Samara Drama Theater: troupe, repertoire

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Samara Drama Theatre. Gorky has existed for more than a hundred years. His repertoire is rich, and every viewer will find something interesting for themselves. The theater building is very bright and beautiful. The name of Maxim Gorky was assigned not by chance. The Samara Theater was the first in Russia to stage performances based on the works of this playwright on its stage.

History of the theater

It is generally accepted that the Samara Drama Theater has existed since 1851. It was then that the first professional permanent troupe appeared in the city. The first season was opened by the comedy The Inspector General. In 1888, a stone building was built for the theater on the banks of the Volga River, where the troupe “lives” to this day. The author of the project was the architect M. Chichagov.

In 1901, the premiere of a new play "Foma Gordeev" based on the play by the then young writer Maxim Gorky took place on the stage of the Samara theater. Previously, his plays have not been staged anywhere. Since then, the plays of M. Gorky have been constantly performed not only on the stage of the drama theater of the city of Samara, but also on the theatervenues around the world.

In 1926, the Samara Academic Drama Theater became a state theater. The repertoire has changed. Most of the performances were based on plays by Soviet playwrights.

The thirties of the 20th century were difficult for the theater. Directors changed very often. The actors didn't stay long. Maxim Gorky died in 1936. Then the theater was named after him.

During the war, the repertoire was special. Plays were put on. Actors as part of concert teams performed in hospitals in front of wounded soldiers, and also performed the duties of nannies and wrote letters for the wounded to their loved ones. On Victory Day, the theater gave the play “So It Will Be.”

In the 60s the troupe toured Moscow. Samara Drama brought ten of its best productions to the capital. The tour lasted 35 days. The most successful of the ten was the play "Richard III". The audience and critics were delighted with the artistic design of the production, as well as the ingenious play of the lead actor N. Zasukhin, who showed great talent to find so many shades of black.

In the 70s, several performances of the Samara theater were awarded state prizes. The play "Old Fashioned Comedy" was shown repeatedly on the Central Television of the country. In 1977, the theater began to be called academic.

In the 90s, the American director D. Kaplan worked with the troupe. He staged the drama "Macbeth" by William Shakespeare. The actress of the Samara theater V. Ershova at the end of the 20th century became the winner of the national award "Golden Mask".

In 1998 Samarathe theater toured France for a month.

Our days

The Samara Drama Theater entered the 21st century with the comedy "Venetian Twins" based on the play by Carl Goldoni. The performance was staged by the Italian director P. Landi. Costumes and scenery were created by the Italian artist S. Minieko. Young actors of the Samara theater are involved in the play.

In 2001, the Samara theater organizes a festival in its city, where it takes part with the production of "Eccentrics".

In 2003, musicals appeared in the repertoire. The very first was the legendary play "The Sound of Music".

The Samara Drama Theater actively cooperates with directors and artists from St. Petersburg.

The productions of the troupe have repeatedly become laureates of various festivals. Many actors have awards for the best performance of roles.

Performances

The repertoire of the Samara Drama Theater is diverse: it includes performances based on both classical plays and works by contemporary authors. Viewers can see the following performances here:

• "The Shawshank Redemption";
• Don Juan;
• "13";
• "Barbarians";
• "Two loves of Anton Pavlovich";
• "Ladies` Night";
• "Scarlet Sails";
• Lady Macbeth;
• "Midsummer Night's SEX COMEDY";
• "Ladybugs return to earth";
• "Monsieur Amilcar, or The Man Who Pays";
• "Trouble from a tender heart";
• "There was a war tomorrow";
• "Eight Loving Women";
• "August. Osage County";
• "About mice and people";
• "Paper gramophone";
• "Our Kitchen";
• "Love letters";
• "Lie Detector";
• "Bullets Over Broadway";
• "Double bass";
• "Six dishes from one chicken";
• "Diva";
• "Fallen Leaves";
• "Pit";
• "While she was dying";
• "Testosterone";
• "Those who came";
• "Elder son";
• "Pannochka";
• "Jester Balakirev";
• "Man and gentleman".

Troup

The Samara Drama Theater is, first of all, talented artists. The troupe currently has 45 actors. Two of them have the title of "People's Artist of Russia". This is Zhanna Anatolyevna Nadezhdina (Romanenko) and Vladimir Vladimirovich Borisov.

Awarded the title of "Honored Artist of Russia" Valentin Viktorovich Ponomarev, Oleg Konstantinovich Belov, Elena Alexandrovna Lazareva, Vsevolod Mikhailovich Turchin, Vladimir Alexandrovich Galchenko, Ivan Ivanovich Morozov and Yuri Anatolyevich Mashkin.

How to get there

The Samara Drama Theater is located on Chapaev Square in the house number 1. You can get to it by several means of transport. Firstly, by trolleybuses No. 3 and No. 11. Secondly, by trams with numbers 3, 16, 18 and 20. And also by buses No. 24, No. 25, No. 34 and No. 61. You need to go to a stop called “Kuibyshev Square "".