Founding Artistic Director Polina Klimovitskaya has worked as a director and master teacher across Russia, Europe and the United States and holds an MFA and a Ph.D. from Yale University. She started her work as an actress and director in Moscow in the 1960s, studying acting with disciples of Stanislavsky and Vakhtangov and directing with the last assistant of the great stage innovator Meyerhold. In the USA she has performed at Yale Repertory Theater and in the Academy Award-winning short film Molly's Pilgrim. Polina has directed at the Kennedy Center, among dozens of other places, and as an artist-in-residence at Mabou Mines, for whom she also wrote the story on which Lee Breuer based Red Beads. She has taught legions of students over 30 years via her unique methods and Kinetic Mind Practice at institutions like New York University, Brooklyn College, the Stella Adler Studio and Shakespeare Conservatory and is currently on the faculty of Michael Howard Studios, Hunter College and Yale University.
Jeremy Goren started training with Ms. Klimovitskaya in 2004 and joined Terra Incognita the following year. He has performed with the company in A Taste of Honey and Pebble-and-Cart Cycle. Jeremy holds degrees in Spanish Language and Literature, Latin American Studies and Journalism from Brandeis University. New York credits include: Ontological-Hysteric Incubator's Short Form: I Know by Heidi Carlsen and Miranda K. Hardy; FringeNYC 2007: Lucid (The Cherry Lane Theatre); The Heights Players: Anna In the Tropics (Juan Julián), The Crucible (Rev. Hale); Nosedive Productions: The Blood Brothers Present... The Master of Horror, Dying Goldfish, A Very Nosedive Christmas Carol; Variant Theatre Company: Private Lives of the Third Reich. Regional: Rorschach Theatre: Monster (Victor Frankenstein), MYTHAppropriation (twice); Folger Shakespeare Theatre: King Lear (Edgar/Edmund/Fool understudy), 365 Days/365 Plays. Film: 20 Something (2006 Palm Beach International Film Festival, 2007 ACE Film Festival, 2008 Staten Island Film Festival), Make 1.3 (An Films), Mother May I, Gravel, Caretaker, Hidden Ripples, Trail of Blood. Training: P. Klimovitskaya (Terra Incognita Theater and Michael Howard Studios).
Natalia Krasnova graduated from Schepkin Theater School at Maly Theater and also studied at MKhAT. She worked for four years on the stage of Ruben Simonov's theater at Vakhtangov's school and for one year at Pokrovka Theater, all in Moscow. Her career wasn't only on stage; she also appeared in several movies – Brother 2, Papa, Full Ahead, Under Verona's Sky and Provincial. Natalia was part of a children's radio-show project in Russia. In New York Natalia trained with Polina Klimovitskaya at Michael Howard Studio for three years. She has played in Lee Breuer's Red Beads and served as assistant to director in Terra Incognita's production of Taste of Honey by Shelagh Delaney. She is now a part of Terra Incognita.
Michael Moscoso has been performing with Terra Incognita Theater since 2002 and has appeared in Ofelia Tapestry and Pebble-and-Cart Cycle. Previously, he earned a Ph.D. in Astrophysics from the University of Texas at Austin. He studies kendo (Japanese fencing) under Noboru Kataoka sensei and holds the rank of godan (5th-degree black belt). His training includes Zen practice with Joshu Sasaki Roshi of the Mt. Baldy Zen Center, Sufi with Adnan Sarhan and Dance Mediation with Dunya Dianne McPherson. Michael is a New York State-licensed massage therapist and practices craniosacral therapy.
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