Director of documentary productions at Teatr.doc, Meyerhold Center, Sakharov Center, Museum of Architecture in Moscow, and by Novosibirsk Globe Theatre. Patlay's works are devoted to the burning themes of Russian society and have caused great resonance. She left Russia in 2022.
In 2023 she was the first resident of the “Artists at Risk” programme at the Brecht House Museum in Augsburg and staged the play “Memoria” specially for Brechtfestival-2023.
Curator of a theatre program “Archaeology of Memory” at the Sakharov Center and one of the curators of the festival “Hunting for Reality” at Teatr.doc.
Art Director of the Independent Russian playwrighting festival “Lubimovka”.
Mentor in different educative initiatives, teaches documentary playwrighting in UnTold School.
Studied at the Tashkent Theatre Institute (Tashkent), the Russian State University for the Humanities (Moscow), the Documentary Film and Documentary Theatre Directing School of Marina Razbezhkina and Mikhail Ugarov (Moscow), and the Theatre Leader School (Moscow).
Portfolio
Director& playwright: Teatr. Doc (Moscow), Sakharov Center (Moscow), Meyerhold Center (Moscow), Russian State Library, The Ilkhom Theatre (Tashkent), Globus Theatre (Novosibirsk), Brechtfestival (Augsburg), Kulturzentrum GOROD (Munich) Screenwriter: The Illuminator Project Curator, Mentor: Teatr. Doc (Moscow), Sakharov Center (Moscow), HSE University, The Moscow School of New Literature, The Ilkhom Theatre (Tashkent), Echo of Liubimovka
(2023-2025)
2024 MEMORIA, German version (director): Brechtfestival, Brechtbuhne, 24 February 2024 Munchener Kammerspiele, 16 October, 2024 Video
2023 DISCREDITING (co-author, director of reading), Reforum Space, Berlin, 22-23 Apr. 2023 Video
2022 MEMORIA (director), Meyerhold Center, 9-10 February 2022 Video
2021 NEFORMAT (director), Teatr.doc & Meyerhold Center, Moscow, Dec. 2020 (Teatr.doc), Feb - Dec 2021 (The Meyerhold Center)
October 2020- May 2021 Tutor at Documentary Workshop at Moscow School of Literature
2020 TANGO MORGEN, TANGO PLI (director), Globus Theatre, Novosibirsk, Sept. 2020 - May 2021
September 2019 - June 2020 Tutor at Documentary Workshop at HSE University
2019 SOMETIMES I FLY (tutor, playwright, director), The Ilkhom Theatre, Tashkent, September 2019 THE HOURS OF AIRING (author, director), performance at Russian State Library, April 2019.
February 2015 – May 2019 Curator of Theatre Laboratory “Archeology of Memory” at Sakharov Center
2018 MERCY (director) Nov 2018 – Feb 2020, Teatr.doc, Sakharov Center THE SYNDROME OF ANCESTORS (author, director) — November 2018, GULAG History Museum
May 2018 Curator at the Laboratory on Documentary Choreography, Sakharov Center
April 2018 – December 2018 Tutor at the dramaturgical workshop “Jews in USSR: family in the History”
2017 MELNIKOV. DOCUMENTARY OPERA (director), December 2017, Moscow State Museum of Architecture, the production has two nominations on “Golden Mask” Video
2016 KANTGRAD (director), December 2016 - current time, Teatr.doc Video THE DIARY OF A PEASANT (director) — October 2016 – December 2018, Sakharov Center. OUT OF THE CLOSET (director), September 2016 - current time, Teatr.doc Video DEPARTURE LOUNGE (director, playwright, tutor) — The Heinrich Boell Foundation summer school «TSVETAEVA. WARDROBE» (director) — Teatr.doc, July 2016-2019
2015 BEYOND THEATRE (director) - Teatr. doc, 2015 Video PUSHKIN & MONEY (director) — Teatr. doc, 2015 – current time
2011 INSULTED FEELINGS (director) — Teatr.doc. The New Culture Festival (Moscow) Video