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Slava Stepnov
director
A graduate of the Russian Academy of Dramatic Arts (GITIS) in Moscow, Mr.
Stepnov has been working for the theatre over 30 years as director and
playwright. Mr. Stepnov came to the United States in 1995 as a guest teacher and
director at the Actors Theatre of Louisville.
In 1997 Stepnov moved to New York City and founded the Steps Theatre Production
Company. Beginning with its very first production, the company has been working
with actors of different nationalities and theatre schools, producing plays in
English, Russian and Spanish.
Stepnov's directing credits include pieces by Chekhov, Shakespeare, Pirandello,
Byron, Pushkin, Cortazar, Vampilov, Albee, Singer and others. His productions
were presented to the audiences in US, Latin America, Eastern Europe, New
Zealand and Russia.
Production of "Cain" was selected by "OOBR Review" magazine as the best
production of November 2000 in New York City Slava's works were critically
acclaimed by Daily News, The Village Voice, OOBR Review Magazine, The Jewish
Week, Show Business Weekly, Noticias Del Mundo, El Comercio, Novoe Russkoe
Slovo, Metro, Forward, Dominion Post, Equity Magazine (Australia).
Slava is visiting professor of Britanico Theatre School (Lima, Peru), Wellington
School of Dramatic Art (Wellington, New Zealand) and Annual International
Theatre Workshop in NYC. He is the author of plays and essays about the practice
and the history of the theatre.
American critics have called Stepnov's style "movie-esque" and one of his
productions a "unique directorial gem". Russian critics referred to him as a
"genuine artistic whose choices in a process of searching for forms and
expressions are always surprising", and concluded that Stepnov might find
himself in the company of such masters as Barishnikov, Nuriev and Brodsky.
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