Ivan Vyrypaev
Ivan Aleksandrovich Vyrypaev (Iwan Wyrypajew; born August 3, 1974) is a playwright and director, as well as an honorary doctor and professor at the University of the Peloponnese in Greece. He is a leading figure in the New Drama movement. Founder and general producer of the private Polish foundation WEDA PROJECT. Artistic Director and General Producer of the foundation for creative and spiritual development "Teal House" in Warsaw.
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Ivan Vyrypaev

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- Born
- 1974. · Irkutsk.
- Nationality
- Russia, Poland and Soviet Union.
- Occupation
- actor, screenwriter, playwright and director.
- Fields
- drama, theatre, acting and film.
- Movements
- New Drama.
- Education
- Irkutsk drama school and Boris Shchukin Theatre Institute.
- Honours
- Nika Award, Kinotavr, Venice Film Festival and Paszport Polityki.
- Languages
- Russian.
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Ivan Aleksandrovich Vyrypaev (Iwan Wyrypajew; born August 3, 1974) is a playwright and director, as well as an honorary doctor and professor at the University of the Peloponnese in Greece. He is a leading figure in the New Drama movement. Founder and general producer of the private Polish foundation WEDA PROJECT. Artistic Director and General Producer of the foundation for creative and spiritual development "Teal House" in Warsaw.
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Ivan Vyrypaev (born 1974) is an actor, director and film director, among other activities, of Polish and Russian nationality. The actor was born in Irkutsk.
Ivan Vyrypaev was educated at Boris Shchukin Theatre Institute and Irkutsk drama school. The actor worked for Drama and Comedy Theatre of Petropavlovsk-Kamtchatsky, Irkutsk drama school and Moscow Art Theatre School, among others. Activity centred on acting, drama and film. The actor is associated with New Drama.
Languages used include Russian. Honours include Kinotavr, Nika Award and Paszport Polityki, among others.
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Biography
Winner of numerous literary, theatrical and film awards, including the Venice Film Festival, Stuckemarkt International Contemporary Drama Festival, Warsaw Film Festival, Rome Film Festival and many others. Ivan Vyrypayev's plays have been staged all over the world, from South Korea to the USA in more than 250 theaters. In 2019 Vyrypaev entered the top 10 most prominent playwrights of the world. He is also known as a film director, his film Euphoria got into the main competition of the Venice Film Festival and received the award of the "youth jury" "small golden lion" for the best film. Since 2014 he has been living and working permanently in Poland together with his wife, prominent Polish actress Karolina Gruszka. Vyrypaev is known for his uncompromising stance on non-collaboration with the Russian state formulated after the Russian full-scale invasion of Ukraine, which he denounced in the strongest of terms; his decision to donate all proceedings from the staging of his theatrical work in Russia to Ukraine has led to a comprehensive ban and a criminal case. Ivan Vyrypayev was arrested in absentia and sentenced in absentia to 8 years in prison for spreading false information about the Russian army (Article 207.3 of the Russian Criminal Code). On July 3, 2026, he was awarded an honorary doctorate and professorship by the University of the Peloponnese in Greece.
Ivan Vyrypaev studied at Irkutsk drama school and Boris Shchukin Theatre Institute. The recorded working language is Russian. The field of work recorded is drama, theatre and acting. Employment is recorded with Drama and Comedy Theatre of Petropavlovsk-Kamtchatsky, Irkutsk drama school and Praktika Theatre. Distinctions recorded are Nika Award, Kinotavr, Venice Film Festival and Paszport Polityki.
In 1995, Ivan graduated from the Irkutsk Theater School, after graduation he worked for one season as an actor in the Magadan Theater, then for two seasons as an actor in the Drama and Comedy Theater in Kamchatka. In 1998, founded the theater-studio "Space of the Game" in Irkutsk. In the same year, Ivan became a student at the Higher Theater School named after Shchukin, studying at the departments of "Drama Theater Director". In 1999–2001, Vyrypaev taught acting skills at the Irkutsk Theater School, on the course of Vyacheslav Kokorin. In 2005, he created the Kislorod Movement agency for creative projects in the field of cinema, theater and literature. In 2006-2013 — Art Producer of the Moscow Praktika theatre. 2013-2016 — Artistic Director of the Praktika Theater. In 2020-2021 — General Producer of the Okko Theater project, where he was producing and filming performances for shows presented at the Okko online platform. He taught at GITIS, the Moscow Art Theater Studio School, and the Warsaw Academy of Theater Arts. Productions based on Vyrypayev's plays have been staged in Poland, Bulgaria, Great Britain, Hungary, Germany, Canada, Latvia, Lithuania, USA, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, France, Czech Republic, and Estonia. Before Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, 35 Ukrainian theaters were performing Ivan Vyrypayev's plays. Vyrypayev's texts have been translated into more than 30 languages and are publicly available on the writer's official website. Since 2014 Vyrypayev has been living in Poland together with his wife, prominent Polish actress Karolina Gruszka. In May 2022, he announced that he renounced his Russian citizenship and received Polish citizenship. On 17 May 2023 the Basmanny District Court of Moscow arrested Vyrypaev in absentia on the charges of "spreading fake news" about the Russian army. He was sentenced in absentia to 8 years in prison. In summer 2023 Vyrypayev and Gruszka presented their non-profit project Teal House in Warsaw. The philosophy and methodology of the project is based on the fact that the full, integral development of all people occurs simultaneously on three levels: physical level, mental and intellectual level, spiritual level (energy, knowledge). Therefore, all activities and all projects such as art, education, and spiritual practices necessarily consist of the three basic levels mentioned above. On July 3, 2026, during an official ceremony, he was awarded an honorary doctorate and professorship by the University of the Peloponnese in Greece for his outstanding contributions to contemporary theater and playwriting.
Family
Family
• First wife — actress Svetlana Ivanova-Sergeyeva. Son Gennady (born 1994). • Second wife (2003–2007) — actress Polina Agureeva. Son Peter (born October 26, 2004). • The third wife is the Polish actress Karolina Gruszka. Daughter (born 2012).
Actor
Actor
• 2002 — Killer's Diary as Ivan Azovsky • 2006 — Bunker, or Underground Scientists as Guidon • 2006 — Boomer. The Second Film as a bum in a cafe • 2015 — Salvation as photographer
Screenplays
Screenplays
• 2002 — Money • 2006 — Boomer. The second film • 2006 — Bunker, or Scientists Underground • 2006 — Euphoria • 2007 — Antonina Turned Back • 2007 — The Best Time of the Year • 2009 — Oxygen • 2009 — Short circuit • 2010 — Pure light • 2012 — Delhi Dance • 2015 — Salvation • 2020 — UFO • 2020 — Entertainment • 2021 — World of beautiful butterflies • 2021 — Research Study. New Constructive Ethics
Producer
Producer
• 2020 — UFO • 2020 — Entertainment • 2021 — World of beautiful butterflies
Theatre director
Theatre director
• Yu (original title, Irkutsk) • Dreams (Irkutsk, Moscow) • Macbeth (Irkutsk) • The City Where I Am (Irkutsk) • To Explain (Moscow Theatre School of Dramatic Art) • Delhi Dance (National Theatre, Warsaw) • July (National Theatre, Warsaw) • Comedy (Praktika Theatre) • Illusions (Praktika Theatre) • Illusions (Stary Teatr, Kraków) • Unbearably long embraces (Praktika Theatre) • Illusions (Stary Teatr, Kraków) • Marriage (Studio Theatre, Warsaw) • Interview S-FBP 4408 (Bolshaya Dmitrovka, Moscow) • Illusiones (El Pavón Teatro Kamikaze, Madrid). Directed by Miguel del Arco with Marta Etura, Daniel Grao, Alejandro Jato and Verónica Ronda. • Boris Godunov (Bolshoi Theatre, Poznan) • Diary of Zherebtsova Polina (Museum of the Uprising, Warsaw) • Uncle Vanya (Polish Theater named after Arnold Shifman, Warsaw) • 2019 — Disquet (Bolshoi Drama Theater named after G. A. Tovstonogov, Saint Petersburg) • 2021 — 1.8 M (New Theatre, Warsaw) • 2023 — Drunks (Lithuanian National Drama Theatre, Vilnius)
Plays
Plays
• 1999 — Dreams • 2000 — The City Where I Am • 2001 — Valentine's Day • 2001 — Karaoke box • 2002 — Oxygen • 2004 — Being No.2 • 2006 — July • 2008 — To Explain • 2010 — Delhi Dance • 2010 — Comedy • 2011 — Illusions • 2011 — DREAMWORKS • 2012 — Summer bees sting in November, too • 2012 — Drunks • 2012 — UFO • 2013 — Shugar • 2014 — What I learned from the snake • 2014 — Unbearably long embraces • 2015 — Line of the sun • 2016 — Interview S-FBP 4408 • 2017 — Iranian Conference • 2018 — Nancy • 2019 — Disquiet • 2020 — Entertainment • 2021 — Research Study. New Constructive Ethics • 2021 — World of beautiful butterflies • 2023 — Cherry Man
Film director
• 2006 — Euphoria • 2009 — Oxygen • 2009 — Feel (movie almanac "Short Circuit") • 2012 — Delhi Dance • 2015 — Salvation • 2020 — Entertainment • 2020 — UFO • 2021 — World of beautiful butterflies • 2021 — Research Study. New Constructive Ethics
Primary material
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scholarly publication
- Ivan Vyrypaev and Natalia Vorozhbyt, Contemporary European Playwrights, 2020
Scholarly · Crossref registry · 2020
- Postdramatic Rap in the Theater and Cinema of Ivan Vyrypaev, From Metaphor to Direct Speech, 2025
Scholarly · Crossref registry · 2025
- Vyrypaev, Ivan: Das dramatische Werk, Kindlers Literatur Lexikon (KLL), 2020
Scholarly · Crossref registry · 2020
reference work
- Wikidata, structured authority record Q3156207: Ivan Vyrypaev
Reputable secondary · Wikimedia Foundation
- “Ivan Vyrypaev”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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- VIAF cluster 74982652 for Ivan Vyrypaev, aggregating national library name authorities.
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- 1.Иван Александрович Вырыпаев
- 2.Weygandt, Susanna. Revisiting skaz in Ivan Vyrypaev's cinema and theatre: rhythms and sounds of postdramatic rap. Studies in Russian and Soviet Cinema. 12. 3. 195–214. 2018-09-02. 1750-3132.
- 3.O nas – Weda.
- 4.Teal House.
- 5.Venice Film Festival (2006). IMDb.
- 6.A Conversation with Ivan Vyrypaev, Polish-Russian Dramatist. Russian Flagship Program.
- 7.Warsaw International Film Festival (2023). IMDb.
- 8.Rome Film Fest (2013). IMDb.
- 9.Vyrypaev, Ivan. About Plays by Ivan Vyrypaev. vyrypaev.com. 2023.
- 10.David. The court convicted director Ivan Vyrypaev for fake news about the army - News Unrolled. newsunrolled.com.
- 11.Επικηρυγμένος από το ρωσικό κράτος, αλλά ελεύθερος στην τέχνη του: Ο κορυφαίος Ιβάν Βιριπάεφ τιμάται στην Ελλάδα. Athinorama.gr. 2026-07-01.
- 12.Vyrypaev, Ivan. Plays Plays by Ivan Vyrypaev. vyrypaev.com. 2022.
- 13.Iwan Wyrypajew został obywatelem RP
- 14.Ukrainian film producer arrested in absentia in Russia over "fake news" about army. Ukrainska Pravda. 17 May 2023.
- 15.Teal House — About us. Teal House.
- 16.Επικηρυγμένος από το ρωσικό κράτος, αλλά ελεύθερος στην τέχνη του: Ο κορυφαίος Ιβάν Βιριπάεφ τιμάται στην Ελλάδα. Athinorama.gr. 2026-07-01.
- 17.1.8 M - Nowy Teatr. nowyteatr.org.
- 18.Iwan Wyrypajew. GIRTI - Lithuanian National Drama Theatre. www.teatras.lt.
- 19.Vyrypaev, Ivan. Oxygen Plays Plays by Ivan Vyrypaev. vyrypaev.com. 2002.
- 20.Vyrypaev, Ivan. July Plays Plays by Ivan Vyrypaev. vyrypaev.com. 2006.
- 21.Vyrypaev, Ivan. Illusions Plays Plays by Ivan Vyrypaev. vyrypaev.com. 2011.
- 22.Vyrypaev, Ivan. Summer bees sting in November, too Plays Plays by Ivan Vyrypaev. vyrypaev.com. 2012.
- 23.Vyrypaev, Ivan. Drunks Plays Plays by Ivan Vyrypaev. vyrypaev.com. 2012.
- 24.Vyrypaev, Ivan. UFO Plays Plays by Ivan Vyrypaev. vyrypaev.com. 2012.
- 25.Vyrypaev, Ivan. Iranian conference Plays Plays by Ivan Vyrypaev. vyrypaev.com. 2017.
- 26.Vyrypaev, Ivan. Disquiet Plays Plays by Ivan Vyrypaev. vyrypaev.com. 2018.
- 27.Vyrypaev, Ivan. New Constructive Ethics. Research Study Plays Plays by Ivan Vyrypaev. vyrypaev.com. 2021.
- 28.World premiere Prague, The Estates Theatre, 25 October 2023
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