Welcome dear visitor!

         We’re not in an equal position at the moment – you see me and I don’t. But I hope that we’ll meet once in a real space and will have a chance to sense and better understand each other. Meanwhile, thank you for your visit and please make yourself comfortable…

    Naturally almost everything on this site is devoted to theater. All my life is – or at least was untill now – organized around theater, but even in a virtual space I’d prefer to be a man with particularities and not just a professional figure.

    So I decided to dedicate my home-page to people who are the pillars of my life and my world. Since it is a “home” page it should allow me to behave as if at home. All other parts of this site, of course, are devoted to my craft: to what has been done and what’s in progress.

    To begin – a few images of people who are very precious to me. I'm not going to talk much about them. Simply it’s my great pleasure and honor that they were and always will stay with me…

Short bio and credits:  

      Mr. Liptsin studied theater at Russian Academy of Theatre Arts (GITIS) in Moscow with Anatoly Vasiliev and Mikhail Butkevich.  He worked as an actor and assistant director at renowned Moscow State Theatre “School of Dramatic Arts” (Theatre de l’Europe) under artistic direction of Anatoly Vasiliev. For 3 years Oleg performed in a worldwide known production “Six Characters In Search Of An Author” by Pirandello.

      In 1989 Oleg established one of the first independent theatre ensembles in Ukraine – TheaterClub/Kiev – which became a leading experimental and avant-garde theatre-laboratory in the country. 
      TheaterClub/Kiev has created its own acting method based on Russian improvisational tradition developed by Mikhail Chekhov and Eugenie Vakhtangov and revised in our times by Mikhail Butkevich. While practicing and exploring modern acting techniques, TheaterClub/Kiev has produced more than 20 shows and experimental theatre projects that were presented not only in Ukraine but also in Austria, Poland, Canada, Russia, USA and Spain. Such productions as “Antigone” by Sophocles, “Me” by Khvylovy, “Ulysses” by Joyce, “The Old Woman” by Gogol and Kharms – directed by Mr. Liptsin were distinguished with various theatrical awards and presented at numerous international festivals.

      In early 90^th Oleg has started his directing and teaching career in Europe and other parts of the world. In 1991 – a short-term residence in Schaubuhne (West Berlin) while Luke Bondy was directing “The Winter’s Tale” by Shakespeare. In 1993 – experimental theatre/installation project “Kusma” based on Andrej Platonov in frames of art festival in Upper Austria. In 1993-94 – teaching at the “Konrad Wolf” Film and TV Institute in Potsdam/Babelsberg, Germany. Later – a production based on Joyce’s “Ulysses” for International Festival “Kontakt” in Poland. In 1995 – teaching at the National School of Drama in Delhi, India.  From 1995 Oleg Liptsin began working in USA and later – in Canada, from 2003 - in Paris.
      Awarded a National Award for Experimental Work in Theatre by the Theatre Union of Ukraine, won the “Best Director” award and 4 nominations for “Best Director” and “Best Actor” in Ukraine, participated in more than 30 international festivals.

      Currently Mr. Liptsin works as director and professor of drama in different parts of the world.  He established and conducted the post-graduate educational program in stage directing at National University of Theatre, Film and TV in Kiev, teaches acting at Slavic University in Moscow and at Shelton Theater School in San Francisco, manages the InternationalTheaterEnsemble – recently established experimental international theatrical network.

In 2010 Oleg prepared a 2 volume edition of theoretical writings by his late teacher Michael Butkevich - "Towards the Theatre As a Game" (published by GITIS Publishing House in Moscow, 2011).  In June 2010 he finalized his doctoral research that explores the usage of Theatre As A Game methodology in modern theatrical education and received the Ph.D. in Art History (Theatre Arts).  Mr. Liptsin serves as an adviser to the President of GITIS on the issues of international development.  

      Oleg Liptsin’s most recent directing credits include: "The Nose" and "The Overcoat" by N.Gogol, "Three Sisters" by A.Chekhov, "Outcry" by T.Williams, "A Propos Of The Wet Snow (notes from the underground)" by F.Dostoevsky, “The Gamblers” by N.Gogol at PODOL Theatre in Kiev, “Happy Days” by S.Beckett – ITE production in San Francisco and Berkeley.

Currently Oleg is working on Beckett's ENDGAME in San Francisco and preparing with Rafael Levchin the adaptation of Bruno Schulz' short stories for the Les Kurbas Theater in Lviv.