Sasha Kuznetsova
Visiting Assistant Professor of Theatre
Offices & Programs
Education
BFA, Theatrical Art and Cinematography - Moscow HSE Art and Design School
MFA, Scenic Design - Wayne State University
BIOGRAPHY
Sasha Kuznetsova is a Russian-born artist and set designer who earned her MFA in Scenic Design from Wayne State University in Detroit and a bachelor’s degree from the Moscow HSE Art and Design School, specializing in Theatrical Art and Cinematography. She has completed internships at the Moscow Art Theater and the Stanislavsky Electrotheater, and worked as an assistant to designer A.J. Weissbard on theatre projects in Russia, Germany, and Italy. In Moscow, she also served as a technology assistant at the Sovremennik Theater.
Her previous work includes projects with the art collective Apadakaladas, dedicated to experimental theater design and performance. Over the past two years, she has designed sets for the musical Amélie, Molière’s Tartuffe, and the devised work Depths at the Hilberry Theater in Detroit. She is currently a Visiting Assistant Professor of Theatre at Centre College in Danville, Kentucky.