Marina Levitskaya – producer.

Marina Levitskaya (Producer, and Founder of the Russian American Theatre Center “Cherry Orchard” in 2001) entered a world of theatre administration after a career as a pianist and a sculptor. Her independent theater productions include: The Enemies, with the Chekhov NOW 2000 Festival (Fall 2000); Ah, My Dear Andersen (Spring 2001), and An Absolutely Happy Village (Spring 2002), with Sonia Kozlova.

Ms. Levitskaya collaborates with numerous organizations as an Associate producer. Her latest works include: Ah, My Dear Andersen, with Urban Stages (winter 2003/2004), and Samson and Delilah, with The Nine Circles and Opera Spanga in the Netherlands (spring 2004). She also is a co-anchor of a by-weekly theatre radio production, a theatre photographer, and a journalist.

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Victor Rashkovich – producer

Mr. Rashkovich started his creative career in St. Petersburg, Russia as a writer and script-writer. His short stories, plays and films, have won domestic and international awards. While in USA, he also Co-Produced, several Moscow International Tap-Parade festivals as well as Gala-performances “The Diamonds of World Ballet”. Credits also include producing and managing tours of world acclaimed performers all over USA, Canada, Europe and Israel (Gesher Theater, Israeli Virtuosi, ABT soloists, Tony Award winner-tap dancer Savion Glover, etc).

In 2002 Mr. Rashkovich created, produced and successfully conducted New York International Performing Arts Competition “Morning Star In America”. He is an Executive Director of Annual Week of Russian Films in New York. In 2001 Mr. Rashkovich was nominated to the special US media award for the Best Russian-Speaking Producer of the Year.