Manuiloff Invited to New York Theatre Festival
May 2025
The Decisioon by Manuiloff got invited to the New York theatre Festival Rehearsal for the Truth.
The work will be directed by Irina Kruzhilina
Irina Kruzhilina (director) is an award-winning director and scenographer whose work lives at the intersection of visual art, live performance, and civic engagement. Her creative endeavors range from interdisciplinary downtown theatre to large scale parades, from opera to site responsive installations. Her work has been shown at Times Square, Tokyo, Disney, BAM, Prague National Theatre, NY Philharmonic, and Barbican Center. In 2024, Irina created SpaceBridge, a workshop and performance that brought together 19 refugee and American children. A critics' pick at the 2025 Under The Radar Festival, SpaceBridge is now expanding into a global youth engagement initiative.
Irina is an associate professor at The New School of Drama, where she co-developed the MFA in Contemporary Theatre and Performance. She is a La MaMa resident artist and recipient of the 2024 Joan D. Firestone Fund and Elliot Norton Awards.
Irina is the founder of Visual Echo, a New York-based performance organization fostering dialogue across divides.
Rehearsal for Truth International Theater Festival, honoring Václav Havel, is a showcase of contemporary European theater organized each year in New York City. Conceived in 2017 as a shared endeavor of the Václav Havel Center (VHC) and Bohemian Benevolent and Literary Association (BBLA), the festival honors the legacy of Czech playwright, dissident and political thinker Vaclav Havel.