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ANYA KLEPIKOV

Set & Costume Designer

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THEATER: Regional, Off-Broadway, Performance, University set/costume design credits:

Purple Valley Play Festival___set___Williams College_2026 (upcoming)

The You-Cube___installation of a tiny unusual performance space___2026 (upcoming)

The Yoga Play___set___dir. Rose Schwietz Malla___UMass Amherst_2025 (upcoming)

Terror is the Order of the Day___costumes___dir. Tea Alagic___The Flea, NYC_2025

John Proctor is the Villain___set___dir. Kyle Boatwright___UMass Amherst_2024

Moanin’ Frogs’ sizzle reel__clothing stylist__2024

Dance Nation___costumes___dir. Tea Alagic___Barnard College, NYC_2024

Henry V___costumes___dir. Davis McCallum___Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival, NY_2023

My H8 Letter to the Gr8 American Theater___set___dir. Diana Oh___SMITH COLLEGE, MA_2023

Bakkhai___costumes___dir. Mike Donahue___BALTIMORE CENTER STAGE_2022

The How and the Why___set___dir. Austin Pendleton___THE SHEEN CENTER, NYC_2022

Olvidados___set___dir. Sara Guerrero___BREATH OF FIRE at UMASS AMHERST THEATER_2022

Witch___set___dir. Rudy Ramirez___UMASS AMHERST THEATER_2022

POP-UP___costumes___dir. Leese Walker with the Strike Anywhere Performance Ensemble___presented by the HOPKINS CENTER FOR THE ARTS AT DARTMOUTH, Hanover, NH_2021

Seared___set___dir. Victoria Gruenberg___GLOUCESTER STAGE COMPANY_2021

MONUMENTS OF THE FUTURE___concept and visual design___dir. and chor. Rudy Ramirez___UMASS AMHERST THEATER_2021

The Wolves___set___dir. Melissa Rain Anderson___SYRACUSE STAGE_2020

Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf___costumes___dir. Mike Donahue___WESTON PLAYHOUSE THEATRE COMPANY, VT, 2019

Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf___set___dir. Preston Lane___TRIAD STAGE, NC, 2019

Entry___visual design___created by Tei Blow and Laurel Atwell___BARYSHNIKOV ARTS CENTER, NYC 

We Are Proud to Present…___set___dir. Gilbert McCauley___SYRACUSE DRAMA, NY

The Lily's Revenge___set___dir. Jennifer Onopa___UMASS AMHERST

Midsummer Night's Dream___set___dir. Preston Lane___TRIAD STAGE, NC

Radiunt Abundunt___set___by Preston Lane and Larelyn Dossett___dir. Preston Lane___TRIAD STAGE, NC

Kingdom of Earth___set___by Tennessee Williams___dir. Preston Lane___TRIAD STAGE

A Doll House ___set + costumes___Ibsen adapted by Preston Lane___dir. Preston Lane___TRIAD STAGE

Dial M For Murder___set___by Frederick Knott___dir. Preston Lane___TRIAD STAGE

Glass Menagerie___set___by Tennessee Williams___dir. Preston Lane___TRIAD STAGE

The Blonde, The Brunette and the Vengeful Redhead___set + costumes___dir. Eleanor Holdridge___TRIAD STAGE

Truth And Consequences (Installation) __Production design for Amanda Palmer’s Living Statue Installation in front of the NYPL Library

The Bed Show___set + costumes___devised by Amanda Palmer & dir. Steven Bogart___BARD COLLEGE

Boston Abolitionists Project___set___devised by dir. Steven Bogart___A.R.T. INSTITUTE, BOSTON 

Whatever This Is (webseries)___costumes + apt design___created and directed by Adam Goldman___Prod: Rascal Department

Rose___set___dir. Caroline Lawson___with Kathleen Chalfant___THEATRE ROW, NYC

By The Water___set___dir. Adam Immerwahr___PREMIERE STAGES, NJ

Don Juan___costumes___adaptation of Moliere by Jess Burkle___dir. Hal Brooks___PEARL THEATRE, NYC

A Woman of No Importance___costumes___by Oscar Wilde___dir. James Bundy___YALE REPERTORY THEATRE

Uncle Vanya___costumes___by A. Chekhov___dir. Mike Donahue___WESTON PLAYHOUSE THEATRE COMPANY

Cries and Whispers___set + costumes___Bergman/ Bratnick___dir. Mike Donahue___TERRA FIRMA THEATRE, NYC

As You Like It___set + costumes___by Shakespeare___dir. Mike Donahue___ATLANTIC THEATRE SCHOOL      

RENT___costumes___by Jonathan Larson___dir. Mike Donahue___YALE DRAMAT

Big Love___set + costumes___by Chuck Mee___dir. Mike Donahue___THE WILD PROJECT, STUDIO, NYC

The Animals___set + costumes___by Adam Stone___dir. Mike Donahue___CLUB OBERON, A.R.T

Recess___costumes___by Erica Lipez___dir. Mike Donahue___YALE SUMMER CABARET

The Who’s Tommy___costumes + puppet___by The Who___dir. Mike Donahue___YALE SUMMER CABARET

The Bacchae ___costumes___by Euripides___dir. Mike Donahue___YALE SUMMER CABARET

God is a DJ___costumes___by Falk Richter___dir. Mike Donahue___YALE SUMMER CABARET

Brand___costumes___by Ibsen___dir. Mike Donahue___YALE CABARET

Electronic City___costumes___by Falk Richter___dir. Mike Donahue___YALE CABARET

By The Way, Meet Vera Stark___set ___by Lynn Nottage___dir. Kym Moore___BROWN UNIVERSITY

The Love Song of J. Robert Oppenheimer___set ___Carson Kreitzer___dir. Spencer Golub___BROWN UNIVERSITY

Invasion!___set ___by Jonas Hassen Khemiri___dir. Ashley Teague___BROWN UNIVERSITY

A Map of Virtue___set + costumes___by Erin Courtney___dir. April Sweeney___COLGATE UNIVERSITY

The Farm___set___by Walt McGugh___dir. Mark Shanahan___PENGUIN REP, NY

Ivanov___set + costumes___by A. Chekhov___dir. Jacob Knoll___MISCREANT THEATRE COMPANY, GENE FRANKEL THEATRE, NYC

The Shot___set + costumes___devised by dir. Anna Jones___BONE ORCHARD COMPANY, THEATRE LAB, NYC

The Theory of Everything___set___by Jesse McKinley___dir. Mark Schneider___LAKE GEORGE THEATRE LAB

The BABBEL Project___costumes___devised by dir. Tea Alagic___EXPERIMENTAL THEATRE WING, NYU

The Pain of Being at Home___set___by Ann Marie Dorr___dir. Tea Alagic___BARD COLLEGE

Zero Hour__costumes___devised by dir. Tea Alagic___YALE DRAMA SCHOOL

Donny Hathaway Story___costumes___by Ken Robinson___dir. Tea Alagic___YALE CABARET

Der Bourgeois Bigwig___set + costumes___by Moliere, R. Strauss, H. v Hofmannsthal, and J. Magruder___dir. Tim Vasen___PRINCETON/MC CARTER

Prokofiev’s Eugene Onegin___set___by Prokofiev, Pushkin, and S. Krzhizhanovsky___dir. Tim Vasen___PRINCETON

The Magic Rainforest___set + costumes___by Jose Cruz Gonzalez___dir. Maeli Goren___PRINCETON

 Alice: A New Play___costumes + puppets___by Veronica Siverd___dir. Tim Vasen___PRINCETON/MC CARTER

Troy: After and Before___costumes___dir. Tim Vasen___PRINCETON/MC CARTER

Annika’s New Play___set + costumes___dir. Tim Vasen___PRINCETON/MC CARTER

Great Expectations___set + costumes___adapted from Charles Dickens___dir. Tim Vasen___PRINCETON

A Dream Play___set + costumes___by Caryl Churchill___dir. Cat Andre___PRINCETON UNIVERSITY

In the Next Room___set___by Sarah Ruhl___dir. Sarah Hedgecock___PRINCETON/MC CARTER

Woyzeck___set + costumes___by Buchner___dir. Cara Tucker___PRINCETON/MC CARTER

The Skriker___set + costumes___by Caryl Churchill___dir. Molly Silberberg___PRINCETON

Other People’s Houses___set + costumes___by and dir. by Shawn Fennel___PRINCETON

Flammentangel Kabarett___set + costumes___by Sarah Outhwaite and John Meyer___dir. Sarah Outhwaite___PRINCETON

Othello___costumes___by Shakespeare___dir. Jacqueline Bello___PRINCETON

Richard III___costumes___by Shakespeare___dir. Stephen Fried___NEW SCHOOL FOR DRAMA

Bat Boy the Musical___set___dir. Beth Schachter___MUHLENBERG COLLEGE

Kids These Days___set + costumes___Michael Barker___dir. Jen Wineman___YALE SUMMER CABARET

Rise Up You Bloody Animals___set + costumes___dir. David Roberts___YALE CABARET

Marcus; or The Secret of Sweet___costumes___by Tarell Alvin McCraney___dir. Jessi D. Hill___YALE CARLOTTA FESTIVAL   

In the Meantime___set___devised by dir. Patricia McGregor___YALE CABARET

The Three Birds___costumes___by Joanna Laurens after Sophocles___dir. Nelson T. Eusebio III___YALE CABARET

ORIGINAL WORK/PERFORMANCE/INSTALLATION ART:

  • A work-in-progress: the You-Cube, a tiny outside performance space for tiny performances of all kinds.

Site-responsive and interactive installation “An Instrument for Introspection: the Nun’s Bed,” created during I-Park Foundation’s Artist Residency, CT 2023

FLAMINGO MURMURATION___performance piece created by Anya Klepikov___dir. Rudy Ramirez___UMASS AMHERST THEATER_2022

MONUMENTS OF THE FUTURE, a series of movement driven performances___conceived and visually designed in collaboration with UMass Amherst students___dir. and chor. Rudy Ramirez___UMASS AMHERST THEATER_2021

OPERA, DANCE: set/costume design credits:

Firebird___set + costumes___a new production of Stravinsky’s ballet__chor. Balanchine (Jerome Robbins)___MIAMI CITY BALLET_2020

Hercules___costumes___opera: Handel___dir. Ethan Heard___STAUNTON MUSIC FESTIVAL, VA

The Cradle Will Rock___costumes___opera: Marc Blitzstein___dir. Lawrence Edelson___SARATOGA OPERA, NY

Orpheus & Euridice___costumes___opera: Ricky Ian Gordon___dir. Keturah Stickann___VERMONT OPERA PROJECT @ THE VERMONT MARBLE MUSEUM & @ THE NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART, DC

Empty The House___set + costumes___opera: Mark Campbell & Rene Orth___dir. Ethan Heard___CURTIS INSTITUTE

An American Tragedy___costumes___opera: Tobias Picker & Gene Scheer___conceived by Kate Whoriskey___dir. Peter Kazaras___GLIMMERGLASS

Mourning Becomes Electra___set___opera: Marvin David Levy after Eugene O'Neill___dir. Kevin Newbury___FLORIDA GRAND OPERA

Moscow, Cheryomushki!___set + costumes___operetta: Shostakovich___dir. Mike Donahue___CHICAGO OPERA THEATER

Hydrogen Jukebox___set + costumes___opera: Alan Ginzberg and Philip Glass___dir. Lawrence Edelson___FORT WORTH OPERA FESTIVAL

La Bohème___set___opera: Puccini___dir. Michael Gieleta___YALE OPERA

The Rake’s Progress___set___opera: Stravinsky___dir. Steven LaCosse___THE PRINCETON FESTIVAL

Opera Scenes 2014___set + costumes___dir. Pat Diamond___MANHATTAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC     

Cendrillon___by Massenet___set___dir. Gordon Ostrowski___MANHATTAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC

Musilda___set___a pastiche by Mark Janas and the students___dir. Gordon Ostrowski___MANHATTAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC  

Coronation of Poppea___costumes___opera: Monteverdi___dir. Ethan Heard___PRINCETON OPERA

Brundibar___original drops + props___dir. Doug Scholz-Carlson___OPERA THEATRE OF SAINT LOUIS

Brundibar___original drops + props___dir. Doug Scholz-Carlson___PALM BEACH OPERA

The Nutcracker (ballet)___set___dir. Gelsey Kirkland/Misha Chernov___GELSEY KIRKLAND ACADEMY FOR JOFFREY BALLET SCHOOL

Traumland (dance)___set + costumes___chor. Rebecca Alaly___YALE SUMMER CABARET

AWARDS AND HONORS:

Winner of UMass Amherst’s Faculty Research Healey Award, 2024

Awardee of I-Park Foundation’s Site Responsive Competition for “An Instrument for Introspection: the Nun’s Bed,” 2023

I-Park Foundation’s Artists-in-Residence Program, CT, 2023

Elliot Norton Nomination for Outstanding Production by a Small Theater in 2021 for "Seared” (set design) at Gloucester Stage Company

Feature story about “Firebird” (set + costumes) in Lighting & Sound America magazine

Set design for "The Love Song of J. Robert Oppenheimer" nominated for MOTIF’S 2017 RI THEATER AWARDS

"By The Way, Meet Vera Stark" - set design by Anya Klepikov- nominated for Favorite Overall Production by MOTIF’S 2017 RI THEATER AWARDS

CAJ Fellowship at Colgate University, 2016

Set and costume design for "Hydrogen Jukebox": Outstanding Design/Technical Accomplishment; Unique Innovation & Transformation; Favorite non-theater performing arts experiences of 2011‖Theater Jones, Year in Review: Best Classical Music Performances, December 2011

Set design for “The Glass Menagerie” featured in AMERICAN THEATRE MAGAZINE, 2010

Featured in Young Designers to Watch, LIVE DESIGN MAGAZINE, 2010

Winner of Opera America’s “Emerging Director/Designer showcase”, Sets and Costumes, 2009

Connecticut Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Costume Design for "A Woman Of No Importance", Yale Repertory Theater, 2008

Leo Lerman Graduate Fellowship in Design, Yale School of Drama, 2008