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= The St. Petersburg Masterskaya Theatre = The St. Petersburg Masterskaya Theatre is a professional dramatic theatre founded in 2010 by the Acting and Directing class of Professor Grigory Kozlov at the St. Petersburg State Theatre Arts Academy (now the Russian State Institute of Performing Arts) upon the initiative of the theatre community of Moscow and St. Petersburg.

The Masterskaya lives and operates according to the principles of Russian psychological theatre, placing as much attention as possible upon the individual, their deeds and desires, believing unequivocally in people and in humanism. It is this that appeals to the Masterskaya's audience. The artists at the Masterskaya are no strangers to experimentation, be it dramaturgical, visual or conceptual, but even the most diverse productions, based on a wide range of material, are united in their genuine interest in human existence, in the human soul and individuality.

History
In 2010 the theatre community made a coordinated effort to conserve Grigory Mikhailovich Kozlov's graduating class at the St. Petersburg State Theatre Arts Academy. M. N. Barsegov, a proactive young manager, soon appeared and took the organizational duties upon himself. Before Kozlov's students graduated, a letter signed by many key figures in culture and the arts was submitted to the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg and the St. Petersburg Committee for Culture; in it, the authorities were asked to conserve Grigory Kozlov's class in its entirety and grant permission for them to open their own theatre.

At the Pecha Kucha festival M. N. Barsegov and M. Y. Dmitrievskaya presented a project for the future theatre and won the Audience Award, having garnered the most votes. By the time they received their degrees, Kozlov's students knew that they would have a theatre.

The Masterskaya celebrates its birthday on September 23rd, since on that day in 2010 the young actors took the stage for the first time not as students but as professional actors of their own theatre company (the show in question was The Elder Son by Alexander Vampilov, performed on the small stage of the Bolshoi Drama Theatre).

At first the permanent company of the theatre consisted of 24 actors, with a repertoire of 10 shows. The Masterskaya traveled around many of the city's stages for a little over a month before settling into its new home at 1 Narodnya Ulitsa, a building that once housed the Buff Theatre. Under the auspices of the Open Stage organization, which presided over the building, the still-independent theatre worked their for about a year.

The popularity of the Masterskaya's shows continued to grow, which led to a demand for a larger repertoire. As a result, new shows from the Academy's Theatre on Mokhovaya were transferred to the space, while older shows from Kozlov's previous intakes were revived (Our Avlabar, Penelope). Later, in 2012, the government of St. Petersburg conferred the entirety of the Open Stage's space to the Masterskaya, and it has been a state-subsidized theatre ever since.

2010 saw not only the founding of the theatre, but also the start of Kozlov's new intake of actors and directors at the Theatre Academy. Four years later, those students would go on to join the ranks of their elders at the Masterskaya.

The Masterskaya grew very quickly. Its workforce multiplied over time: along with the enlarged company of actors, other departments grew as well - sub-divisions of crew and an entire administrative wing were established. The theatre's repertoire grew larger and larger as a result, with many new directors and playwrights rounding it out, leading to a greater amount of touring and participation in festivals.

The theatre's main goal is to preserve the traditions of Russian psychological theatre. It aims to imbue audiences with a love for theatre, attracting spectators of different ages and professional backgrounds. The Masterskaya is, in a sense, conservative, but it experiments fearlessly in keeping with the times: over the last three years the theatre's repertoire has come to include experimental shows unlike what the Masterskaya previously had on offer, but they are not the theatre's priority, unlike its productions made in the vein of the Russian psychological school.

Artistic Director
The Masterskaya's Artistic Director is Grigory Mikhailovich Kozlov - director, professor at the Russian State Institute of Performing Arts, Honored Arts Worker of Russia and Laureate of the State Prize of the Russian Federation.

Directors

 * Galina Byzgu
 * Maxim Didenko
 * Dmitry Egorov
 * Maxim Fomin
 * Roman Gabria
 * Andrey Gavryushkin
 * Andrei Gorbaty
 * Ekaterina Gorokhovskaya
 * Evgeny Ibragimov
 * Alexander Kladko
 * Grigory Kozlov
 * Liudmila Manonina
 * Ricardo Marin-Vidal
 * Larisa Markina
 * Polina Nevedomskaya
 * Maria Romanova
 * Ivan Strelkin
 * Anna Zumer

Actors
Sergei Agafonov, Andrei Aladin, Sergei Alimpiev, Anna Arefyeva, Alyona Artyomova, Olga Afanaseva, Dmitri Belyakin, Maxim Blinov, Ilya Borisov, Yana Bushina, Galina Byzgu, Sergei Byzgu, Andrei Emelyanov, Gavril Fedotov, Maxim Fomin, Radik Galiullin, Andrei Gavryushkin, Andrei Gorbaty, Ekaterina Gorokhovskaya, Ivan Grigoriev, Konstantin Grishanov, Marina Damineva, Alla Danishevskaya, Andrei Didik, Sergei Intyakov, Sofya Karabulina, Olga Karateeva, Vladimir Karpov, Mikhail Kasapov, Fyodor Klimov, Igor Klychkov, Vladimir Kochurov, Nikolai Kuglyant, Kirill Kuznetsov, Vera Latysheva, Arina Lykova, Alexandra Mareeva, Alina Marfina, Ricardo Marin-Vidal, Anton Momot, Kseniya Morozova, Maria Myasnikova, Evgeni Perevalov, Maria Polikarpova, Polina Prikhodko, Eseniya Rayevskaya, Maria Russkikh, Arseny Semyonov, Polina Sidikhina, Maria Srogovich, Maxim Studenovsky, Robert Studenovsky, Ilya Shorokhov, Natalia Shulina, Evgeni Shumeiko, Vasili Shipitsyn, Irina Tsyplukhina, Maria Valeshnaya, Alexei Vedernikov, Polina Vorobyova, Georgi Voronin, Dmitri Zhitkov

And Quiet Flows the Don
Winner of the Audience Award at the XXIII Baltic House International Theatre Festival

Special Prize, Proryv Independent Theatre Awards

Winner of a special award at the annual St. Petersburg Zolotoi Sofit ceremony

Participated in the Golden Mask (Moscow), Proryv (St. Petersburg), Baltic House (St. Petersburg), MiniFest (Rostov-on-Don) and Zolotoi Vityaz Slavic Forum (Moscow) festivals

Grand-Prix at the V Zolotoi Vityaz Slavic Forum of Arts

Youth Prize of St. Petersburg for the Arts

At the Ark at Eight
Participated in the M1 Singapore Fringe Festival, IX Russiawide Children's Art Festival "Harlequin"

Toured Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia)

The Brothers Karamazov
Laureate of the St. Petersburg Teatral Audience Society award

Diploma of Gratitude from the Governor of St. Petersburg - Grigory Kozlov

Days of the Turbins
Laureate of the Voices of History International Theatre Festival (Vologda)

Dialogues on American Jazz
Laureate of MONOfest-2016 (Perm)

Participated in the SOLO festival (Moscow)

Dreams of Love, or The Marriage of Balzaminov
Best Young Actor at the XI M@rt.Kontakt International Theatre Forum - Maxim Studenovsky

Participated in the Petersburg Theatre Season international festival (Marseille and Tbilisi) and M@rt.Kontakt (Mogilev, Belarus)

The Elder Son
Winner of the Audience Award at the XXI Baltic House International Theatre Festival

Proryv Independent Theatre Award - Evgeni Shumeiko

Participated in the Future Theatres of Russia (Yaroslavl), Your Chance (Moscow), Real Theatre (Ekaterinburg), PoMost (Novokuibyshevsk), Molodoi Teatr (Petrozavodsk) and the Vampilov International Theatre Festival of Contemporary Plays (Irkutsk) festivals

Fando and Lis
Grand-Prix and Student Jury Award at the XVIII Istropolitana International Theatre Festival (Bratislava, Slovakia)

A Gentle Creature
Winner of the Best Actor Award at the Festival of Shows Based on Dostoyevsky’s Works (Staraya Russa)

Participant of the ArtOkraina Festival (St. Petersburg)

The Idiot. The Return
Winner of the Grand-Prix and Best Female Role (Alexandra Mareeva) at the XVI Christmas Parade Festival (St. Petersburg)

Winner of the Grand-Prix of the young jury at the M@rt.Kontakt Festival (Mogilev, Belarus)

Winner of the V. I. Strzhelchik Independent Acting Award

(Evgeni Perevalov, Evgeni Shumeiko and Maxim Studenovsky for the role of Prince Myshkin)

Participated in the Golden Mask off-program (Moscow), M@rt.Kontakt (Mogilev), Your Chance (Moscow), Real Theatre (Ekaterinburg), Tbilisi International (Tbilisi, Georgia) and St. Petersburg-Avignon festivals.

Ivan and the Devil
Participated in the Russiawide Pushkin Theatre Festival (Pskov)

Performed in the Golden Mask on the Street program of the Golden Mask Awards (Moscow)

Letter Book
Long-list of the Golden Mask awards (Moscow)

Participated in the XIII Russiawide Theatre Festival "Five Evenings"

Laureate of the St. Petersburg Teatral Audience Society award - Alexandra Mareeva

Live and Remember
Proryv Independent Theatre Award - Arina Lykova

Love and Lenin
Proryv Independent Theatre Award - Kseniya Morozova

Karlsson-on-the-Roof
Galina Byzgu and the acting duo of Andrei Emelyanov and Georgi Voronin were both awarded at the XXV Theatres of St. Petersburg for Children Festival

Participated in the Children's Weekend of the Golden Mask Festival (Moscow)

Moscow-Petushki
Proryv Independent Theatre Award - Evgeni Perevalov

The Musicians of Bremen
Participated in the Skazka Theatre Festival of Baltic Countries (Narva, Estonia)

Once Upon a Time in Elsinore. Hamlet
Participated in the Yerevan International Shakespeare Festival (Yerevan, Armenia)

Our Avlabar
Winner of the St. Petersburg Bronze Lion

Particpated in the IV International Theatre Island Festival (St. Petersburg)

Tartuffe
Laureate of the  St. Petersburg Teatral Audience Society award - Sergei Byzgu

Tom Sawyer
Participated in the Skazka Theatre Festival of Baltic Countries (Tallinn, Estonia)

"I Didn't See the War"
Youth Prize of St. Petersburg for the Arts - Fyodor Klimov

A Young Doctor's Notebook
Special prize of expert Council of the Higher Theatrical Award of St. Petersburg "Golden Soffit"

Grand Prix of the XI International Festival of Solo Performances "Monocle"

Proryv Independent Theatre Award

Laureate of the  St. Petersburg Teatral Audience Society award

Participated in the SOLO festival (Moscow)

Participated in the Russiawide Pushkin Theatre Festival (Pskov)

Nominated for three Golden Mask awards (Drama/Best Small Scale Production, Drama/Best Director - Grigory Kozlov, Drama/Best Actor - Maxim Blinov)

The Young Guard
Nominated for two Golden Mask awards (Drama/Best Supporting Actor - Maxim Fomin, Innovation/Best Production)

Participated in the Mask Plus off-program of the Golden Mask festival (Moscow)

Proryv Independent Theatre Award - Dmitri Egorov, Konstantin Grishanov