assoc. prof. Marina Raytchinova

• Plovdiv

• Secondary Music School

• National Academy of Music, scenography, 1985

• Associate Professor, Department of Scenography, disciplines: history of costume; scenography and costume design

• She taught scenography and costume design at the University of Tennessee, USA.

• Guest lecturer at University of Nebraska, University of Kansas, Furman University, USA; RITS, Brussels; UT Design Seminar - Salzburg; North Karelia Polytechnic, Finland; Theatre Academy in Maastricht, The Netherlands, Mimar Sinan University, Istanbul, Taipei National University of the Arts.

• Chairman of the Education Committee and member of the Board of OISTAT (International Organization of Stage Designers, Theatre Architects and Technicians) 2004-2012; Member of the Board and Jury of the Asker Foundation.

• Chairman of the Stage Design Section of the Union of Artists 2004-2008

• e-mail: marina.g.raytchinova@gmail.com

Creative achievements: 

• Stage designer at the Bulgarian Army Theatre since 1999. She has designed scenography and costumes for over 120 productions at TBA, theatres in the country, as well as in the USA, Russia and Macedonia, including:

• "Cherry Orchard" - A. P. Chekhov, dir. K. Azaryan, National Theatre "Iv.

• "Three Sisters" - A. Vazov, The Three Sisters, The Three Sisters - A. Vazov, The Three Sisters. П. Chekhov, scenography and costumes, dir. Krikor Azaryan, N. Binev Youth Theatre, Sofia

• "The Seagull" - A. P. Chekhov, scenography and costumes, dir. Krikor Azaryan, Bulgarian Army Theatre, Sofia

• "Uncle Vanyo" - A. П. Chekhov, scenography, dir. Mace Archer, Thoresen Theatre, Lynchburg, USA

• "As You Like It" - W. Shakespeare, scenography and costumes, dir. Art. Spasov, TBA

• "Don Giovanni" - Molière, costumes, dir. Alexander Morfov, Ivan Vazov National Theatre

• "Don Giovanni" - V. Kazakov, scenography and costumes, dir. Al. Ponomaryov, Creative Workshops, Moscow

• "Dance in Time" - dir. Laszlo Marton, scenography, Clarence Brown Theatre, Knoxville, USA

• "Cabaret" - J. Masteroff, scenography and costumes, dir. Beth Craven, Clarence Brown Theatre, Knoxville, USA

• "Jubu" - A. Jari, set and costume design, dir. B. Chakrinov, Small City Theatre Behind the Canal

• "At the foot of Vitosha" - P. Yavorov, dir. Margarita Mladenova, Ivan Vazov National Theatre

• Participation in the National Expositions of Bulgaria at the Prague International Quadrennial of Scenography - 2011, 2009, 2005, 2001, 1999, 1995, 1987. Curator of the National Exposition in 2005

• Individual participation in the exhibition "World Stage Design" 2005, Toronto, Canada

• 2000. Exhibition "French dramaturgy through the eyes of the scenographers Marina Raicinova and Nevyana Kavaldjieva" at the French Cultural Institute - Sofia.

• Special guest lecturer at the USITT (United States Institute for Theatre Technology and Stage Design) National Annual Conference, Phoenix, 2007

• Guest speaker at the International Summit Forum on Theatre Education, Taipei, Taiwan, 2011.

• Organizer of "ISDSWE - International Students' Stage Design Works Exchange" at the Central Academy of Drama, Beijing, China. 2011, 2012

• As chairman of the Education Committee of OISTAT, organized international conferences on issues of stage design education in London, Yokohama, Helsinki, Vancouver, Moscow, Beijing, Novi Sad, Maastricht, as well as "Stagefest", an international student program within the Prague Quadrennial of Stage Design.