Margarita Macheva

About

MARGARITA MACHEVA was born on October 9, 1990, in Pleven. In 2013, she graduated with a degree in "Directing for Dramatic Theater" from NATFIZ "Krastyo Sarafov" in the class of Prof. Plamen Markov. Her debut production was "Blood Wedding" by Federico G. Lorca at the Ivan Radoev Drama and Puppet Theater – Pleven. In 2017, she completed a master's degree in "Theatrical Art," again at NATFIZ "Krastyo Sarafov." In 2016, she became a director with the troupe of the Nikola Vaptsarov Drama Theater and staged her first production on the Blagoevgrad stage – "Vampire" by Anton Strashimirov. From 2018 to the present, she has been the director of the Nikola Vaptsarov Drama Theater – Blagoevgrad. Her productions at the Nikola Vaptsarov Drama Theater include: "Vampire" by Anton Strashimirov (2016); "At the Foot of Vitosha" by Peyo Yavorov (2017); "Princess Turandot" by Carlo Gozzi (2018); "The Flying Princess" based on George MacDonald (2019); "A Christmas Carol" based on Charles Dickens (2019); "Vanity Fair" based on William Thackeray (2020); "Postscript" – a performance based on non-theatrical texts (2021); "Cinderella" based on Charles Perrault (2021). Her productions outside the theater include: "Blood Wedding" by Federico G. Lorca (Ivan Radoev Drama and Puppet Theater – Pleven, 2013); "Without a Dowry" by Alexander N. Ostrovsky (Sava Ognyanov Drama Theater – Rousse, 2014); "Wonderful Family" based on Alan Ayckbourn (Ivan Radoev Drama and Puppet Theater – Pleven, 2015); "Mother" based on the play "Vassa Zheleznova" by Maxim Gorky (Drama Theater – Plovdiv, 2016); "Life in Three Versions" by Yasmina Reza (Vasil Drumev Drama and Puppet Theater – Shumen, 2018); "The Lady of the Camellias" based on Alexandre Dumas fils (Stoyan Bachevarov Drama Theater – Varna, 2022); "Elizabeth or The Virgin Queen" by Christian Simeon (Drama Theater – Plovdiv, 2024); "The Comedy of Errors" by William Shakespeare (Sofia Theater, 2024), and others. ______ Holder of a certificate for contribution to the development of Bulgarian culture from the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Bulgaria; Recognized in the Forbes Bulgaria Young Managers ranking – "30 Under 30"; Recipient of the "Personality of the Year" award in the "Culture" category by the Blagoevgrad Municipality (2020); Nominated for IKAR 2017 in the "Debut" category for the direction of "Mother" based on Maxim Gorky (Drama Theater – Plovdiv).