Ivan Vyrypaev (Writing)

Ivan Aleksandrovich Vyrypaev (Russian: Ива́н Алекса́ндрович Вырыпа́ев; born 3 August, 1974; Irkutsk) is a Russian playwright, screenwriter, film/theater director and actor, who works in Russia and Poland. He is a leading figure in the Russian New Drama movement. He is best known for his plays "Oxygen" ("Kislorod") and "Delhi Dance", which have won numerous awards in both theater and film. Father — Alexander Nikolayevich Vyrypaev, a teacher at Irkutsk Pedagogical College No. 1, was awarded the memorial medal "Patriot of Russia". Mother — Vera Timofeevna Vyrypaeva, had a higher trade education, tragically died. In 1995, Ivan graduated from the Irkutsk theater school, after which he worked as an actor of the Magadan Theater for one season, then for two seasons as an actor of the drama and Comedy Theater in Kamchatka. In 1998, he founded the "Space of Play" theater studio in Irkutsk. In the same year, Ivan became a student...Read More