# Armen Elbakyan

Armen Elbakyan (Armenian: Արմեն Էլբակյան, born February 11, 1954) is an Armenian actor, director and producer.

## 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 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