Anastasia is costuming ReAct's mainstage production of WONDER OF THE WORLD, playing at the Richard Hugo House through August 26th.

Artist's Stats & Personals

OTHER SPECIAL SKILLS:
Sewing; Measuring; Shopping; Embroidery; Basic Knitting; Adobe Photoshop; Microsoft Office.

Artist's Bio

Anastasia was born and grew up in Saratov, a large but very provincial city on the Volga in the heart of the European Russia. Her mother worked (and still does) at the Theatre Department of the Saratov Conservatory, so she can say that she was exposed to theatre very early. She often went to the opera, and she probably saw many more plays by the age of 10 than most of her peers. Unfortunately, after the Soviet Union collapsed the economy went with it, so all throughout the 90's theatres (and theatre departments) were in a state of crisis. Anastasia didn't watch many plays anymore, and she did not know if she would even end up in this field at all, if it wasn't for the amazing opportunity that she got in her junior year of high school. She spent that year as an exchange student in Lamarque, Texas, where she decided to "do drama" as her extracurricular activity. By the end of the year she knew that she wanted to study theatre in college, and eventually to become a professional theatre artist. Anastasia had a very vague idea what exactly it was that she wanted to do, until she took an introductory course in costuming at her college, Central Missouri State University. She finds being a costume designer is such a thrill, because it allows her to explore the characters to the very depths of their souls, and it is very exciting to be the one that gets to translate the writer's intentions into visible, tangible objects. The audience judges characters based on their appearance, and that is why she feels that the job of the costume designer is extremely important. As actors play their parts, so does the costume designer—and what can be a more exciting part than that of Richard III's personal stylist!

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(206) 498-5006
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