Theater of Drama and Comedy Tiraspol. Theaters of Tiraspol

On August 14, 1969, an order was issued by the Minister of Culture of the MSSR on the appointment of N. S. Aronetskaya as the chief director of the Russian Drama Theater in Tiraspol. Thus, the opening of a new theater took place, with its own creative face, a diverse and bold repertoire, a beautiful, young and vibrant troupe. Professional and creative growth of young actors graduates of the Chisinau Institute of Arts. G. Muzichesku is closely associated with the name of this outstanding director. Having received the status of a theater-studio, the creative team formed its own face, acting on the principle of "teaching others - I learn myself." The school and traditions of the embodiment of stage images from the very beginning were based on the dramaturgy of Russian and foreign classics and the best works of contemporaries.

The theatrical poster included the names of authors of world classics. Performances based on plays by Sheridan, Eduardo de Filippo, Lope de Vega, Carlo Goldoni, Tirso de Molina, Molière, Andersen, A.N. Ostrovsky, A.P. Chekhov, M.M. Roshchin, A.V. Vampilov, I. S.Turgenev, I.Drutse, B.L.Vasiliev, A.N.Arbuzov, S.Ya.Marshak, E.L.Schwartz, A.T.Tvardovsky, V.M. per year, arousing the constant interest of the public.

But the first recognition came to the future actors of the Tiraspol theater back in 1969, when the participants of the graduation performance "About time and about myself" directed by N.S. in Leningrad. In the same year, another graduation performance "Innocent Speeches" based on A.P. Chekhov, directed by N. Aronetskaya, received the award of the Moldavian Theater Society. Later, these two performances, as well as the graduation performance “Let's get together” by A. Ostrovsky directed by Y. Doronchenko and his own performance “To be afraid of grief - not to see happiness” by S. Marshak, made up the first repertoire of the Tiraspol theater.

On March 27, 1970, the official opening of the theater took place with the play "The City at Dawn" by A. Arbuzov. The performance was highly appreciated by the audience and theater critics, and directors N. Aronetskaya and Y. Doronchenko, actors B. Aksyonov, O. Lachin, E. Myznikov, L. Rusnac were awarded prizes from the Moldavian Theater Society. The theater is gaining fame, deservedly and firmly takes its place among the best stage groups of the republic. According to many theater critics of that time, the productions of N. S. Aronetskaya are distinguished by innovation, deep and unexpected penetration into literary material, respect for the author, vivid theatricality and a well-coordinated ensemble of actors. "Outstanding director - teacher": her colleagues call her. Viewers of the older generation, as their most expensive theatrical meetings, remember the performances staged by the master. This is the play "Straw Hat" by E.Labish, where director N.Aronetskaya, actors B.Aksenov, L.Kolokhina, E.Myznikov and L.Sher were awarded prizes from the Ministry of Culture. These are the performances "Duenna" by R. Sheridan, for which the director N. Aronetskaya, actors I. Taran and B. Aksyonov received prizes from the Moldavian Theater Society and "Jokers" by A. N. Ostrovsky, where N. Aronetskaya and actor B. Aksyonov were also awarded prizes of the Moldavian Theater Society. This was the beginning of the recognition of the special style of the theater, which included high spirituality, poetry, and excellent scenography.

In 1974, the performance of N. Aronetskaya "Samodura" by K. Goldoni received a prize at the All-Union Review on working with creative youth. Then the play "The Traditions of the Old Ages" by A. S. Pushkin becomes the winner of the All-Union review of Pushkin's performances. And the performance “Illuminated by the Sun Are Thirsty” by L. Latyeva received the title of laureate of the Republican Theater Competition. On the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the victory in the Great Patriotic War, the play "Vasily Terkin" by A. Tvardovsky, director N. Aronetskaya, actors E. Tolstov, V. Sukhomlinov, A. Alekseev, M. Isaev, V. Uvarov, artist A. Zheludev were awarded silver medals named after A. Popov. And in 1977, the play "The Widow's House" by Z. Nalkowska, directed by N. Aronetskaya received a diploma from the All-Union Festival of Polish Drama.

In 1978, two performances at once were recognized by the Republican Festival "Farewell Waltz" by L. Tabukashvili and "Key" by V. Levashov. In subsequent years, the list of festivals and awards is multiplying, the number of performances with which the troupe travels to theater forums and tours is growing, expanding the scope of the theater space. These are the All-Union Festival "Dramaturgy of Czechoslovakia", the review of theatrical art of Moldova and Ukraine "Florar-88", the International Theater Festival "Ternopil Evenings", the International Theater Festival "Melpomene of Tavria" in Kherson. Periodically, the theater visits Chisinau, participating in the International Festival - Biennale named after E. Ionesco, in the festivals "Gala-Premiilor". The theater has participated in international theater festivals: "A Man Playing" Ukraine (Nikolaev), "Compatriots" Republic of Mordovia (Saransk), "Meetings in Russia" (St. Petersburg), the International Theater Festival "MOLDWEST-RAMPA. RU" (Kishinev). For many years the theater has toured and presented its art to the audience of such cities as Kiev, Kharkov, Ternopil, Chernivtsi, Odessa, Chisinau, Riga, Zhytomyr, Novorossiysk, Ivano-Frankivsk, Vitebsk, Bobruisk, Pinsk, Moscow, St. Petersburg, Krivoy Rog, Rovno, Kherson, Nikolaev, Baranovichi, Chernigov, Brest, Daugavpils, Lutsk, Gomel, Nizhny Novgorod, Kaluga, Tver, Vidin (Bulgaria), Tulcea (Romania). His performances were watched by more than 9 million spectators.

Leading critics and theater critics wrote about the theater and its performances in all-Union, republican and Russian periodicals. In 1982 it received the status of the Republican Theater of Drama and Comedy, in 1992 it came under the jurisdiction of the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic, and in June 2001 it became known as the State Theater of the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic with the name of the Honored Art Worker of the MSSR N. S. Aronetskaya. Despite the difficulties that fell in connection with the reconstruction and repair of the theater building, which coincided with the general economic decline and the political situation, the theater enriched its playbill with new authors - the audience saw performances based on the works of V. Alexandri, N. Gogol, A. Philip, M. Bulgakov , N. Erdman, M. Sebastian. The search for a new vision of Russian classics was continued and performances based on A. Pushkin and A. Chekhov were again created. By 2011, the theater staged about 250 performances based on plays by modern playwrights, as well as domestic and foreign classics.

The creative success of the team was awarded the medal "For Labor Valour", in 2006 the Pridnestrovian State Theater was awarded the honorary title "Honored Team of the PMR". In 1993, the performance "One Moment" by A. Philip received a diploma from the International Festival "Winter Avignon" in St. Petersburg. In 1995, the staging of the famous work by N. Gogol "Notes of a Madman" became the winner of the "Grand Prix" of the International Festival in the city of Tulcea (Romania). In 2010, at the IV Theater Festival of the International Black Sea Club "HOMO LUDEN", ​​I. Taran received the prize for the best male role "Golden Dolphin", and A. Ravlo-Doryanu received the prize "Best Supporting Actress" for participating in the play "Jourdain, Jourdain" M. Bulgakova The director of the theater, M. Kyrmyz (Honored Worker of Culture of the PMR), who has been heading the theater since 1999, received a special prize from the jury of this festival for high theatrical art.

A bright mark in the history of the theater was left by the founders of the theater, actors: B. Aksenov, E. Bogdanova, L. Gubareva, O. Lachin, L. Kolokhina, A. Levitsky, E. Myznikov, V. Nefedov, V. Pashkov, E. Rubinstein, L. Rusnak, V. Sukhomlinov, I. Taran, S. Toma, L. Sher, A. Sholosh. Actors of the second generation: A.Alekseev, L.Bayraktarova, A.Ravlo-Doryanu, E.Tolstov, V.Nagapetyan, M.Zabolotnaya, L.Karagodina, L.Kondyreva, N.Kyrnats, O.Prikhodko and others. For more than 40 years they have been faithful to one theater - Honored Artist of the MSSR, People's Artist of the PMR I. Taran, People's Artist of the PMR A. Ravlo-Doryanu, People's Artist of the PMR E. Tolstov, artist V. Nagapetyan. Honored artists of the PMR N. Volodina, T. Dikusar, A. Klimenko, V. Klimenko, I. Serikova and others have been working in the theater for more than 30 years.

The art of theater is a collective art. For more than one year, artists worked in it: A. Zheludev, A Kazak, L. Pirozhenko, I. Salov, V. Izotov, head. troupe V. Zembitskaya, head. the literary part of I. Reiderman, S. Belova, L. Snopkov. Directors M.M. Abramov (People's Artist of the Republic of North Ossetia-Alania), I.S. Petrovsky (Honored Artist of the TASSR), Y.S. Doronchenko (Honored Artist of Ukraine), E.V. Arts of the PMR), V.S. Mazhurin (Honored Artist of the Kazakh SSR), B.L. Martynov (Simferopol) and many others who made a significant contribution to the formation and development of the team.

Photo: Drama and Comedy Theater. Aronets

The Pridnestrovian State Theater of Drama and Comedy is one of the first Moldovan theaters. Its discovery took place in the 1930s. Initially, it was simply called the Studio Theatre, then the City Drama Theater and the Republican Drama Theatre. In 1992, it became the Pridnestrovian State Theater of Drama and Comedy, and in early 2001 it was named after Nadezhda Stepanovna Aronetskaya, an artist of the Moldavian SSR.

In 1990-2005, a major reconstruction of the theater building was carried out. Despite the difficulties associated with this period, the institution continued to actively release performances. In 2005, a large hall was opened here and in honor of this they staged the play Crazy Day, or The Marriage of Figaro.

Currently, the theater building impresses tourists and locals with its beauty and grandeur. At the entrance there are massive rectangular columns, behind which there is a huge semicircular balcony. The top of the facade is decorated with natural marble. Despite some baroque features, the whole building is made in the neoclassical style, so it has a strict and harmonious appearance.

It was named after the honored worker of arts of the Moldavian SSR, the founder of the theater, Nadezhda Stepanovna Aronetskaya.

Story

During the USSR

Outstanding masters of theatrical art of Moldova began their career on the stage of the new theater: actors - Konstantin Konstantinov, Ekaterina Kazimirova, Kirill Shtyrbul, Domnica Dorienko, Evgeny Kazimirov, Evgeny Diordiyev, Mifodiy Apostolov; heads of the musical part - Valery Polyakov, David Gershfeld; director Viktor Gerlak and others.

The grand opening of the new, technically equipped theater took place on June 25, 1936.

During the Great Patriotic War, the theater building was badly damaged. Only in 1963 it was completely restored and for five years served as a platform for various touring groups and all significant city events, architects I. L. Shmurun and D. I. Palatnik.

During Nadezhda Stepanovna Aronetskaya

A new milestone in the history of professional art in Transnistria and the birth of the theater begins in August 1969 and is associated with the name of the director and teacher Nadezhda Stepanovna Aronetskaya. Together with 17 graduates of the acting department of the Chisinau Institute of Arts, Nadezhda Stepanovna came to the Tiraspol Theater, becoming its first chief director.

The official opening of the theater took place on March 26, 1970 with the play "The City at Dawn" based on the play by A. Arbuzov. In the theater poster of the first season: the composition "About time and about myself"; staged stories by A.P. Chekhov, “Innocent Speeches”; “We will count our people” - A. Ostrovsky, the fairy tale “To be afraid of grief - not to see happiness” by S. Marshak. The performances of the young troupe left no one indifferent, evoked warm responses from the audience and professional critics. The theater formed an interesting repertoire that did not repeat anyone's poster. More and more often and more successfully the theater participates in international festivals, prestigious theater reviews and competitions.

Over the history of the theater, more than 30 performances have been awarded prestigious awards at various all-Union, republican and international theater competitions and festivals. Only in 1975, the play "Vasily Terkin" brought seven silver medals to them. A. Popova. The awards were given to director N. Aronetskaya, production designer A. Zheludev and five actors - E. Tolstov, V. Uvarov, M. Isaev, A. Alekseev, V. Sukhomlinov.

In subsequent years, the list of festivals is multiplying, the number of performances with which the troupe travels to theater forums is growing, expanding the scope of the theater space. These are the All-Union review of Pushkin's performances (“The Tradition of the Deep Antiquity”), the All-Union Festival of Polish Drama (“Widow's House”), the All-Union Festival of Czechoslovakia (“Before the Rooster Crows”), the International Festival “Winter Avignon” in St. Petersburg (“ About a moment”), the International Festival in Romania, Tulcea (“Notes of a Madman”), the review of theatrical art of Moldova and Ukraine “Florar-88” (“The Last Lover”), the International Theater Festival “Ternopil Evenings” (“Mozart and Solieri” ), International Theater Festival "Melpomene of Tavria", Kherson ("Nameless Star").

Periodically, the theater visits Chisinau, participating in the International Festival named after V. Alexandri (“The History of a Golden One”), in the International Festival-Biennale named after E. Ionesco (“Players”), in the festivals “Gala-Premiilor” in different years (“ Baikal quadrille", "Private collection of masks", "The game of love and chance", "Cat's house", "Kid and Carlson", "Jourdain, Jourdain!", "... in the "Hunting Hall").

Leading critics and theater critics wrote about the theater and its performances in republican and Russian periodicals (Young Communist, Theatre, Theater Life, Passion Boulevard, World of Beauty, etc.).

During the PMR

After the reconstruction of the theater, a lot of new things were done:

• in memory of the founder of the theater, N. S. Aronetskaya, on September 29, a memorial plaque to Nadezhda Stepanovna Aronetskaya was installed on the theater building;
• the first theater museum was opened (3rd floor);
• a photo gallery in memory of actors and theater workers who left an indelible mark on the history of the Pridnestrovian theater (foyer of the 2nd floor) was framed;
• an exhibition of works by the honored worker of arts of the PMR L. A. Pirozhenko, who served the theater for more than 25 years, was framed.
• an exhibition of works by the theater artist A.S. Kazaku (1st, 2nd floor of the main stairs) was framed.

Permanent troupe of actors

Today, actors serve in the theater who have been faithful to one theater for almost 45 years - these are the People's Artist of the Republic of Moldova, People's Artist of the PMR I. Taran, People's Artist of the PMR A. Ravlo-Doreanu, People's Artist of the PMR E. Tolstov, artist V. Nagapetyan. People's Artist of the PMR V. Klimenko, Honored Artists of the PMR N. Volodina, T. Dikusar, Honored Artist of the Republic of Moldova and the PMR I. Serikova, Honored Artist of the Republic of Moldova A. Klimenko have been working in the theater for more than 30 years.

The first troupe of the theater

Artists

A. Zheludev, A Kazak, L. Pirozhenko, I. Salov, V. Izotov, head. troupe V. Zembitskaya, head. the literary part of S. Belov, L. Snopkova and others, and now such masters as T. V. Sologor, L. V. Chernova, T. A. Salova, A. E. Demin, I. Z. Roitman continue to serve , L. T. Konovalova.

directors

Such well-known directors as the People's Artist of the Republic of North Ossetia M. M. Abramov (Minsk), I. S. Petrovsky (Honored Artist of the TASSR) V. S. Mazhurin (Honored Artist of the Kazakh SSR) B. L. Martynov ( Simferopol), A. V. Kuznetsov (Moscow), G. L. Vasiliev (St. Petersburg), Yu. P. Gorin (Moscow), T. V. Chibotaru (Kishinev) , V.A. Gunin (Honored Artist of Lithuania and Russia), B. Abdurazakov (Honored Art Worker of Tajikistan), E. Konstantinova (People’s Artist of the Republic of Moldova), V. Mikhelson (St. Petersburg) and many others who have made a significant contribution to the formation and development of the theater.

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Theater Square in the 2000s

Geography of tour routes

During its history, the theater has staged more than 200 performances based on plays by modern playwrights, as well as domestic and foreign classics. His performances were watched by more than 9 million spectators.

The theater visited the cities: Moscow, Chisinau, Odessa, Novorossiysk, Kerch, Lviv, Ternopil, Mariupol, Chernivtsi, Petersburg, Saransk, Krivoy Rog, Rivne, Kherson, Nikolaev, Zhytomyr, Ivano-Frankivsk, Kharkov, Novorossiysk, Pinsk, Baranovichi, Chernigov, Bobruisk, Brest, Riga, Daugavpils, Lutsk, Gomel, Vitebsk, Nizhny Novgorod, Kaluga, Tver, Vidin (Bulgaria), Tulcea (Romania), Tskhinval (South Ossetia) and many others.

Repertoire

Today there are performances on the playbill of the theatre, 14 of them are for children and youth. The repertoire consists of performances based on works of high artistic standard by P. Fedorov, V. Sollogub, A. Ostrovsky, M. Bulgakov, A. Kazantsev, P. Beaumarchais, J.-B. Moliere, A. Cunningham, K. Magnier, V. Gurkin, A. Mardan, V. Merezhko, S. Maugham, N. Ptushkina, L. Andreev, A. Mariengof, M. Bartenev,