MELPOMENE THEATER FUNDRAISING GALA

15 East 65th Street,New York NY 10065

10 December, 2021

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MELPOMENE THEATER COMPANY FUNDRAISING GALA. FEATURING Sneak Preview of new "Cyrano" and "Feast In The Times of Plague" 2021 Theater Fundraising Gala. COME AND ENJOY: Sneak Preview of new "Cyrano" and "Feast In The Times of Plague" An array of musical performances from our shows. Fun evening with Actors and Directors. Hors d'eouvres and wine reception. WIN tickets to hour shows and gifts from sponcors. Nastia Blyakher. Producer, Video Artist. Nastia is an educator, a television theater professional with 15 years of experience in education and entertainment industry, both in Russia and the United States. She produced and directed award winning plays for Youth Theater in English (Novosibirsk), worked as a director of Childrens' Language Camp (UNICAMP) and served as a counselor for Youth Politics and Social Activism. She graduated from Moscow State University with Master's degree in Education and English linguistics in 2005. In 2010 she received her Masters in Radio and Television production at Brooklyn College (CUNY). Since then she worked as a producer and director for multiple production companies and produced television content for multiple platforms, produced and directed events and mixed media performances. Among that she hosted, produced and directed a TV documentary series "Test Drive In New York" for Stream TV, co-created and produced a documentary TV Series “Russian Accent” at RTVi. In 2016 she co-produced and co-directed an award winning production “Vasisliy + Federico” for STEPS Theater in New York, USA. Same year she co-produced a play “Chekhov.PS”, based on plays of Anton Chekhov, adapted and directed by Adolf Shapiro, in New York, USA. She currently serves as an executive producer on development and production of several television projects and works as an independent video artist.