E2E: Kafka for Beginners

Producing Company

Yonder Window

Julian Henry Lowenfeld, Poet, playwright, composer, and experienced trial lawyer, is acknowledged to be one of the greatest living translators of Russian poetry into English. Julian is a celebrated authority on the life and work of Russia's national bard, Alexander Pushkin. Julian's book, My Talisman, The Poetry and Life of Alexander Pushkin received Russia's prestigious Pushkin Medal in 2020 for "outstanding literary achievement," as well as the Petropol Prize for Literary Achievement. Besides the dark comedy KAFKA FOR BEGINNERS, Julian has written the musical play Thanksgiving, as well as Even Love's a Melody, a musical adaptation with his verse translation of four plays by Alexander Pushkin.

Katie McHugh is an award-winning director, teacher and producer of theatre who specializes in devised, experimental theatre and new works. She holds an MFA in directing from The New School for Drama and is the Founding Artistic Director of Yonder Window. In February 2017, YW began with a multidisciplinary, multicultural, tri-lingual international production called The Dream Project, which went on toperform in 3 countries over the next 5 years. In 2022, Katie directed her Off-Broadway debut, Jasper by Grant MacDermott, at the Pershing Square Signature Center. Katie has taken several productions to Edinburgh Fringe, most recently in 2023 with Violet and Me, a mamalogue, written and performed by Emmy award winner Dorothy Lyman. younderwindow.co

Jonas Kobberdal is a New York-based actor originally from Oslo, Norway. A graduate of The American Academy of Dramatic Arts and its prestigious NY Company, he’s performed with Yonder Window, Bard City, and the Educational Theatre of New York. Recent roles include Enoch in F.O.M.O. at Theatre Row and George in Sorry, Wrong Number at Theatre for the New City. Jonas is proud to have found his artistic home at Yonder Window and feels beyond excited to be starring inKAFKA FOR BEGINNERS, in what feels like a true full-circle moment with the company.kobberdal.com

Maxim Shatalkin is an outstanding musician and pianist, laureate of the 2004 Rostropovich Foundation Award, Co-Founder of the Ars Nova School of Arts, Artist of the Trio Fibonacci based in Montreal, Quebec. Maxim holds an MMus and PhD in Performing Arts from Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory. Passionate about teaching, he gives masterclasses at institutions like the Colburn School (LA), Jacobs School of Music (IN) and University of Michigan. He takes part at international festivals in Germany, Sweden, France, Brazil, Canada and the US sharing his artistry globally through both performance and education.  www.triofibonacci.com/about