THEATER
ENSEMBLE
Oleg Liptsin
artistic director
Mr. Liptsin studied theater at Russian Academy of Theatre Arts (GITIS) in Moscow with Anatoly Vasiliev and Mikhail Butkevich. He worked as an actor and assistant director at renowned Moscow State Theatre “School of Dramatic Arts” (Theatre de l’Europe) under artistic direction of Anatoly Vasiliev. For 3 years Oleg performed in a worldwide known production “Six Characters In Search Of An Author” by Pirandello.
In 1989 Oleg established one of the first independent theatre ensembles in Ukraine – TheaterClub/Kiev – which became a leading experimental and avant-garde theatre-laboratory in the country.
TheaterClub/Kiev has created its own acting method based on Russian improvisational tradition developed by Mikhail Chekhov and Eugenie Vakhtangov and revised in our times by Mikhail Butkevich. While practicing and exploring modern acting techniques, TheaterClub/Kiev has produced more than 20 shows and experimental theatre projects that were presented not only in Ukraine but also in Austria, Poland, Canada, Russia, USA and Spain. Such productions as “Antigone” by Sophocles, “Me” by Khvylovy, “Ulysses” by Joyce, “The Old Woman” by Gogol and Kharms – directed by Mr. Liptsin were distinguished with various theatrical awards and presented at numerous international festivals.
In early 90th Oleg has started his directing and teaching career in Europe and other parts of the world. In 1991 – a short-term residence in Schaubuhne (West Berlin) while Luke Bondy was directing “The Winter’s Tale” by Shakespeare. In 1993 – experimental theatre/installation project “Kusma” based on Andrej Platonov in frames of art festival in Upper Austria. In 1993-94 – teaching at the “Konrad Wolf” Film and TV Institute in Potsdam/Babelsberg, Germany. Later – a production based on Joyce’s “Ulysses” for International Festival “Kontakt” in Poland. In 1995 – teaching at the National School of Drama in Delhi, India. From 1995 Oleg Liptsin began working in USA and later – in Canada, from 2003 - in Paris.
Awarded a National Award for Experimental Work in Theatre by the Theatre Union of Ukraine, won the “Best Director” award and 3 nominations for “Best Director” and “Best Actor” in Ukraine, participated in more than 30 international festivals.
Currently Mr. Liptsin works as director and professor of drama in different parts of the world. He established and conducted the post-graduate educational program in stage directing at National University of Theatre, Film and TV in Kiev, teaches acting at Slavic University in Moscow and at Shelton Theater School in San Francisco, manages the InternationalTheaterEnsemble – 
recently established experimental international theatrical network.
Oleg Liptsin’s most recent directing credits include: "A Propos Of The Wet Snow (notes from the underground)" by F.Dostoevsky, “The Gamblers” by N.Gogol at PODOL Theatre in Kiev, “Happy Days” by S.Beckett – ITE production in San Francisco and Berkeley, “The Living Corpse” by Leo Tolstoy at Shelton Theater in San Francisco, “Oscar” by Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt in Kiev, “The Elephant Man” by B. Pomerance in San Francisco and “The Serpent-Woman” by Gozzi in Kiev. Currently Oleg works on “The Outcry” by T.Williams and continues his effort on developing the innovative theatrical network – ITE/InternationalTheatreEnsemble. Winnie in "HAPPY DAYS"
Ai-Cheng Ho
actress, founder of ITE-Taipei
Ai-Cheng was born in Tau-yuan, Taiwan. Kevin Quennesson
She studied acting with Oleg Liptsin at Acting International in Paris and was trained in Jacques Lecoq’s acting method at the International Jacques Lecoq Theatre School in Paris and International School of Performing Arts in London.
Ai-Cheng’s other performing trainings include the Chinese opera and contemporary dance, which she’s mastering for years.
Trained in martial arts: Tai-ji quan and others.
Since 2004 Ai-Cheng Ho is a member of ITE, she participated in such ITE projects as ‘Cherry Orchard On Plain-Air’ based on Anton Chekhov, ‘The Snake-Woman’ by Carlo Gozzi (Commedia dell’arte) and ‘Mozart and Salieri’ by Pushkin.
Ai-Cheng is Master of Performing Arts with major in Film study from the University Paris I-Panthéon-Sorbonne. Her most recent role in theater – Liza in “A PROPOS OF THE WET SNOW (notes from the underground)” by Feodor Dostoevsky.
Lisa in "A PROPOS..."
video art programmer (creative technology)
was born in France and studied sciences in the Ecole Polytechnique in Paris, leading French school of Engineering. He came to the USA in 2004 and studied philosophy at Stanford and computer vision and graphics at GeorgiaTech. His interests are in the intersection of technologies and the humanities.
He showed his first work called “conscious=camera” in August 2005 at Siggraph, LA in the Emerging Technology and Art Gallery category. The “conscious=camera” based on real-time body-tracking is a poetic interpretation of the phenomenology of images expressed by JP Sartre in “L'Imagimaire”.
In 2006, he presented at Siggraph in Boston his "traces" installation aimed at representing people passage and absence. "traces" is featured in the large scale "quell code" (source code) Kunst an Bau installation in the new headquarters of SAP in Germany. "Quell code" was made in partnership with the Ars Electronica Futurelab in Austria.
Since 2006 Kevin is a featured artist of the Victory Media Network in Dallas, TX - largest outdoor media art gallery in the world.
Kevin Quennesson now lives in California and is a software development engineer at Apple Inc.
Felecia Faulkner
actress, educator, co-founder of ITE-San Francisco
Felecia Faulkner is a San Francisco-based actress, singer, producer, director and teacher. She began her acting and opera career at the age of 10 performing on main stages throughout the United States and Europe. Ms. Faulkner studied acting in London at the Marylebone Institute under Dorothea Alexander and completed the Advanced Training Program at American Conservatory Theater (ACT). Ms. Faulkner later trained in New York City with theater giants Stella Adler and Jack Garfein (member of The Group Theatre and Broadway director).
From 1979 to 1987 she performed in a wide variety of productions, including staged reading performances at The Public Theater in "The Red Serpent" (dir. Tennessee Williams), Provincetown Playhouse's New York City branch in "School for Scandal" (dir. John Burke), the Harold Clurman Theater in "Don Juan Comes Back…" (dir. Marcelle Meulman) and "Laundry in Bourbon", the 38th Street Lab with director Matt Penn, off-off Broadway productions at La Mama, 29th Street Project, The Greek Theatre of New York and the New Helen Hayes. She escaped the summer heat by performing at The Montana Shakespeare Festival for two years with director and actor Bill Pullman. Her Commedia dell'arte group performed under the Public Theater in their "Shakespeare in the Park" series (dir. Joseph Papp). Also while in New York she had the opportunity to work on a small team with Arthur Miller to produce "American Clock" while it was work-shopped until its Broadway debut.
Ms. Faulkner has performed in films, commercials, soaps, industrials, voice-overs, short films, musicals, operas, in over 100 plays in large theaters, small ones, repertory, touring shows, summer stock, children's theater, dinner theater, cabarets, and street theater. She has been a core member of the 34th Street Lab (NYC), The 29th Street Project (NYC), and Artistic Director of The Cole Street Players (SF). Most recently, Ms. Faulkner has worked closely with award-winning founder of InternationalTheaterEnsemble, Oleg Liptsin, on leading roles in his translation of Chekhov's "The Cherry Orchard", "The Elephant Man", Tolstoy's "The Living Corpse" and currently Tennessee Williams' "Out Cry" (also known as "The Two Character play"). On 9/11/1980 Williams personally signed a copy of the play to Felecia, encouraging her to play the role of Clare when she 
was older....she's now older.
As a teacher, Ms. Faulkner has been an acting coach on film sets, private coach to Tony Award-recipient and world-class ballerina Natalia Makarova, was directed by Oscar-nominated documentary filmmaker Lourdes Portillo, teaches theater through her own company 'Actingwell' and for 11 years at The Jean Shelton Acting School to adults and teens. Ms. Faulkner has also led theater departments at San Francisco public schools. She has created after school programs, summer camps, and taught children in Kindergarten through High School.
Ms. Faulkner has devoted her life to the craft, and there is no aspect of it that she has not tackled. She believes that through art we can share our diversity, life stories, our joys and our pain. She loves her work second only to her son Trevor and she is a firm believer that the arts are humanity's salvation.
Clare in "THE OUTCRY"
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