Armen Elbakyan

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 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