Mayia Pramatarova

Ph.D. in Theater and Drama, Russian Academy of Theater Arts (GITIS), 1990
American Correspondent for LIK Magazine (Bulgarian Telegraph Agency) and The Stage (Moscow)
Editor-in-Chief of the international theater Web site Post Scriptum (cofounded Fall 2008)
Visiting Professor, National Academy of Theatre and Film Arts, Sofia, Bulgaria
Center Associate, Davis Center

Contact Information
203-243-4016
mayia.pramatarova@gmail.com

Research Interests
Theater, art, literature in interdisciplinary comparison; theater description and reconstruction; cultural journalism.

Current Projects
International Cultural and Theater Multimedia Courses and Seminars (National Academy of Theatre and Film Arts; New Bulgarian University, Sofia; Chekhov Museum in Moscow; GITIS, Moscow; Emerson College, Boston, Carnegie Mellon School of Drama, Pittsburgh; L'Ecole Florent, Paris). Varpakhovsky theater dynasty from Meyerhold's troupe through GULAG to Moscow and Montreal (ASTR conference, Boston 2008).

Selected Publications
"The Varpakhovsky Theatre Dynasty: From Meyerhold's Troupe Through Stalin's Camp to Moscow and Montreal." Slavic and East European Performance. 2009, Vol. 29, No. 1, pp. 51-56.

"Alexander Morfov: Bulgarian Director on Russian Soil." Slavic and East European Performance. 2007, Vol. 27, No. 2, pp. 39-48.

Robert Sturua's 'Twelfth Night.' Et cetera Foundation. Sofia, 2007, 82 p.

"Bulgarian Theatre between Chekhov and Gorky." Russian Theatre Past and Present, 2002, Vol. 3, pp. 115-126.

Stoyan Kambarev. (co-author). Et cetera Foundation, Sofia, Bulgaria, 2000, 302 p.