Sundukyan State Academic Theatre

Sundukyan State Academic Theatre
The main entrance to the Sundukyan State Academic Theatre
Location within Armenia
General information
Type	Theatre
Location	Yerevan,  Armenia
Country	Armenia
Coordinates	40°10′24.20″N 44°30′26.33″E / 40.1733889°N 44.5073139°E / 40.1733889; 44.5073139
Completed	February 25, 1922 (1922-02-25)

The Gabriel Sundukyan State Academic Theatre (Armenian: Գաբրիել Սունդուկյանի անվան ազգային ակադեմիական թատրոն), founded on February 25, 1922 in Yerevan, is the oldest modern theatre in Armenia.^[1]

Well-known actors and directors such as Vardan Ajemian, Valentin Podpomogov [Wikidata], Vahram Papazian, Hrachia Ghaplanyan, Hrachia Nersisyan, Hasmik, Avet Avetisian, Varduhi Varderesyan, Arus Voskanian, and Edgar Elbakyan were the stars of the theater's group. They performed both national and foreign plays, such as Sundukyan's Testament, Muratsan's Rouzan, Shant's Ancient Gods, Camus's Caligula, Brecht's Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui, Chekhov's Cherry Orchard, O'Neill's Desire Under the Elms, Werfel's Forty Days of Musa Dagh, etc.

People's Artist of Armenia Armen Elbakyan is the Artistic Director of Sundukyan Theatre.^[1][2][3]

The theatre is named after Gabriel Sundukian, who founded the Armenian school of realistic drama.

• Yerevan National Academic Theater after Sundukyan
• Theatre at Armeniapedia
• map

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