Exhibition
Professional Designers
Bulgaria
Marina Raytchinova
Euridice in Underworld by Sarah Ruhl
Selected Category: Performance Design
Category: Performance Design, Set Design, Costume Design, Lighting Design
Design Statement
The kind of plays that attract me most are the ones that hide a secret - something elusive and intriguing, yet very important, because it holds a key.
Sarah Ruhl’s Eurydice in Underworld offers a haunting and enigmatic modern version of the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice. The director Stayko Murdjev and I spent many ours pondering on the riddles of the play. The whimsical characters of the Rocks and the King of the Underworld triggered our imaginations in radicaly different directions. The costumes, that evolved through dozens of sketches were a mix of contemporary fashion replika, antiquity cliche, masks, puppets. The underworld characters worked with acrobatic gears, monocycle, rollers, stilts.
The set was minimalistic – huge concrete walls and a shallow pool, separated from the audience by a water curtain.
Upstage, the space was defined by a big black mirror wall. During the performance, the wall opened along the diagonal to create an ascending narrow path.
Sarah Ruhl’s Eurydice in Underworld offers a haunting and enigmatic modern version of the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice. The director Stayko Murdjev and I spent many ours pondering on the riddles of the play. The whimsical characters of the Rocks and the King of the Underworld triggered our imaginations in radicaly different directions. The costumes, that evolved through dozens of sketches were a mix of contemporary fashion replika, antiquity cliche, masks, puppets. The underworld characters worked with acrobatic gears, monocycle, rollers, stilts.
The set was minimalistic – huge concrete walls and a shallow pool, separated from the audience by a water curtain.
Upstage, the space was defined by a big black mirror wall. During the performance, the wall opened along the diagonal to create an ascending narrow path.
Gallery
<Photo Credit> Georgi Vachev
<Photo Credit> Georgi Vachev
<Photo Credit> Georgi Vachev
<Photo Credit> Georgi Vachev
<Photo Credit> Georgi Vachev
Video/Audio
Marina Raytchinova
Since graduating from the National Academy of Art in 1985 Marina has designed sets, costume and lighting for over 150 shows for theatres in Bulgaria, USA, Russia, Macedonia, including TBA, the National Theatre in Sofia, Clarence Brown Theatre – Knoxville.
Marina collaborated for over 10 years with the noted Bulgarian director Krikor Azaryan and designed his acclaimed productions of “ Seagull” ( TBA, 2006), “ Three Sisters” (Theatre for the youth, 2007), and “Cherry Orchard” ( the National Theatre).
Lately, Marina collaborates with the director Stayko Murdjev. Her design for Murdjev’ s production of Euridice in Underworld by Sarah Ruhl received the annual award of the Union of Bulgarian Actors in 2016.
Some recent projects include a production of Alexander Block’ s Rose and Cross at the Theatre- Studio of Dramatic Art in Moscow, directed by Alexander Ponomarev and Anna Karenina, directed by Nikolay Polyakov, City Theatre Sofia,(nominated for National award “ Ikar” for 2017)
Marina ‘s work has been featured several times at PQ and at WSD Gallery exhibits in Toronto 2003 and Cardif 2013.
Marina is a Head of Department Scenography at NAA and teaches set and costume design.
Her other teaching credits include UT, Knoxville and the Theatre Academy (NATFA), Sofia.
Marina collaborated for over 10 years with the noted Bulgarian director Krikor Azaryan and designed his acclaimed productions of “ Seagull” ( TBA, 2006), “ Three Sisters” (Theatre for the youth, 2007), and “Cherry Orchard” ( the National Theatre).
Lately, Marina collaborates with the director Stayko Murdjev. Her design for Murdjev’ s production of Euridice in Underworld by Sarah Ruhl received the annual award of the Union of Bulgarian Actors in 2016.
Some recent projects include a production of Alexander Block’ s Rose and Cross at the Theatre- Studio of Dramatic Art in Moscow, directed by Alexander Ponomarev and Anna Karenina, directed by Nikolay Polyakov, City Theatre Sofia,(nominated for National award “ Ikar” for 2017)
Marina ‘s work has been featured several times at PQ and at WSD Gallery exhibits in Toronto 2003 and Cardif 2013.
Marina is a Head of Department Scenography at NAA and teaches set and costume design.
Her other teaching credits include UT, Knoxville and the Theatre Academy (NATFA), Sofia.
Email Address: marinaray@yahoo.com
Theatre Company Drama Theatre - Plovdiv
The Premiere Date of Production 2014-12-22
The Premiere Space of Production Drama Theatre - Plovdiv
Author Sarah Ruhl
Director/ Choreographer Stayko Murdjev
Set Designer Marina Raytchinova
Lighting Designer Stayko Murdjev and Marina Raytchinova
Costume Designer Marina Raytchinova
Sound Designer Peter Dundakov
Projection and Multi-Media Designer Petko Tanchev
Other Creative Collaborator/s Benita Primo (acrobatics and movement)
