Armen Elbakyan

Armen Elbakyan
Born	February 11, 1954 Yerevan, Armenia
Nationality	Armenian
Citizenship	Armenian
Education	Yerevan State Academy of Art
Occupation	Actor, director and producer
Years active	1973–present
Home town	Yerevan, Armenia
Spouse(s)	Anna Elbakyan (m. 1981)
Children	2
Parent(s)	Edgar Elbakyan

Armen Elbakyan (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
• Since 2000 – Artistic Director - Generel Manager of the Yerevan State Marionettes Theatre
• Since 2012 – Head of Directing the Armenian State Pedagogical University Abovyan

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 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 the Republic 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

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