Armen Elbakyan

Armen Elbakyan (Արմեն Էլբակյան, born February 11, 1954) is an Armenian actor, director and producer.

Career

 * In 1974, graduated from the Acting Department of Yerevan Theatre Institute
 * In 1981, graduated from the Directing Department of Yerevan Theatre Institute
 * In the years 1975-1982 – actor for the Sundukyan State Academic Theatre of Yerevan
 * 1982-1988 – director of the Sundukyan State Academic Theatre of Yerevan
 * 1988–1994 years – the artistic director of the Paronyan Musical Comedy Theatre of Yerevan
 * From 1989 –2012 years – Yerevan Theatre Institute
 * 1994 – Founder of the Drama and Comedy Theater after Edgar Elbakyan
 * 2000-2015 – Artistic Director - General Manager of the Yerevan State Marionettes Theatre
 * Since 2012 – Head of Directing the Armenian State Pedagogical University Abovyan
 * Since 2015 – Artistic Director of the Sundukyan State Academic Theatre of Yerevan

Director

 * "The Owner" by Hrant Matevosyan
 * "The Forty Days of Musa Dagh" by Franz Werfel
 * "The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui" by Bertolt Brecht
 * "Play Strindberg", "Physics" by Friedrich Dürrenmatt
 * "Don Quixote" by Miguel de Cervantes
 * "The Zoo Story" by Edward Albee
 * "Desire Under the Elms" by Eugene O'Neill
 * "The Glass Menagerie", "Suddenly, Last Summer" by Tennessee Williams
 * "Christmas at the Cupiello's" by Eduardo De Filippo
 * "The Dragon" by Eugene Schwartz
 * "Trees Die Standing" by Alejandro Casona
 * "White elephants" by Ernest Hemingway
 * " Mean ","George Dandin, or the Abashed Husband" by Molière
 * "Macbeth" by William Shakespeare
 * "Premiere" by L. Roseba
 * "Oh, these doors" by M. Fermo
 * "Proposal" by Anton Chekhov
 * "Dear Elena", "Garden without land" by Lyudmila Razumovskaya
 * "The Dawns Here Are Quiet" by Boris Vasilyev
 * "Hanuma" by Avksenty Tsagareli
 * "Cavemen", "Would You Dance with Me" "You walk into the world", "Play  Saroyan" by William Saroyan
 * "Ruined Family" by Gabriel Sundukyan
 * "Eastern Dentist", "Honorable Beggars", "Brother Baghdasar" by Hakob Paronyan
 * "Belated Bird" by Anna and Armen Elbakyan
 * "And paused a moment ..." by Edgar Elbakyan Jr.
 * "Nazar the Brave", "King Chah-chah", "The Unlucky Panos" by Hovhannes Tumanyan
 * "Meeting mice" by Atabek Khnkoyan

Actor

 * Rostom – "The Owner" by Hrant Matevosyan
 * Joe – "Would You Dance with Me" by William Saroyan
 * Kurt – "Play Strindberg" by Friedrich Dürrenmatt
 * Mebius – "Physics" by Friedrich Dürrenmatt
 * Chatsky – "Woe from Wit" by Griboyedov
 * Man – "Belated Bird" by Anna and Armen Elbakyan
 * Jerry – "Two in the Zoo" by E. Albee
 * Georges – "Mystery Castle Entauz" by A. Christie
 * Garcia – "Behind Closed Doors" by Sartre
 * Georges – "Taxi" by J. Renard
 * Mercutio – "Romeo and Juliet" by William Shakespeare
 * Jester – "King John" William Shakespeare
 * Antonio – "Cylinder" by E. De Filippo
 * Francois – "Oh, these doors" by M. Fermo
 * Sergeant rubbed – "Mousetrap" by A. Christie
 * Evdokimov – "104 pages about love" by E. Radzinsky
 * Nikita – "Cruel Intentions" by Arbuzov
 * Sasha – "Natasha" by Arbuzov
 * Dudley Bostwick – "Time of Your Life" by William Saroyan
 * Simon – "Land of Nairi" Charents
 * Crazy Mozi, Osep – "Busted home" by Gabriel Sundukyan
 * And so on – "New deoginez" by Gabriel Sundukyan
 * Nico – "Eastern Dentist" by Paronyan
 * Sacco – "Brave Nazar" by D. Demirchyan
 * A. Zarabyan – "Hatsavan" by N. Zarian

Awards

 * 1988 – Winner of the Union festival play  Dear Elena"
 * 1993 – Prize Vakhtangov for the best works - "Dear Elena," "Garden without land" L. Razumovskaya
 * 2002 – Armenian NationalAward "Artavazd" - The Best Performance "Busted home" G. Sundukyan
 * 2003 – Honored Art Worker of Armenia
 * 2006 – Armenian NationalAward "Artavazd" -The BestPerformance  "Man of La Mancha" M. Cervantes
 * 2008 – International TheatreFestival «ARCUSFEST» Hungary - Best Actor
 * 2008 – Armenian NationalAward "Artavazd" - Best Actor
 * 2010 – Award Festival. A. Ayvazyan in the "Best Actor", "American adzhabsandal"
 * 2010 – Was awarded the title of Professor