Visiting regional theaters of Kyrgyzstan.

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Chingiz Aitmatov.

Regional theaters of Kyrgyzstan.

Naryn Regional Music and Drama Theater named after Muratbek Ryskulov is located at an altitude of 2048 meters above sea level, is located in square of streets: Sagynbai Orazdak uuly, Shuller, Taranchy Mambetalieva and Lenin, along Lenin Street, 96a in city of Naryn. 
As of January 1, 1989, there were 8 folk theaters in the Naryn region, of which 7 theaters were at district and city cultural centers, and 1 theater was at the rural cultural center. The Atbashi People's Theater was awarded the title of People's Theater in 1976.
The team consisted of 9 people. Performances in the Atbashi People's Theater were staged by artists of the Naryn Music and Drama Theater named after M. Ryskulov.
In 1935, small theaters appeared in Kyrgyzstan at collective and state farms, which later became the basis for the creation of regional theaters. In 1939, after the Decade of Kyrgyz Literature and Art in Moscow, the theater groups of the Jumgal and Naryn districts were united, forming the Naryn Regional Drama Theater.
In 1941, the Issyk-Kul (Balykchy) Regional Drama Theater was abolished, and its troupe joined the Naryn Theater.
In 1949, all regional theaters ceased their activities, but in 1958 their work was resumed. During this period, the Tien Shan Regional Musical Theater was created.
In 1960, the Tien Shan Regional Musical and Drama Theater (now the Naryn Regional Academic Musical and Drama Theater named after Muratbek Ryskulov) announced a competition to recruit actors.
In 1967, the USSR celebrated the 50th anniversary of the Great October Socialist Revolution. The Naryn Musical and Drama Theater staged "Optimistic Tragedy" by Vsevolod Vishnevsky.
In 1970, the theater acquired the status of a musical and dramatic theater, and in 1977, on the 40th anniversary of the theater, it was named after Muratbek Ryskulov, an outstanding Kyrgyz theater and film actor, People's Artist of the USSR.
In October 2022, the Naryn Regional Academic Musical and Drama Theater named after Muratbek Ryskulov opened the new season with a performance dedicated to the anniversary of the famous compatriot, People's Artist of the Kyrgyz Republic Tamara Zhumakaeva.
In 2000, the Naryn Regional Musical and Drama Theater staged a play about Kurmanzhan Datka based on the eponymous work of the popular Kyrgyz writer Kairat Imanaliev.
In 2008, the Naryn Music and Drama Theater named after M. Ryskulov was given the status of an "academic theater." As of 2015, the theater employed 109 people, including administrative and managerial staff (4 people), creative staff (53 people), and technical staff (51 people).
The theater features such famous artists as People's Artist of the Kyrgyz Republic Damira Baratbaeva, Honored Artists Bermet Omurova, Burul Mamytova, and Asmatzhan Toktomusheva, as well as artists Akelen Kuskakov and Kenzhegul Mendebairov.
The theater's management is headed by Director Daniyar Shermatovich Ibraimov and Artistic Director, Honored Artist of the Kyrgyz Republic, Akelen Kuskakov.
The artist Koysun Karasartova (1922 - 2009), Kyrgyz and Soviet actress and singer, Honored Artist of the Kyrgyz SSR (1997), worked at the Naryn Musical and Drama Theater in different years. From the age of 14, Koysun Karasartova worked on the stage of the Naryn collective farm and state farm theater. From 1941 - 1951, 1951 - 1960 - actress of the Issyk-Kul Theater, 1961 - 1995 - actress of the Naryn Musical and Drama Theater.
In the Naryn Musical and Drama Theater, the actress Baken Kydykeeva (1923 - 1993) worked in different years. Baken Kadykeeva began her stage career in the Kyrgyz Youth Theater in 1936 in the city of Frunze (Bishkek). In 1941 - 1944 - actress of the Przhevalsky and Naryn regional theaters, since 1944 - actress of the Kyrgyz Academic Drama Theater.
She first came to the cinema at the age of thirty-five. Baken did not have teachers or professors, her artistic university was the stage, which she entered at the age of sixteen. Two decades of theater years behind her helped her to pass the test in cinema.
Her first role in the cinema was the main and title role at the same time: in 1955, the Mosfilm studio shot the film "Saltanat". She was a member of the Union of Cinematographers of the Kirghiz SSR. Honored Artist of the Kirghiz SSR (1947), People's Artist of the Kirghiz SSR (1956), People's Artist of the USSR (1970).
In the Naryn Musical and Drama Theater, the actress Aliman Dzhangorozova (1914 – 1993) worked in different years. From 1934 - an actress of the Kirghiz Drama Theater, in 1934 - 1937 she worked in the theater she organized in the city of Uzgen. Later she played on the stages of the Issyk-Kul (1937 - 1943), Naryn (1943 - 1946), Przhevalsky (1946 - 1962) drama theaters. In 1963 - 1972 - actress of the Naryn Musical and Drama Theater, in 1972 - 1975 - the Kyrgyz State Drama Theater.
In the theater, over 42 years of creative life, she played more than 160 different roles. In cinema - since 1961.
Geographical coordinates of Naryn Regional Musical and Drama Theater named after Muratbek Ryskulov: N41°25'43 E75°59'34

Authority and photos by:
https://www.kino-teatr.ru/teatr/acter/w/post/28489/bio/
Alexander Petrov.