Moscow New Drama Theater

The Moscow New Drama Theater positions itself as a branch of the famous "Mkhatovsky tree" of theaters. The troupe was created on the basis of one of the acting courses of the Moscow Art Theater School. V.I. Nemirovich-Danchenko in July 1975. For the audience, the theater opened in the building of the former recreation center Metrostroy on Prokhodchikov street on January 22, 1976 with a performance based on the play by Konstantin Simonov “From Lopatin's Notes”. His initial repertoire consisted of graduate performances by young artists based on plays by Alexander Vampilov , Alexander Volodin , William Saroyan and the musical “My Fair Lady” . The first main director of the theater was the head of the course, director and teacher Viktor Monyukov. After him, for 20 years, the theater was directed by Vitaly Lanskoy and Boris Lvov-Anokhin.

Since 2001, the Moscow New Drama Theater has been headed by the director, Honored Artist of Russia Vyacheslav Dolgachev. Before moving to the theater, he worked for 10 years as a director of the Moscow Art Theater. A.P. Chekhov , where his productions of "After the Rehearsal" by Ingmar Bergman , "Toybel and Her Demon" by Isaac Singer , "Bobok" by Fedor Dostoevsky , "Possible Meeting" by Paul Bartz and others at that time constituted the main repertoire of the Moscow Art Theater. With the advent of Vyacheslav Dolgachev, the theater is actively developing its creative strategy based on the Mkhat principles and the system of K. S. Stanislavsky . For several years, the repertoire was completely updated, relying on young actors, the troupe was rebuilt, and, thanks to the originality of the repertoire and the high artistic quality of each performance, the theater ranks among the best Moscow theaters. With the opening of the Workshop scene in 2008, artists and directors have the opportunity to experiment with avant-garde drama material.

Today, the theater’s repertoire includes more than 30 titles, including performances for children. These are plays by Alexander Ostrovsky and Carlo Goldoni , Tennessee Williams and Friedrich Schiller , Ingmar Bergman and Sam Shepard , Yukio Mishima and Maurice Meterlink , prose by Anton Chekhov , Fedor Dostoevsky , Mikhail Lermontov and contemporary Russian authors. Moscow New Drama Theater showed its performances in France, USA, Switzerland, Turkey. The troupe is a regular participant in international theater festivals and rarely returns without prizes and awards.

Troupe

Guest Artist

• Alexander Zachinyaev

Previously served at the Moscow New Drama Theater

Main Scene

• 2002 - “12 Angry Men” by Reginald Rose . Staged by Vyacheslav Dolgachev . Set Designer Margarita Demyanova .
• 2003 - “One of the last nights of the carnival” by Carlo Goldoni . Staged by Vyacheslav Dolgachev . Set Designer Ksenia Poleshchuk. Costume Designer Maria Danilova. Composer Tatyana Pavlova.
• 2004 - The Jokers by Alexander Ostrovsky . Staged by Vyacheslav Dolgachev . Set Designer Margarita Demyanova .
• 2005 - “The nightingale sang, the lilac blossomed ...” by Alexander Selin . Staged by Narkas Iskandrova. Artist Vladislav Ogai. Technological artist Ivan Boyko. Costume Designer Natalia Zakurdaeva. Composer Larisa Kazakova.
• 2005 - “The Real Zapad” by Sam Shepard . Staged by Narkas Iskandrova. Set Designer Vladislav Ogai.
• 2009 - “Top Dogs, or New Adult Games” by Urs Widmer . Staged by Vyacheslav Dolgachev . Set Designer Margarita Demyanova .
• 2011 - “Smiles of a Midsummer Night” by Ingmar Bergman . Staged by Vyacheslav Dolgachev . Set Designer Margarita Demyanova . Composer Vadim Bibergan .
• 2012 - “From the first person” based on the novel by Mikhail Lermontov “Hero of our time” . Staged by Vyacheslav Dolgachev . Set Designer Vladimir Kovalchuk . Composer Vadim Bibergan .
• 2013 - “From evening to noon” by Viktor Rozov . Staged by Vyacheslav Dolgachev . Set Designer Margarita Demyanova . Costume Designer Daria Kilochek.
• 2013 - The Salem Witches by Arthur Miller . Staged by Vyacheslav Dolgachev . Set Designer Margarita Demyanova . Costume Designer Daria Kilochek. Composer Larisa Kazakova.
• 2014 - “Provincial Jokes” by Alexander Vampilov . Staged by Vyacheslav Dolgachev . Set Designer Margarita Demyanova . Costume Designer Daria Kilochek. Musical arrangement Larisa Kazakova.
• 2014 - “Waiting for Godot” by Samuel Becket . Staged by Vyacheslav Dolgachev . Set Designer Margarita Demyanova .
• 2015 - “Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” By Edward Albee . Staged by Vyacheslav Dolgachev . Set Designer Margarita Demyanova .
• 2015 - “A Month in the Village” by Ivan Turgenev . Staged by Vyacheslav Dolgachev . Set Designer Margarita Demyanova . Costume Designer Daria Kilochek. Composer Vadim Bibergan .
• 2016 - “Three bags of weed wheat” by Vladimir Tendryakov . Staged by Vyacheslav Dolgachev . Set Designer Margarita Demyanova . Composer Larisa Kazakova.
• 2016 - “ Visit of the old lady ” by Friedrich Durrenmatt . Staged by Vyacheslav Dolgachev . Set Designer Margarita Demyanova . Costume Designer Daria Kilochek. Musical arrangement Larisa Kazakova.
• 2017 - “ Anything, or 12 Nights, ” by William Shakespeare . Staged by Vyacheslav Dolgachev . Set Designer Margarita Demyanova . Composer Larisa Kazakova.
• 2017 - “ Forest ” by Alexander Ostrovsky . Production by Eugene Lantsov . Set Designer Anna Fedorova. Author's interpretation of music by P.I. Tchaikovsky Larisa Kazakova.

Workshop Scene

• 2008 - “Nastasya Filippovna” based on the novel “The Idiot” by Fyodor Dostoyevsky . Staged by Vyacheslav Dolgachev . Set Designer Margarita Demyanova . Costume Designer Natalia Zakurdaeva.
• 2008 - “12 short stories about love” by Anton Chekhov . Staged by Vyacheslav Dolgachev . Set Designer Margarita Demyanova .
• 2010 - "The Age of the Moon" by Sam Shepard . Staged by Vyacheslav Dolgachev . Set Designer Margarita Demyanova .
• 2010 - My Face. Yukio Mishima . Staged by Vyacheslav Dolgachev . Set Designer Margarita Demyanova .
• 2011 - “Rich Brides” by Alexander Ostrovsky . Staged by Vyacheslav Dolgachev . Set Designer Margarita Demyanova . Costume Designer Daria Kilochek.
• 2011 - The Miracle of St. Anthony by Maurice Meterlink. Production and set design by Vyacheslav Dolgachev . Costume Designer Daria Kilochek.
• 2012 - “Reading for those who are discouraged” by Maya Kucherskaya . Staged by Vyacheslav Dolgachev . Set Designer Margarita Demyanova .
• 2013 - “Don Juan” by Jean-Baptiste Moliere . Staged by Denis Khusniyarov. Set Designer Nikolay Slobodyanik. Costume Designer Maria Golovina.
• 2014 - “Brother Alyosha” by Victor Rozov . Staged by Tatyana Rozova . Set Designer Ekaterina Kuznetsova. Costume Designer Maria Kuznetsova.
• 2016 - “The Low Syllable of Love” based on contemporary poetry. The artistic director of the production is Vyacheslav Dolgachev . The author of the idea is Natalia Rassieva.

Performances for children

• 2001 - "Shreds in the back streets" by Gregory Oster . Staged by Alexei Serov . Scenography Evgeny Nikonorov. Costume Designer Natalia Zakurdaeva. Composer Larisa Kazakova.
• 2003 - The Persistent Tin Soldier by Hans Christian Andersen . The production of Vladimir Bogatyrev . Set Designer Andrei Tyupikin. Composer Rezo Chirinashvili.
• 2004 - “Sinbad the Sailor” by Valery Shulzhik and Yuri Fridman based on oriental tales. Staged by Vyacheslav Dolgachev . Set Designer Margarita Demyanova . Costume Designer Natalia Zakurdaeva. Composer Larisa Kazakova.
• 2007 - “Let's catch the sun” by Ivan Shmelyov . Staged by Narkas Iskandarova. Set Designer Maria Utrobina.
• 2011 - "White Poodle" by Alexander Kuprin . Staged by Vyacheslav Dolgachev . Set Designer Margarita Demyanova . Costume Designer Daria Kilochek. Composer Larisa Kazakova.
• 2014 - “All mice love cheese” by Alexei Spirin and Elena Ermakova based on the tales of Dula Urban. Staged by Vyacheslav Dolgachev . Set Designer Margarita Demyanova . Music by Larisa Kazakova.
• 2015 - “Tryam!” Hello! ” By Sergey Kozlov . Staged by Alexei Spirin. Set Designer Ekaterina Kuleshova. Costume Designer Daria Kilochek. Composer Larisa Kazakova.
• 2017 - “Morozko” by Alexei Spirin and Elena Ermakova based on the tale of Vladimir Odoevsky “Moroz Ivanovich”. Staged by Vyacheslav Dolgachev . Set Designer Margarita Demyanova . Composer Larisa Kazakova.

Prepare for production

• 2018 - “Anton Chekhov. Project ”(“ The Seagull ”,“ Uncle Vanya ”,“ Three Sisters ”,“ The Cherry Orchard ”by Anton Chekhov ). Staged by Vyacheslav Dolgachev . Artist Margarita Demyanova . Composer Vadim Bibergan .

• and address : Moscow , 129347, Prokhodchikov street , house 2.
• t phone : (499) 182-03-47 (ticket office)

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