Ksenya Litvak

Ksenya received her PhD and MFA degrees from the prestigious St. Petersburg State Theatre Arts Academy in St. Petersburg, Russia. In addition, her postgraduate study was in pedagogic and child psychology. Ksenya has been teaching for over thirty years and her specialties include graphics, painting, sculpture, puppet and marionette design and technology. Ksenya was a founder and the artistic director of WizArts Productions, Inc. and Elf Theatre. Previously, she served as the artistic director of Classika’s Green Parrot Puppet Theatre, where she introduced her audiences to all types of puppets: from marionettes to life-size, table, object, rod, Bunraku, planchette, and shadow puppets.. She was also Classika’s resident set and costume designer, where she was the designer for over twenty produ