Brown and E.M.

Lighting Designer - Lara Dubin

Technical Director - Amy Putnam

Scenic Charge - Stevie Ordway

Props Artisan - Willa Fowler

Welder - Wells Wells

Stage Manager - Elie Berman

Music Director - Michael Maloney

Sound Engineer - Maisy Hoffman

Photos by - Derek Fowles, Miloslava Hruba, Anya Klepikov

by Carson Kreitzer

directed by Spencer Golub

Set: Anya Klepikov

Costumes: Alison Carrier

Lights: Tim Hett

Projections & Sound: Alexander Eizenberg

Stage Manager: Tristen Moseley

Photos: Anya Klepikov

Stuart Theatre, Brown University

Incidental music by Richard Strauss and libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal based on Moliere's "Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme", adapted by James McGruder

directed by Tim Vasen

Set and Costumes: Anya Klepikov

Lights: Jane Cox

Photos: Anya Klepikov, Tim Vasen, Lewis Center for the Arts

at the Berlind Theater, Princeton University

MONUMENTS OF THE FUTURE credits:

Co-conceived by Anya Klepikov and Rudy Ramirez MFA’23

Devised by Elisa Gonzales, Anya Klepikov, Xinyuan Li MFA’20 Calypso Michelet MFA’21 Eddie Pizzano AB’22, Rudy Ramirez

Direction - Rudy Ramirez

Visual design for Truth (Singer), Loss (Runner), Defiance (Sisypha), Innovation (Butterfly), and the Destructive Impulse (Pinata) - Anya Klepikov

Visual design for Connection (Tower), Remembrance (Scribe), Sacrifice (Atlas), and Death- Calypso Michelet

Lighting design - Xinyuan Li

Sound design - Eddie Pizzano

Stage Management - Abigail Sullivan

Fabrication: UMass Amherst Theater Costume Shop, Light Shop, Scenic Shop.

Photos: John Solem (the professional ones)

Monuments was a series of design driven, site-specific performances across the UMass campus inspired by COVID safety regulations which pushed theater makers outside of the familiar performance spaces into a world of new opportunities outdoors. Spurred by the controversy around the toppling of monuments in the U.S., Monuments of the Future were ephemeral performer-embodied creatures that include TRUTH, CONNECTION, REMEMBRANCE, LOSS, INNOVATION, SACRIFICE, DEFIANCE, and the IMPULSE TO DESTROY, all in dialogue with Death. Check out the slideshow with E. Pizzano’s AB’22 original music at https://youtu.be/nRf-mJsWrIQ.

by Puccini
directed by Michael Gieleta

Set: Anya Klepikov

Projections: Kristen Ferguson

Costumes: John Sullivan

Lights: Bill Warfel
 

for the Yale Opera, at the Schubert Theater, New Haven CT

The Weston Playhouse, VT

direction: Mike Donahue

costumes: Anya Klepikov

scenery: Dane Laffrey

lights: Scott Zielinski

co- scenic designer: Matt Iacozza

sound: Sinan Zafar

stage manager: Jakob Plummer

costume shop manager: Olivia Trees

draper: Tori Lewis

Kathleen McElfresh as Martha

Andrew Garman as George

Jeffrey Omura as Nick

Kristin Villanueva as Honey

photos: Hubert Schriebl and Anya Klepikov

I conceived the backbone of the space for these two shows together in order to provide them both with more of an intimate setting in the large proscenium theater at Umass Amherst - the Rand. The wall and thrust were built for both shows and dressed differently for each. The shows ran one after the other in the Spring of 2022. Please see show-specific credits below.

“Witch” by Jen Silverman; director: Rudy Ramirez; dramaturg: Percival Hornak: lighting designer: Hyejung Kang; costumes: Emily Peck; sound Eddie Pizzano; stage management: Anika Nayak; photos: Derek Fowles. The scenic design was a collaboration between Anya Klepikov and the students in Intro to Scenic Design and Technical Direction course team-taught with Faculty Technical Director Michael Cottom: Mingyan Zhu, Anna Zaczek, Liz Zabat, William Waisnor, Isabella Vitti, Ethan Lewis, Roshan Kharbanda, Abigail Hare, Bobby Gaffney, Parker Fisher, Olivia Darling, Chenoa Albertson.

“Olvidados: A Mexican American Corrido,” a workshop production of the new play by Elisa Gonzales (also lyrics; director: Sara Guerrero; arrangement, composition, additional lyrics: Moises Vázquez; dramaturg: Priscilla María Page; lighting designer: Hyejung Kang; costumes: Malory Grillo; sound Eddie Pizzano; stage management: Sena Yacteen and Carolyn Ferris; photos: Ben Barnhart

The Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival, 2023

Director: Davis McCallum

Choreographer: Susannah Millonzi

Costume Designer: Anya Klepikov

Scenic Advisor: Sandra Goldmark

Prop Designer: Buffy Cardoza

Costume Shop Manager: Charlotte Palmer-Lane

Costume Assistant: Ashlie Morrison

Stage Manager: Jo Fernandez

Lighting Designer: Mike Inwood

Sound Designer: Fitz Patton

Voice Coach: Alithea Phillips

Photographer: T. Charles Erickson

by Anton Chekhov
directed by Mike Donahue

Costumes: Anya Klepikov

Set: Dane Laffrey

Lights: Ji-Youn Chang

Sound: Daniel Kluger

Photos: Weston Playhouse, Anya Klepikov, Dane Laffrey

at the Weston Playhouse, Vermont

by Tobias Picker and libretto by Gene Scheer
Conceived by Kate Whoriskey; directed by Peter Kazaras
 

Costumes: Anya Klepikov

Set: Alexander Dodge

Lights: Robert Wierzel

Photos: Anya Klepikov, Karli Cadel, Katie Behrens

at the Glimmerglass Festival

New adaptation of Moliere's Don Juan by Jess Burkle
directed by Hal Brooks

Costumes: Anya Klepikov

Set: Harry Feiner

Lights: Peter West

Sound: Jane Shaw

Photos: Russ Rowland

The Pearl Theatre, NYC

at the Baryshnikov Arts Center, NYC

created by Tei Blow and Laurel Atwell

visual design by Anya Klepikov

part of the MONUMENTS OF THE FUTURE co-conceived by Anya Klepikov and Rudy Ramirez;

Devised by Elisa Gonzales, Anya Klepikov, Xinyuan Li, Calypso Michelet, Eddie Pizzano, Rudy Ramirez;

Direction - Rudy Ramirez;

Visual design for MONUMENT OF TRUTH - Anya Klepikov;

Lighting design - Xinyuan Li;

Sound design - Eddie Pizzano;

Stage Management - Abigail Sullivan;

Performer - Elizabeth Laine;

Built by UMass Amherst Scenic, Costume and Lighting shops; esp. Carl Bridge, Chenoa Albertson, Billy Waisnor, Isaac Bayne, Bobby Gaffney;

Photos: John Solem

part of the MONUMENTS OF THE FUTURE co-conceived by Anya Klepikov and Rudy Ramirez;

Devised by Elisa Gonzales, Anya Klepikov, Xinyuan Li, Calypso Michelet, Eddie Pizzano, Rudy Ramirez;

Direction - Rudy Ramirez;

Visual design for the Monument of INNOVATION - Anya Klepikov;

Lighting design - Xinyuan Li;

Sound design - Eddie Pizzano;

Stage Management - Abigail Sullivan;

Performer - Abigail Hare;

Butterfly built by UMass Amherst Scenic and costume shops; esp. Carl Bridge and Felicia Malachite;

Photos: John Solem

part of the MONUMENTS OF THE FUTURE co-conceived by Anya Klepikov and Rudy Ramirez;

Devised by Elisa Gonzales, Anya Klepikov, Xinyuan Li, Calypso Michelet, Eddie Pizzano, Rudy Ramirez;

Direction - Rudy Ramirez;

Visual design for the MONUMENT OF DEFIANCE - Anya Klepikov;

Lighting design - Xinyuan Li;

Sound design - Eddie Pizzano;

Stage Management - Abigail Sullivan;

Performer - Elisa Gonzales;

DEFIANCE MONUMENT built by UMass Amherst Scenic and costume shops; esp. Carl Bridge, Mikayla Reid, Felicia Malachite;

Photos: John Solem

part of the MONUMENTS OF THE FUTURE co-conceived by Anya Klepikov and Rudy Ramirez;

Devised by Elisa Gonzales, Anya Klepikov, Xinyuan Li, Calypso Michelet, Eddie Pizzano, Rudy Ramirez;

Direction - Rudy Ramirez;

Visual design for the MONUMENT OF THE DESTRUCTIVE IMPULSE - Anya Klepikov;

Lighting design - Xinyuan Li;

Sound design - Eddie Pizzano;

Stage Management - Abigail Sullivan;

Performers - the audience

Pinata built by UMass Amherst Scenic shop; esp. Carl Bridge

Photos: John Solem

part of the MONUMENTS OF THE FUTURE co-conceived by Anya Klepikov and Rudy Ramirez;

Devised by Elisa Gonzales, Anya Klepikov, Xinyuan Li, Calypso Michelet, Eddie Pizzano, Rudy Ramirez;

Direction - Rudy Ramirez;

Visual design for the Monument of LOSS - Anya Klepikov;

Lighting design - Xinyuan Li;

Sound design - Eddie Pizzano;

Stage Management - Abigail Sullivan;

Performer - Kyla Rafferty;

Loss built by UMass Amherst Scenic and costume shops; esp. Carl Bridge and Felicia Malachite

Photos: John Solem, Anya Klepikov

“The Wolves”

by Sarah DeLappe

at Syracuse Stage in collaboration with Syracuse Drama

Directed by Melissa Rain Anderson

Set Design by Anya Klepikov

Costume design by Suzanne Chesney

Lighting design by Nathan W. Scheuer

Sound Design by Jacqueline R Herter

Stage Management by Stuart Plymesser

Technical Director: Randall Steffen

Photos by Michael David

Conceived and written by Amanda Palmer and the ensemble
directed by Steven Bogart

Set and Costumes: Anya Klepikov

Lights: Ji-Youn Chang

Sound: Stowe Nelson

Photos: Emma Ressel

at Fisher Center for the Performing Arts, Bard College

“Pop-Up” by the Strike Anywhere Performance Ensemble was presented by the Hopkins Center for the Arts at Dartmouth.

Sound Painting and Direction: Leese Walker

Musical Direction: Rolf Sturm

Costume Design: Anya Klepikov

Scenic Design and Technical Direction: Steven Brenman

Stage Management: Kaitlyn Samuel Rosin

Photos: Ben DeFlorio, Anya Klepikov

“We Are Proud to Present a Presentation About the Herero of Namibia, Formerly Known as Southwest Africa, From the German Sudwestafrika, Between the Years 1884–1915”

by Jackie Sibblies Drury

at Syracuse Drama,

Directed by Gilbert McCauley

Set Design by Anya Klepikov

Costume design by Felix E. Cochren

Lighting design by Andrew S. LiDestri

Projection design by Nitsan Scharf

Sound Design by Kevin O’Conner

Stage Management by Alyssa Jaffe

Technical Director: Rebecca Schuetz

by Igor Stravinsky and WH Auden
directed by Steven LaCosse

Set and shadows: Anya Klepikov

Lights: Norman Coates

Costume coordination: Marie Miller

 

for the Princeton Festival, at the McCarter Theater, Princeton NJ

by William Shakespeare
directed by Mike Donahue

Set and Costumes: Anya Klepikov

Lights: Sarah Tundermann

Photos: Joanne Bouknight, Sarah Tundermann

at the Atlantic Studio, NYC

World Premiere 2007

by Tarell Alvin McCraney
directed by Jessi Hill

Costumes: Anya Klepikov

Set: Yoki Lai

Lights: Melissa Mizell

Carlotta Festival of New Plays, Yale School of Drama, New Haven CT, 2007

stage adaptation of Dickens' The Great Expectations
directed by Tim Vasen

Set and Costumes: Anya Klepikov

Lights: Laura Hildebrand

Photos: James Daniel

at the Lewis Center for the Arts, Princeton University

by Büchner and adapted by Cara Tucker

directed by Cara Tucker

Set and Costumes: Anya Klepikov

Lights: Alexandra Mannix

at the Berlind Theater, Princeton University

Icons of Different Designs

by Veronica Siverd 

directed by Tim Vasen

Costumes: Anya Klepikov

Set: Jeremy Doucette

Lights: Jane Cox

at the Berlind Theater, Princeton University

by Caryl Churchill

directed by Molly Silberberg

Set and Costumes: Anya Klepikov

Lights: Michael Gordon

at the Lewis Center for the Arts, Princeton University

PHOTOS: Becky Bae, Adrian Gallegos

An evening of After and Before Troy:

"Agamemnon" by Aeschylus

and

"Iphigenia at Aulis" by Euripides

directed by Tim Vasen

Costumes: Anya Klepikov

Set: Michael Sims

Lights: Paul Hackenmueller

Photos: Tim Vasen and The Lewis Center

at the Berlind Theater, Princeton University

Premiere of the One Act opera by Rene Orth and librettist Mark Campbell, January 2016

Directed by Ethan Heard

Set and Costumes: Anya Klepikov

Lights: Oliver Wason

Stage Manager: Janet Neukirchner

Technical Director: Mike Troncone

Props Artisan: Kimitha Cashin

Production Manager: Ralph Batman

Photos: Karli Cadel and Jordan Fleet

at the Curtis Music Studio Space

by Euripides
directed by Mike Donahue

Costumes: Anya Klepikov

Set: Drew Boyce

Lights: Ji-Youn Chang

by Ibsen
directed by Mike Donahue

Costumes: Anya Klepikov

Set: Paul Gelinas

Lights: Ji-Youn Chang

Yale Cabaret, Yale School of Drama, New Haven CT

Icons of Different Designs

Photos: VanderVeen Photographers

Icons of Different Designs

Icons of Different Designs

Icons of Different Designs

Icons of Different Designs

These Simpsons statues are a monument to my R.I.P. scenic design for UMass Amherst Theater’s production of Anne Washburn’s “Mr. Burns, a Post-Electric Play” which got shut down as the Covid pandemic began on March 13, 2020. The design process was directed by Erin Eggers. The statues are now exhibited in the Artsbridge Lobby of the Bromery Center for the Arts, UMass Amherst.

Technical Director: Michael Cottom

Construction Supervisor: Brandon Hall

Crew and builders included Emma Hollows, Calypso Michelet, Carl Bridge and others.