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Read the articles below to obtain some rich context around the New Russian Drama and playwrights that populate the Russian stages today.  For further information on how to contact any playwrights or read their plays, contact John Freedman at jfreed@online.ru.
View Article  Young Guns, Playwrights draw a bead on the new Russia

Young Guns, Playwrights draw a bead on the new Russia

BY JOHN FREEDMAN

Published in American Theater, July/August 2004

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View Article  Daring New Plays Find an Eager Russian Audience

Daring New Plays Find an Eager Russian Audience

By JOHN FREEDMAN

Published in the New York Times, June 10, 2001...   more »

View Article  Third Annual New Drama Festival
Third Annual New Drama Festival By John Freedman Published in The Moscow Times, October 2004 It is just three years old, but it bites, fights, bullies, sins    more »
View Article  The Royal Court Seminar on Playwriting
The Royal Court Seminar on Playwriting By John Freedman Published in The Moscow Times, July 1999 Young directors, writers and actors from Russia and England will gather in Moscow    more »
View Article  The First New Drama Festival in Moscow

The First New Drama festival in Moscow

By John Freedman

Two articles published in The Moscow Times, May/June 2002

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View Article  Profile of Viktor Korkiya

Profile of Viktor Korkiya

By John Freedman

Published in The Moscow Times, September 2001

 

Viktor Korkiya laughs when asked ...   more »

View Article  Profile of Maxim Kurochkin

Profile of Maxim Kurochkin

By John Freedman

Published in The Moscow Times, June 2002

 

The numbers, when it comes ...   more »

View Article  Overview of recent plays 2003-2004
Overview of recent plays in the 2003-2004 Moscow Season By John Freedman Published in The Moscow Times, July 2004 In Danila Privalov’s debut play 5-25 at Teatr.doc a young man who has just committed suicide suddenly finds himself situated between God and the Devil    more »
View Article  New Russian Playwriting 2003

New Russian Playwriting as of Summer 2003

By John Freedman

Published in The Moscow Times, July 2003

 

The list ...   more »

View Article  New Russian Playwriting 1999

New Russian Playwriting as of Summer 1999

By John Freedman

Published in The Moscow Times, July 1999

 

I recently ...   more »

View Article  New Russian Playwriting 1998

New Russian Playwriting as of Summer 1998

By John Freedman

Published in The Moscow Times, July 1998

 

One step ...   more »

View Article  A Preview of Kitchen
A preview of Kitchen by Maxim Kurochkin, 814 Theatrical Association By John Freedman Published in The Moscow Times, November 2000 Maxim Kurochkin hops on stage and grabs an 8-foot spear leaning against an imitation stone castle wall    more »
View Article  Russian Theatre Critic and Translator John Freedman and new Russian Drama

For an in-depth interview with critic and  translator John Freedman, check out the following link:
www.sras.org/news2.phtml?m=253