The Theatre Art Studio is the youngest theatre in Moscow, it was established in 2005. The repertoire of the theatre is based on the rare, little known works by world classical authors. Ten of the twelve productions are based on prose.

Sergey Zhenovach is the artistic director of the theatre. His director’s work is distinguished by attention to the author’s words, an urge to penetrate into the author’s message and his perception of the world, and then to reproduce it with theatrical means of expression. Sergey Zhenovach tends to gather an ensemble of like-minded people. Working capability and a “family-like” production style are distinctive marks of his director’s style.

Among numerous accolades, the company’s productions have received 16 nominations for main russian National Theatre Award “The Golden Mask”, a prize they went on to win seven times. Several of the company’s productions have been presented in The Chekhov International Theatre Festival: The Boys and As you like it (2005), The Gamblers (2007), The Potudan River (2009) and Three Years (2010).

The Theatre Art Studio presented its productions in numerous Russian cities as well as in US, Poland, Korea, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia.

In March 2008 The Theatre Art Studio obtained a building of its own in Stanislavsky street. The building of the theatre can boast a unique history. In the 19-th century there used to be a gold thread factory famous all over Russia. The factory belonged to the Alexeev family, the very family where in 1863 Konstantin Sergeevich Alexeev was born, well-known in the world art as Stanislavsky. In 1904 Stanislavsky became the director of the factory and opened a theatre on its territory where were presented productions performed for workers. The theatre building, preserved and renovated, became a home for the Theatre Art Studio.