Yulya Dukhovny

Microscope Toy Theater is a touring company founded in 2010 by the musician and artist Yulya Dukhovny living in Los Angeles. Dukhovny creates and performs traditional and contemporary interpretation of the Paper (Toy) Theater, popular in 19th Century Europe. Her tiny-stage plays incorporate creative writing, object based performance, physical theater, experimental puppetry, video and original music. 
Her venues include International Festival of Paper Toy Theater in Germany, France, Mexico and Russia, "Great Small Works" International Toy Theater Festival in New York, "On Edge" Festival of Contemporary Performance Arts in Santa Barbara, Detroit Institute of Arts, National Puppetry Festival at the University of Connecticut.
Residences as a Visual Artist/Stage Director/Educator include: Meyerhold Theater Center in Moscow, Theater of Generations in ST. Petersburg, Young Arts LA UCLA,  Westmont College in Santa Barbara, CA.