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Masha is a designer for live performance. Recently: Straight White Men (Westport); Private (Mosaic); Cunning Little Vixen & Salome (Bard); Puppet Lab (St. Ann’s Warehouse); To the Yellow House (La Jolla Playhouse); The Pool Plays (The New Ohio); blush (Soho Rep); The Woman’s Party (Clubbed Thumb). Internationally, her work has taken her to Russia, Chile, China, Germany, Ecuador, the Netherlands, Bolivia, and one very big boat. Homes for New York projects include Playwrights Horizons, Soho Rep, The Kitchen, Atlantic Theatre Co., Clubbed Thumb, PlayCo, Invisible Dog, Page73, and Bushwick Starr. In addition to design, Masha’s interests include progress towards pay equity and a more ethical model of making in the American theater. As an educator, Masha was the program head of the Design program at the University of the Arts, as well as a guest lecturer at Connecticut College and NYU - Playwrights Horizons. Masha received her MFA from the Yale School of Drama. She is the Masha of design collective, Masha and the Bear Design and a proud member of USA829. More info at www.mashald.com.