Claim: Since 1977, Efim Shifrin started to play in his stage studio of Moscow State University including performances Good-buy, Boys!, The Night After Release, and Duck Hunting and in 1979  became prize winner of the 1st Moscow Contest of Stage Actors.
Evidence: Since 1977 he started to play in his stage studio of Moscow State University. Among Efim's theatre works of that time there are the performances «Good-buy, Boys!», «The Night After Release», «Duck Hunting». In 1979 Efim Shifrin became prize winner of the 1st Moscow Contest of Stage Actors.