Background
Tkacz, Virlana Maria was born on June 23, 1952 in Newark.
Tkacz, Virlana Maria was born on June 23, 1952 in Newark.
Bachelor, Bennington College, 1974. Master of Fine Arts, Columbia University, 1983.
Associate producer Fox television State of the Arts, New York City, 1979—1980. Teaching assistant Columbia University School of the Arts, 1980—1983. Assistant director, production manager La MaMa Experimental Theatre, 1982—1989.
Director, dramaturg, assistant director, since 1983. Associate director, production manager Ping Chong & Company, 1989—1996. Resident director La MaMa Experimental Theatre, since 1989.
Artistic director and founder Yara Arts Group, since 1990.
Member of Actors' Equity Association, American Literature Translators Association.