Iva Karamancheva

About

Iva Karamancheva is an actress, theatrical choreographer, and lecturer in OST (Oral Speech Diction) and dance techniques at the Luben Groys Theatre School. She was born on August 17, 1980, in Sofia. She graduated from the Luben Groys Theatre School in the class of Prof. Tsvetana Maneva and Asst. Lydia Stefanova with a major in Acting for Dramatic Theater, and later from NATFIZ "Kr. Sarafov" with a major in Theater of Movement under Prof. Petia Tsvetkova. She holds a master's degree in Rhetoric from St. Kliment Ohridski University. Among her roles are: Mrs. Julie in "Miss Julie" by A. Strindberg (Geo Milev Drama Theater, Stara Zagora), Mila Dragodanova in "At the Foot of Vitosha" by P.K. Yavorov (Geo Milev Drama Theater, Stara Zagora), The Woman in "Nirvana" by K. Iliev (Montana Drama Theater), Jill Mason in "Equus" by P. Shaffer (Stara Zagora Drama Theater), Adela in "The House of Bernarda Alba" by F.G. Lorca (Stara Zagora Drama Theater), Masha in "The Seagull" by A.P. Chekhov (Stara Zagora Drama Theater), Katherine in "The Taming of the Shrew" by W. Shakespeare (Sofia Theater), Catherine in "The Memory of Water" (N. Binev Youth Theater), Marlene in "Dinner for Idiots" by F. Weber (Dupnitsa Regional Drama Theater), Martina in "Think Aloud" by Natalia Dukova (Tear and Laughter Theater), Obsessed from the Grave in "That Thing" (Sfumato Theater Group), Blackman Dobriya in "The Salesman of Miracles" based on G.G. Marquez (New Theater NDK), Kostanda in "Kalunya-Kalya" (Rhodope Drama Theater), and others. Since 2022, she has been part of the troupe of the Nikolai Haitov Regional Drama Theater. She has participated in over 25 radio theater productions for the Hristo Botev program of the Bulgarian National Radio. Since 2023, she has been a full-time lecturer in OST and dance techniques at the Luben Groys Theatre School.