Backstitch Residency 2025 ELENA VANNONI ARTIST BIO Elena Vannoni is an accomplished theatre director and set and costume designer with a rich background in the arts. She began her career by studying costume design at the Art Institute of Florence and later earned degrees in History of Music and Theatre from the University of Florence […]
Backstitch Residency 2025 Lita Lofton ARTIST BIO Lita Lofton is a Brooklyn-based director, event producer, and performance artist specializing in movement-driven storytelling, immersive theatrical experiences, and glamour on purpose. Lofton is the co-founder of The Social Club Thtr. Her work, informed by over two decades of ballet and movement-based training, has been seen at TheaterLab, […]
Backstitch Residency 2025 Amy Staats Artist Bio Amy Staats is an actor, writer, and producer, a 2025-26 WP Playwriting Fellow, and a 2018 Tow Playwright in Residence through the Atlantic Theater Company. Her Russian spy/gymnastics dramedy DEFECTED is in development with MO Studios and Olive Productions. Amy enjoys writing characters that actors are thirsty to […]
Backstitch Residency 2025 TESTU Collective ARTIST BIO Testu Collective is an NYC-based intermedia art group founded by Dan Tesene and Serena Stucke. Testu creates intermedia performances, experimental videos, concept soundtracks, audiovisual experiences, sound art, and performance art installations. Tesene and Stucke are interested in creating environments that challenge the traditional audience experience. Testu has produced […]
Backstitch Residency 2025 Yoko Murakami ARTIST BIO Yoko Murakami (she/her) is a Tokyo-born and New York City-based artist. Yoko creates movement-based work in forms of site-specific installations and experimental film. She enjoys creating works for spaces that are not traditionally designed for performance and is interested in finding new ways to activate and question the […]