Virlana Tkacz (an haife ta a watan Yuni 23, 1952 a Newark, New Jersey ) ita ce darektan kafa na "Yara Arts Group", wani kamfani mai zama a shahararren gidan wasan kwaikwayo na La MaMa na a New York. Ta yi karatu a Kwalejin Bennington da Jami'ar Columbia, inda ta sami Master of Fine Arts a cikin jagorancin wasan kwaikwayo. Tare da kungiyar 'Yara' ta ƙirƙira sama da gidajen wasan kwaikwayo 30 waɗanda ke haɗa gajerun waƙoƙi na zamani da waƙoƙin gargajiya, waƙoƙi, almara da tarihi daga Gabas don ƙirƙirar ƙirar ƙima tare da ba da labari. Gwaji a cikin sigar su da ainihin su, suna amfani da bidiyo, hotuna da aka tsara, da makin kida masu rikitarwa don bincika dangantakarmu da lokaci da wayewa. Yankunan Yara na baya-bayan nan, "Mafarkan Ƙarƙashin Ƙasa" da "Bugawa Bedrock," sun dogara ne akan hira da matasan birane da 'yan gudun hijira, yayin da "1917-2017: Tychyna Zhadan & Dogs" ya kasance game da tashin hankali na yaki kuma sun sami lambar yabo ta New York Innovative Theater Awards.