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M.S. Schepkin Higher Theatre School (Institute)

Mikhail Shchepkin Higher Theatre School
M.S. Schepkin Higher Theatre School (Institute)
Location Moscow, Russia
55°45′38″N 37°37′16″E / 55.760419°N 37.621151°E / 55.760419; 37.621151
Website chepkin.maly.ru
schepkin.maly.ru/eng

The Mikhail Semyonovich Shchepkin Higher Theatre School (Institute) is a drama school associated with the State Academic Maly Theatre in Moscow. It was established in 1809 by Alexander I of Russia's decree.

Since 1938, the school was named after Mikhail Shchepkin - a prominent Russian actor and teacher colleges in the period from 1830 until his death in 1863. With the direct assistance of the Shchepkin School in 1863 received a building on Neglinnaya Street, where it remains to this day.

In 1943, the school received the status of a higher educational institution.

Rector of the school - Honored Artist of the Russian Federation, Professor Boris Nikolaevich Lyubimov.


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