Elena Gremina became one of the ideologists and inspirers of a new direction in theatrical life, whose main priority was the desire to bring art closer to reality. As the founder of the "new drama", Gremina actively supported novice playwrights, passing on to them her experience and vision of contemporary art.
From the biography of Elena Anatolyevna Gremina
The future director, screenwriter and playwright was born in Moscow on November 20, 1956. Elena's father, Anatoly Grebnev, was a film playwright. He became, in particular, the author of the script for the film "Wild Dog Dingo." Elena's elder brother, Alexander Mindadze, worked in cinema, he became a famous director and screenwriter. Elena grew up in a creative atmosphere and from her youth dreamed of a career as a playwright. A girl from an early age joined the process of creating scripts and discussing theatrical events. Then she tried to write on her own.
Education Elena Anatolyevna received at the Gorky Literary Institute, graduating from the Department of Drama. Gremina was a member of the Union of Writers of Russia and the Union of Theater Workers of the country.
Creative activity
The first production work by Gremin was the play "Russian Eclipse" (1992), which was in the capital's Pushkin Theater. Over the years, plays by Elena Anatolyevna were staged at the Moscow Ermolova Theater, at the Stanislavsky Theater, at the Komissarzhevskaya Theater (St. Petersburg), at the venues in Saratov, Omsk, Krasnoyarsk, Novosibirsk and other Russian cities.
Significant success in Gremina’s work was the play “Behind the Mirror”, which told about Catherine the Second. The premiere of the performance took place in 1993 at the Moscow Art Theater. The main role in the play Gremina was played by the famous singer Galina Vishnevskaya.
In 2002, Elena Anatolyevna took part in the creation of the project "Documentary Theater". The result of the work was the founding in Russia of the first non-governmental and non-commercial theater venue, called Theater.doc.
More than once Gremina participated in the organization of the New Play, New Drama festivals, laboratories and seminars for beginners of playwrights, and drama contests. Elena Anatolyevna is one of the creators of a new theatrical direction, aimed at an accurate artistic reflection of current reality.
Gremina took part in the preparation of the scripts for the series “Petersburg Secrets”, “Thirty Years”, “Adjutants of Love”, “Love on the Area”.
