Albena Koleva

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Albena Koleva graduated from the National Academy for Theatre and Film Arts "Krastyo Sarafov" in 1989 in the class of Prof. Krikor Azaryan. She has worked at the Drama Theatre-Pleven, Drama Theatre-Slivn, Drama Theatre-Blagoevgrad, Drama Theatre-Pazardzhik, Theatre "Tear and Laughter", and the State Satirical Theatre "Aleko Konstantinov". Among her theatrical roles are Phebe in William Shakespeare's "As You Like It", Margery in William Wycherley's "The Country Wife", The Sweet Girl and The Young Lady in Arthur Schnitzler's "Reigen", Patricia in Arthur Miller's "The Last Yankee", Lyubov Ranevskaya in Anton Chekhov's "The Cherry Orchard", Mrs. Terziyska in Ivan Vazov's "Careerists", Lucrezia in "Characters" and Mozzarella in "Carnival" by Kamen Donev, Nadezhda in Vasili Sigarev's "Lie Detector", and others. Since 2010, she has been part of the troupe of the National Theatre "Ivan Vazov", where her roles include: Kvashnya in Maxim Gorky's "The Lower Depths", The Abbess in "Decameron" by Boccaccio, Matri Faye in Tracy Letts' "August: Osage County", Shirley Valentine in the eponymous monodrama by Willy Russell, directed by Todor Kolev, Margarita Ivanovna in Nikolai Erdman's "Life is Wonderful", Happiness in Maurice Maeterlinck's "The Blue Bird", Valkyrie in Angel Wagenstein's "Pentateuch Isaac", Albena in Alexander Morfov's "On the Edge", Toanet in Molière's "The Imaginary Invalid", and "Duel" based on Ivan Vazov, directed by Marius Kurkinski. She is the recipient of numerous awards, including the Award for Female Role at the Vratsa Festival of Chamber Forms 1994 for the role of Patricia in "The Last Yankee", the Award for Female Role at the Bitola International Monodrama Festival 2012 for the role of Shirley Valentine, and the "Golden Pen" for contribution to culture in 2010. This season on the stage of the National Theatre "Ivan Vazov", you can see Albena Koleva in the performances "Shirley Valentine", "Duel", and "Wonderful Week for Creve Coeur".