In the years before Russia invaded Ukraine, Dmitry Krymov, a Moscow-born director, painter, and set designer, was the country’s most celebrated theater artist. He was also a longtime and vocal critic of Vladimir Putin. The day after war began, Krymov openly condemned the invasion and fled the country. He’s been living in exile in Manhattan ever since. Krymov is known for his experimental mashups of classic texts. “One of the world’s finest theater-makers,” The New York Times has called him. Krymov’s latest show, Big Trip, marks his first major production in exile. “I want to work and have my work shown in the United States,” Krymov says, “to make them angry back home that I am gone.” With an array of changing sets, Big Trip brings together stories by Alexander Pushkin, Ernest Hemingway, and Eugene O’Neill. —Jensen Davis