Yuri Yeremin (director of Three Farces
and a Funeral and Ivanov;
acting/directing instructor in the Institute
for Advanced Theatre Training) is one Russia's leading directors and master
teachers of acting and directing. As Artistic Director of the Central Soviet Army
Theatre (1981-1987) and current Artistic Director of Moscow Pushkin Theatre (since
1987), he has directed a number of productions, including The Idiot and
The Possessed by Dostoevsky, The Old Man by Gorky, Ward No. 6
by Chekhov, The Inspector General by Gogol, Madame Bovary by Flaubert,
and Paper Nickelodeon by Chervinsky. His production of Ward No. 6
has toured extensively all through Europe, the United States, and Canada and was
a part of the New York International Theatre Festival. Mr. Yeremin has directed
and lectured throughout Europe and the United States (where he directed at the
Hartford Stage Company and participated
in the O'Neill Theatre Center Program in Waterford, Connecticut). His 1997 production
of Shelter (based on Gorky's Lower Depths) at the American Studio
of the Moscow Art Theatre was regarded
among the best productions of the season. He is the recipient of several high
awards for artistic excellence, including Russian and French decorations and the
title of People's Artist of Russia.
Read an interview with Yuri Yeremin coinciding with Ivanov.
Artists Offstage | Institute Faculty
American Repertory Theatre