Marina Really Makes Things On Stage

Marina (Zhenya Lavy), Sonya (Margaretta), & Elena (Samantha Routh) -- with Serebryakov (Scott Maddock) | Uncle Vanya (2014) | Photo: Annie Paladino

“Под окном черёмуха колышется” | Marina (Zhenya Lavy), Sonya (Margaretta), & Elena (Samantha Routh) construct the storm — with Serebryakov looking on (Scott Maddock) | Uncle Vanya (2014) | Photo: Annie Paladino

 

Zhenya has been knitting since she was 12 and (little-known fact) is a certified knitting instructor and has published a few original designs. These socks were knit during rehearsals and performances. | Uncle Vanya (2014) | Photo: Zhenya Lavy

Zhenya has been knitting since she was 12 and (little-known fact) is a TKGA-certified knitting instructor who has published a few original designs. These socks are a variation on her MUMTU pattern and were knit during Vanya rehearsals and performances. | Uncle Vanya (2014) | Photo: Zhenya Lavy

Making more than just the cool samovar-top, medicine-bottle windchime…

At right are the first socks Marina knit while working on Vanya. (Custom-sized for her momma’s feet.) New socks are on the needles now and should be about halfway finished before the show closes. She knits both at once on circular needles, working from the toe up — so they always fit perfectly, she never runs out of yarn, and she never suffers from that pesky 2nd sock syndrome!

We’ll have to take some pictures of the beautiful yarn she’s spun, too.

And the gorgeous shawl she wears? She knit that, too! It’s Jared Flood’s (Brooklyn Tweed) Bridgewater Shawl, done in a wool/silk blend. (She can’t claim credit for the wrap Elena wears. It’s a store-bought delight.)

Fiber enthusiasts can find her on Ravelry or her currently backlogged blog, Aesthetic Entanglementz, where she posts about all kinds of adventures with knitting, spinning, metal, and more.

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About Akropolis Performance Lab

Founded in 2000 by Co-Artistic Directors Joseph and Zhenya Lavy, Akropolis Performance Lab (APL) is Seattle's premiere ensemble-based theatre company. The ensemble practices rigorous, ongoing vocal and physical training and devises original work through long-form rehearsal process. APL's signature aesthetic, Theatre of Polyphony, is our original approach to crafting ensemble performance events that symbiotically interweave music, movement, and poetry to tell compelling and vital stories while reinventing the given spatial location and audience relationship to our art. Company members include Annie Paladino (Associate Artistic Director), Catherine Lavy, Emily Jo Testa, Jennifer Crooks, Joseph Lavy, Margaretta Campagna, Matt Sherrill, Sara Kaus, Tyler J. Polumsky, and Zhenya Lavy. The co-artistic directors' artistic lineage comes through the Central and Eastern European heritage of Meyerhold, Vakhtangov, and Grotowski. Recent work includes Ecce Faustus (2016), The Glas Nocturne (2015), and Pomegranate & Ash (2015). The ensemble hosts quarterly Salons and offers regular workshops in physical and vocal praxis. Akropolis Performance Lab is a Washington State Non-Profit Corporation.
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