Yana Biryükova

by lynn nottage

WESTPORT COUNTRY PLAYHOUSE

DIRECTION - mark lamos

SET DESIGN - claire deliso

LIGHTING DESIGN - isabella byrd

SOUND DESIGN - michael keck

COSTUME DESIGN - fabian aguilar

PROJECTION DESIGN - yana biryukova 

VIDEO PROGRAMMER - ryan seffinger

photos by ryan seffinger

2020 Connecticut Critics Circle Award for Projection Design

“Isabella Byrd's lighting and Yana Biryukova's impressive projections complement Claire DeLiso's smart and simple set.” Broadway World

“The scenic design by Claire DeLiso worked beautifully with the all-important projections carefully designed by Yana Biryukova.” Patch

written by tracy weller

MASON HOLDINGS

DIRECTION - kristjan thor

SET DESIGN - christopher & justin swader

LIGHTING DESIGN - daisy long

SOUND DESIGN - philip carluzzo

COSTUME DESIGN - natalie loveland

PROJECTION DESIGN - yana biryukova

ASSOCIATE PROJECTION DESIGN - tatiana stolpovskaya

photos by maria baranova (1, 3, 5, 7, 8); justin swader (2, 4, 6)

by catherine gropper

THEATRE AT ST. CLEMENTS

DIRECTION - brian mertes

SET DESIGN - jim findlay

LIGHTING DESIGN - barbara samuels

SOUND DESIGN - dan baker & co.

COSTUME DESIGN - olivera gajic

PROJECTION DESIGN - yana biryukova 

VIDEO PROGRAMMER - james lanius

VIDEO ENGINEER - joey moro

photos by carol rosegg

"A cameraperson, on the dolly, films close-ups of the actors throughout the play, adding effects, changing the moods, and it was all shown on the large screen, a creative choice by Mertes flawlessly executed by projection designer Yana Biryukova, director of photography Tatiana Stolpovskaya, and lighting designer Barbara Samuels." Stage and Cinema

by arthur yorinks

AMERICAN MIME THEATRE

DIRECTION - arthur yorinks

LIGHTING DESIGN - joey moro

SOUND DESIGN - ricardo fernandez

COSTUME DESIGN - iris abbott

PROJECTION DESIGN - yana biryukova

photos by todd weinstein

by martyna majok

COLGATE UNIVERSITY — BREHMER THEATER

DIRECTION - adrian giurgea

SET DESIGN - keti nadibaidze

LIGHTING DESIGN - carolina ortiz

COSTUME DESIGN - fabian aguilar

PROJECTION DESIGN - yana biryükova

ASSISTANT PROJECTION DESIGN - tatiana stolpovskaya

photos by tatiana stolpovskaya

written by Theresa Rebeck

RESIDENT ENSEMBLE PLAYERS

DIRECTION - Theresa Rebeck & Sanford Robbins

SET DESIGN - Christopher & Justin Swader

LIGHTING DESIGN - Matthew Richards

SOUND DESIGN - Michael Keck

COSTUME DESIGN - Candice Donnelly

PROJECTION DESIGN - Yana Biryukova

VIDEO PROGRAMMER - Erin Teachman

photos by Justin Swader

“Yana Biryükova’s fascinatingly disconcerting projections, along with often-outré costumes by Candice Donnelly and the show’s pulsating sounds (Michael Keck) and vivid lights (Matthew Richards) add to the unreality.” Broad Street Review

by barbara hammond

COLGATE UNIVERSITY — BREHMER THEATER

DIRECTION - april sweeney

SET DESIGN - emona stoykova

LIGHTING DESIGN - nic vincent

COSTUME DESIGN - fabian aguilar

SOUND DESIGN - aubrey dube

PROJECTION DESIGN - yana biryükova

ASSISTANT PROJECTION DESIGN - tatiana stolpovskaya

photos by A. Daddio

written by tracy weller

MASON HOLDINGS

DIRECTION - kristjan thor

SET DESIGN - christopher & justin swader

LIGHTING DESIGN - christina tang

SOUND DESIGN - philip carluzzo

COSTUME DESIGN - natalie loveland

PROJECTION DESIGN- yana biryukova

ASSISTANT PROJECTION DESIGN - tatiana stolpovskaya

photos by maria baranova

“What stands out most in this production by the company Mason Holdings, directed by Kristjan Thor, is its strange and absorbing video projections, designed by Yana Biryükova.” The New Yorker

“That gazing is enhanced through a production design that can be dimly foreboding, intentionally obscuring or starkly illuminating. The technical designs for lighting (Christina Tang), sound and music (Phil Carluzzo), and video and projection (Yana Biryukova) are memorably atmospheric.” Theatre Reviews From My Seat

by george brant

WESTPORT COUNTRY PLAYHOUSE

DIRECTION - liz diamond

SET DESIGN - riccardo hernandez

COSTUME DESIGN - jennifer moeller

LIGHTING DESIGN - solomon weisbard

SOUND DESIGN - kate marvin

PROJECTION DESIGN - yana biryukova

VIDEO PROGRAMMER - joey moro

photos by joey moro

2018 Connecticut Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Projections

"Riccardo Hernandez's simple military/industrial set design complements the dismal work conditions of the drone operators. Kate Marvin's sound design and Solomon Weisbard's lighting are perfect. But Yana Birÿkova's projections are spectacular." Broadway World 

"The scenic design by Riccardo Hernandez (strikingly different from the one he did for Taymor's production of this same play in New York), the sound design by Kate Marvin and the projections (some abstract, some very detailed) by Yana Birykova are supportive, not intrusive or distracting." Hartford Courant

written by Anna Brenner

THE OTHER SHORE / NEW OHIO THEATRE

DIRECTION - anna brenner

SET DESIGN +LIGHTING DESIGN- oona curley

COSTUME DESIGN - oana botez

SOUND DESIGN - liz atkinson

PROJECTION DESIGN - yana birÿukova

CAMERA - tatiana stolpovskaya

photos by maria baranova

by john webster

RED BULL THEATER

DIRECTION - louisa proske

SET DESIGN - kate noll

COSTUME DESIGN - beth goldenberg

LIGHTING DESIGN - jiyoun chang

SOUND DESIGN - chad rains

PROJECTION DESIGN - yana biryukova

ASSOCIATE PROJECTION DESIGN - wlad woyno

VIDEO PROGRAMMER - dustin wills

photos by carol rosegg

"Not only is the message fully comprehensible, but Proske’s blocking in the venue’s intimate space is engaging (moving the actors around and off the thrust stage, through the aisles, and in close proximity to the audience) and her pacing is fluid (aided by the clever use of live-feed and pre-recorded video projections by Yana Birÿkova, for scenes that take place in different rooms and distant locations, thereby eliminating the need for cumbersome changes in Kate Noll’s sleek minimal set)." DC Metro Theater Arts

"Live video plus several very striking filmed sequences (designed by Yana Birÿkova) are deployed along with insinuating electronic music and sound effects (designed by Chad Raines) to heighten the play’s feverish mood." New York Stage Review

“Savvy director Louisa Proske and her all-female design team on set, costumes and video (Kate Noll, Beth Goldenberg and Yana Birÿkova) create a thrust stage of modern, minimalist surfaces that make the staid Lucille Lortel seem more dynamic than usual.” Theater News Online

by thomas middleton + howard barker

YALE SCHOOL OF DRAMA

DIRECTION - leora morris

SET DESIGN - claire deliso

COSTUME DESIGN - alexae visel

LIGHTING DESIGN - carolina ortiz

SOUND DESIGN - kate marvin

PROJECTION DESIGN - yana biryukova

ASSISTANT PROJECTION DESIGN - johnny moreno

"It was like seeing three thousand Kehinde Wiley paintings at once. A small group of architecture students wandered outside of the normal boundaries of Rudolph Hall to see The Yale School of Drama’s amazing production of ‘Women Beware Women’. YANA BIRYUKOVA’s projection design tore us from our seats and deposited us in the middle of a delicious tangled mashup of Medici Florence and Tarantino’s Los Angeles." Paprika! Yale School of Architecture Weekly Publication

photos - t. charles erickson

by aditi kapil

YALE REPERTORY THEATRE

DIRECTION - laurie woolery

SET DESIGN- claire deliso

COSTUME DESIGN - haydee zelideth

LIGHTING DESIGN - david weiner

SOUND DESIGN - christopher ross-ewart

PROJECTION DESIGN - yana biryukova

ASSISTANT PROJECTION DESIGN - wlad woyno

VIDEO PROGRAMMER - brittany bland

photos by joey moro

"The multi-purpose scenic design by Claire Maria DeLiso is lit perfectly by David Weiner and there is vital sound and projection design contributions from Christopher Ross-Ewart and Yana Birykova." CT Post-Chronicle

"Performing against a backdrop of “boards and air” that comprise their theater spaces and some inventive digital design, screen projections, and shadow play, the actors bring Imogen’s struggle to life." New Haven Independent

by rob ackerman

THE WORKING THEATER

DIRECTION - theresa rebeck

SET DESIGN - christopher & justin swader

COSTUME DESIGN - tricia barsamian

LIGHTING DESIGN - mary ellen stebbins

SOUND DESIGN - bart fasbender

PROJECTION DESIGN - yana biryukova

VIDEO PROGRAMMER - michael redman

photos by justin swader (1-5); carol rosegg (6)

“Through expert layers of storytelling from all involved, from sitcom wind-and-punch jokes to over-the-top video and sound design (by Yana Biryukova and Bart Fasbender), “Gumballs” delightfully misleads as a harmless comedy, while its characters and audience learn the devastating futility of calling systems "broken" when they are working as designed.” Onstage Blog

"Mary Ellen Stebbins’s lighting is fine, Yana Birykova’s video design fits perfectly, Tricia Barsamian’s costumes are all appropriate, and Bart Fasbender's sound design excellent." Theatre’s Leiter Side

“The assorted screens that are employed by Morris for playback at the shoot are also used to show us the crew’s previous experiences that have brought them to this critical moment. (Yana Birykova provides the ideal video design.)” The Unforgettable Line

by krista knight

DUTCH KILLS THEATER

DIRECTION - matt dickson

SET DESIGN - reid thompson

LIGHTING DESIGN - cecilia durbin

SOUND DESIGN - asa wembler

COSTUME DESIGN - sarita fellows

PROJECTION DESIGN - yana biryukova

photos by joey moro

“Yana Birykova’s projections add to the production’s sleekness and seamlessly transition between moments of the surreal and naturalistic (but nevertheless highly stylized) scenes.”  Exeunt NYC

"Mr. Dickson layers on some nice effects, most notably pop-culture images of idealized domesticity in projections by Yana Birykova." The New York Times

"In projections deployed throughout the show, images shown include teeth, ballet dancers, people at a pool, gigantic eyes, and a stereotypical '50s-era family around the dinner table. Though strange and not always obviously connected to what is happening, each is chosen deliberately, used not to cover scene changes, but layered over the actors during their scenes." Theatre Is Easy

written by Rogelio Martinez

MIAMI NEW DRAMA

DIRECTION - Michel Hausmann

SET DESIGN - Christopher & Justin Swader

COSTUME DESIGN - Christopher Vergara

LIGHTING DESIGN - Kirk Bookman

SOUND DESIGN - Salomon Lerner

PROJECTION DESIGN - Yana Biryukova

photos by Justin Swader

“Projections by Yana Biryukova shift locations from Miami to Cuba to Washington, D.C., and they allow for the emotion-stirring child version of Elián to be shown. “ — SunSentinel

“As usual, Miami New Drama spares nothing on the visual and aural elements: Christopher Vergara’s costumes, Kirk Baran-Bookman’s lighting, Yana Biryukova’s projections that help set time place and environment, Salomon Larner’s sound, and Christopher and Justin Swader’s scenic design – a huge cyclorama with seamlessly concealed doors and windows.” — Florida Theater on Stage

by judyie al-bilali and priscilla page

THE CURTAIN THEATER

DIRECTION - judyie al-bilali

SET - calypso michelet

PROJECTIONS - yana biryukova

LIGHTING - lara dubin

COSTUMES - calypso michelet

BRISTOL RIVERSIDE THEATRE

DIRECTION - gia forakis

SET - lee savage

LIGHTS - carolina ortiz herrera

PROJECTIONS - yana biryükova

SOUND - michael keck

COSTUMES - linda bee stockton

photos by mark garvin

“That room can be a place of fantasy, as the audience realizes as figments from Caroline’s imagination appear outside the bedroom window, an effect that comes clear when the payoff is revealed. Yana Biryukova makes those images fun while provoking curiosity.” — Princeton Info

by mark haddon

SMITH COLLEGE

DIRECTION - ellen w. kaplan

SET - priscilla zhou

PROJECTIONS - yana birÿkova

LIGHTING - nan zhang + priscilla zhou

SOUND - david wiggall

COSTUMES - kiki smith + anais main

photos by derek fowles

by steven sater

CONNECTICUT COLLEGE

DIRECTION - leora morris

SET - claire deliso

PROJECTIONS - yana birÿkova

LIGHTING - rebecca brill weitz

SOUND - sam crawford

COSTUMES - heather lesieur

photos by claire deliso

by charise greene

BETWEEN TWO BOROUGHS

DIRECTION - jenn haltman

SET - tim mcmath

PROJECTIONS - yana birÿkova

LIGHTING - kate bashore

SOUND - fan zhang

COSTUMES - sarah thea

photos by maria baranova

"Yana Birÿkova’s projection design works in glorious tandem with McMath’s scenic palette to create lush visual backgrounds that further the story." StageBiz

"Utilizing the latest scientific ideas projected professionally onto a testy white screen, thanks to some great work from projection designer Yana Birÿkova, we get a glimpse at not only climate change and the brain’s growth and functioning, but somewhere deeper within those Washington DC halls of science, we learn about the very fragile young souls that are our guides, and how the world can break them apart in one brief moment of terrifying tragedy." front mezz junkies

YALE UNIVERSITY - SOUND INSTALLATION BY FAN ZHANG

PROJECTIONS - yana birÿkova

SET - fufan zhang

LIGHTING - samuel chen

SOUND - fan zhang

photos by fufan zhang

YALE UNIVERSITY - DIRECTED BY YANA BIRŸKOVA + CAROLINA ORTIZ

Promise Land is a 5-room interactive installation on the topic of immigration and what it feels like to be foreign in the United States today. Striving to not let go of your native background, while also fit into the reality around and not feel like an outsider is the dilemma of every immigrant. The attempt to enter American society is not complete after simply crossing the border. This performance is the internal conflict of a person from abroad living in the United States. It is a journey, where a group of people goes through an experience of entering this country, the “Promise Land”, as an outsider. The rooms are The Soil, Who Do You Think I Am, American Dream, Let The Right One In and Immigrants Anonymous.

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PROJECTIONS - yana birÿkova

SET - yana birÿkova + carolina ortiz

COSTUMES - sophia choi

LIGHTING - carolina ortiz

SOUND - fred kennedy

TECHNICAL DESIGN - cross wang

by henrik ibsen and yagil eliraz

AMHERST COLLEGE

DIRECTION - yagil eliraz

SET - mariana sanchez

PROJECTIONS - yana birÿkova

LIGHTING - kathy couch

SOUND - kate marvin + christopher ross-ewart

COSTUMES - asa benally

by sarah ruhl

YALE REPERTORY THEATRE

DIRECTION - mark wing-davey

SET/COSTUMES - marina draghici

PROJECTIONS - yana birÿkova

LIGHTING - stephen strawbridge

SOUND - shane rettig

"Yale Rep’s quality design team — Marina Draghici (scenic and costume design), Stephen Strawbridge (lights), Shane Rettig (sound designer), and Yana Birÿkova (projections) — exquisitely complement Ruhl, Davey-Wing and the cast, the production blinks from one place and time to other in full view so unerringly that when the stage actually goes black, it’s a visual punctuation mark to a memorable scene." New Haven Register

by jules massenet

YALE OPERA

DIRECTION - linda brovsky

PROJECTIONS - yana birÿkova

SET - jeromy hunt

LIGHTING - doug harry

COSTUMES - rebecca welles

by caryl churchill

UNC WILMINGTON

DIRECTION - ED WAGENSELLER

PROJECTIONS - yana birÿkova

SET - randall a. enlow

LIGHTING - thomas salzman

COSTUMES - mark d. sorensen

SOUND - max lydy

PROJECTIONS CREW:

ASSISTANT/PROGRAMMER - ryan jalernpan

"Yana Biryukova, a UNCW alum who was brought back as a guest projection designer for "Mad Forest," does a gorgeous, nuanced job of switching the audience between different environments, and the design manages to convey both the closeness of an apartment with broken plaster and the vastness of a packed city square on exactly the same wall." StarNews

by molière + brendan pelsue

YALE SCHOOL OF DRAMA

DIRECTION - andras visky

PROJECTIONS - yana birÿkova    

SET - alexander woodward

LIGHTING - andrew griffin    

COSTUMES - sydney gallas

photos - t. charles erickson

by William Shakespeare

UNC WILMINGTON

DIRECTION - andy belser

PROJECTIONS - yana birÿkova    

SET - randy ward    

LIGHTS - john ambrosone    

COSTUMES - mark sorensen

"The images come from the creative mind of projection designer Yana Biryukova, a multi-talented UNCW student who has produced video trailers for several theatrical productions..." Starnews

by thomas keneally

THE IRISH REPERTORY THEATRE

DIRECTION - tony walton

PROJECTIONS - yana birÿkova    

SET - tony walton    

LIGHTS - richard pilbrow & michael gottlieb    

COSTUMES - linda fisher

"When the ship is at sea, a sail drops in to serve as a surface for projections, by Yana Biryukova, which illustrate the atmospheric conditions of the voyage." Lighting & Sound America