Alexander Y. Popov
Mr. Popov holds MFA in theatre history and criticism from the Russian Academy of Theatre Arts (GITIS). In his freshman year at GITIS, he started his association with Oleg Tabakov and became a dramaturg of the Tabakov Studio in Moscow. After a two-year internship at the MXAT under Anatoly Smeliansky, he returned to the Tabakov Studio Theatre as the Executive & Literary Director. He continued his management training as an intern at the Royal National Theatre in London (1989) and at the A. R. T. (1991). In 1990-91 Mr. Popov co-produced The Acting Company/Tabakov Theatre touring exchange in 1990-91. He served as Russian coordinator for the Institute of International Education Theatre Management Internship program, and as Project Director of the United States Information Agency/Soros Foundation Arts in Russia project. Mr. Popov taught drama history at Carnegie Mellon University from 1993 to 1997, where he was also Program Manager for the Graduate Acting Program. In 1997-2000 he was Administrative Director of the A. R. T. /MXAT Institute for Advanced Theatre Training at Harvard. In 2000 he was appointed the General Manager of the Chekhov Moscow Art Theatre and moved back to Moscow. His translation credits include Ostrovsky's Diary of a Scoundrel, Robert Brustein?s Nobody Dies on Friday, and Copenhagen by Michael Frayn (recently produced at the Moscow Art Theatre).
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