Gina Pavlova - Puppet Theater Director/Professor

She is an author and director of more than 30 performances for Puppet and Drama Theater in Europe and the USA. Most of her performances were presented at numerous international festivals around the world such as: The International Theater Festival, Oxford, Ohio; International Meeting of the Professional Puppet Schools, Charleville-Mezierre, France; Midfest International, Middletown, Ohio; The Schomrahi International Festival, Skopie, Macedonia; Intermarionett Festival at Saarbruken,Germany; International Figuren Theater Festival, Offenbach, Germany; International Festival of the Young Theaters, Liege, Belgium.

Her teaching credits include courses as a visiting professor at Miami University, Oxford, Ohio; Brooklyn College, CUNY; Mount St. Mary’s College, LA, guest lecturer at Georgetown University and GeorgeWashington University, Washington DC; Associate Professor at NATFA, Sofia, Bulgaria. Gina is currently a part time lecturer at Cal State San Bernardino.

In 2008 Gina and her colleague from CSUSB, associate professor J. Smith were recipients of a travel grant from TCG (Theatre Communications Group) to present a collaborative, multimedia puppet performance with the students from CSUSB at the International Puppet Festival in Sofia, Bulgaria.

Gina publishes articles about puppetry in American and Bulgarian professional magazines. She has made a presentations at the “Problems of East European Theater Academies Conference”, Miami University,Oxford, Ohio; at the International Meeting of the Professional Puppet Schools at Charleville- Mezierre, France; special presentation at The National Theater Conference, Eugene O’Neil Theater Complex, Storrs, Connecticut : “The Bulgarian School of Puppetry”.