Maria Litvinova, co-founder and director of the theatrical company "Trickster" (together with Vyacheslav Ignatov), has come a long way from a family puppet theater to large-scale street performances. Maria is a producer, actress, educator, member of the Union of Theatre Workers of Russia, and a laureate of the "Golden Mask" award. The repertoire of the "Trickster" theater includes both intimate monodramas and operas, street shows, choreographic and dramatic productions of large scale. The productions of the "Trickster" team have successfully been staged at venues such as the Tchaikovsky Concert Hall, MTYUZ, the Theater of Nations, and Moscow Concerts, among other theatrical stages in Russia. The theater's performances have participated in international theater festivals in Russia, Germany, France, and Pakistan. More than 40 productions by "Trickster" have been staged in theaters in Russia, Germany, and the United Kingdom. In 2019, Maria became one of the creators of the "KUKOPERA" project, a unique genre that harmoniously combines opera and puppet theater. In this genre, productions such as "Dido and Aeneas," "Orpheus and Eurydice" at the Nizhny Novgorod Opera and Ballet Theater, "Chinamen," and "King Arthur" at Moscow Concerts were created.