Chuvash Drama Theatre
Republic of Chuvashia, 428032, Cheboksary, Red Square, 7
About the company:
The Chuvash Drama Theatre is the oldest in the republic. It was founded by I.S. Maximov-Koshkinsky in 1918. Initially, the group was called “Chuvash drama”. At the opening, a play on the folk drama of A. Ostrovsky was shown. The theatrical repertoire included plays by playwrights of Chuvashia, as well as translations of Russian classics, performances were staged in the national language.
In 1933, the theater was awarded the title of academic, and in 1959 it began to bear the name of K. Ivanov - national poet and outstanding classic of Chuvash literature.
Today plays of such foreign, Russian and Chuvash playwrights as B. Randone, D. Marott, J. Anui, A. Pushkin, A. Ostrovsky, V. Rozov, M. Roshchin, Tokmakov, S. Prokopyev, N. Sidorov, A. Larev, A. Chebanov, N. Ugarin, G. Medvedev and many others are staged here.
The building of the theater, built in 1961, is an architectural monument of Chuvashia. The author of his project is the architect A.Maximov. In 2002, after reconstruction, the building received modern equipment.