On March 27, Gabriel Sundukyan National Academic Theater hosted the annual Artavazd Theater Awards, which was dedicated to the 90^th birth anniversary of renowned Armenian actor Edgar Elbakyan.

Winners of the 2017 Artavazd Theater Awards:

Best Actress: Julieta Stepanyan (“Eagle’s Nest”, Sundukyan National Academic Theater)

Best Actor: Tigran Nersisyan (“Pepo”, Sundukyan National Academic Theater)

Best Young Actress: Tatev Hovakimyan (“Talk to Me”, Puppet Theater)

Best Young Actor: Davit Sargsyan (“Talk to Me”, Puppet Theater)

Best Young Director: Lily Elbakyan (“Decameron”, Elbakyan Theater)

Best Screenplay: Karine Ohanyan (“Thumbelina”, Puppet Theater), Mary Sargsyan (“Pepo”/costumes/Sundukyan National Academic Theater)

Best Composer: Vahe Hayrapetyan (“Little Crispy Mouse”, Chamber Music Theater)

Best Play: no winner

Best Children’s Play: “Thumbelina” (Puppet Theater)

Best Plastic and Movement Play: “Hours of Vision” (Foundation for the Development of Dance)

Best Musical Performance: “Tosca” (Opera House)

Best Performance: “SHAKEspeare” (Small Theater)

Edgar Elbakyan Special Award

Greta Mejlumyan for role in “The Curtain Doesn’t Come Down” (Abelyan Theater in Vanadzor)

For dignified service to the performing arts:

Stepan Davtyan (Director of Sundukyan National Academic Theater)

Yuri Kostanyan (Yerevan State Pantomime Theater, Merited Artist of the Republic of Armenia)

Grisha Harutyunyan (Stage lighting at Sundukyan National Academic Theater)

Gold Medal of the Union of Theater Figures of Armenia

For services to the performing arts and on the occasion of the 65^th birth anniversary:

Rudolf Ghevondyan

Vigen Stepanyan

Harutyun Movsisyan

Diploma of the Union of Theater Figures of Armenia:

Movses Sargisian for role of Murad in the play “Manana” performed by Theater 8 Theater Company

Anush Hakobyan for role of Janna in the play “Joan D’Arc” performed by the Student Theater of Yerevan State Institute of Theater and Cinema

Source: armradio.am