DMITRI COEV, director, actor
Artist Emerit
Born in Cahul. In 1999, he graduated from the Academy of Music, Theater, and Fine Arts of the Republic of Moldova with a degree in Theater and Film Acting (course of Honored Artist of the Republic of Moldova Veaceslav Madan and People’s Artist of the Moldavian SSR Petru Baracci). He performed in productions at the Chekhov Theater while still a student. He was accepted to the troupe of the A.P. Chekhov State Russian Drama Theater in 1999. In 2013, he completed his master’s degree in Drama Theater Directing at the Academy of Music, Theater, and Fine Arts of the Republic of Moldova.
Member of the Union of Theater Workers of the Republic of Moldova. Since 2018, member of the Senate of the Union of Theater Workers of the Republic of Moldova.
Birthday: June 17
DIRECTOR’S WORKS AT THE CHEKHOV STATE DRAMA THEATRE
2008 – Dog / Valentin Krasnogorov
2010 – Alice in Wonderland / Lewis Carroll
2012 – Lysistrata: Women’s Revolt / Leonid Filatov
2013 – 38 Parrots / Grigory Oster
2016 – Walking in the Sky / based on the play “Harold and Maude” by Colin Higgins
2017 – Fools / Neil Simon
2017 – Primadonnas, or “Only girls in the theatre” / Ken Ludwig
2018 – One Night with Don Juan / Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt, Max Frisch
2019 – White Rabbit, or When Not Everyone is Home / Mary Chase
2020 – Cake for Napoleon / Jiri Hubac
2021 – Be careful! Ladies! / Alexander Korovkin
2022 – Women Without Borders / based on the play by Yuri Polyakov
ROLES IN THE REPERTOIRE OF THE CHEKHOV STATE DRAMA THEATRE
Rebbe – Memorial Prayer / Grigory Gorin
Bobby Franklin – The Overly Married Taxi Driver / Ray Cooney
Suzette’s Husband – Dinner French Style / Mark Camoletti
King – The Snow Queen / Evgeny Schwartz
Cannibal – The Wizard of the Emerald City / based on the story by Alexander Volkov
Donkey – The Bremen Town Musicians / based on the Brothers Grimm fairy tale
Duncan – Primadonnas, or “Only girls in the theatre” / Ken Ludwig
Ivan Romanovich Chebutykin – Chekhov’s Machinery / Matey Vishnek
Podkolesin – Marriage / Nikolai Gogol
Totoshka – The Wizard of the Emerald City / Alexander Volkov
Major Lebedev – Stop the Plane – I’m Getting Off! / Efraim Sevela
Antonio – You’re Worth the Money, Baby! / Eduardo de Filippo
Stepan – Chasing Two Hares / Mikhail Staritsky
Kilian – Santa Cruz / Max Frisch
Khobotov – Passion for Andrei / Anton Chekhov
Yasha – The Cherry Orchard / Anton Chekhov
Waiter – No. 13. Disorder / Ray Cooney
Bolik – Khalam Bundu, or Hostages of Love / Yuri Polyakov
Ikim – Nameless Star / Mikhail Sebastian
Luis – Dulcinea of Toboso / Alexander Volodin
Skalozub – Woe from Wit / Alexander Griboyedov
Marquis, Fabrizio – The Innkeeper of the “Source of Aphrodite” / Carlo Goldoni
Vladimir – Forever Alive / Viktor Rozov
Pantallone – Servant of Two Masters / Carlo Goldoni
Serpukhovskoy – Web of Lies. The Karenins / based on the novel by Leo Tolstoy
Osip – The Government Inspector / Nikolai Gogol
Ralph Austin – Free Love / Leonard Gersh
Duke of Cornwall – King Lear / William Shakespeare
Kuryatin – Strong Sensations / Anton Chekhov
The King of Hearts – Alice in Wonderland / Lewis Carroll
The Landlord – A Very Simple Story / Maria Lado
Bobynitsyn – Another Man’s Wife and the Husband Under the Bed / Fyodor Dostoevsky
Teterev – The Philistines / Maxim Gorky
TITLES AND AWARDS
2003 — Award of the Union of Theatre Workers of Moldova for the best children’s performance “SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS”
2014 — Medal of the Union of Theatre Workers of Moldova “VENIAMIN APOSTOL” for achievements in theatre development
2014 — Honorary Diploma from the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Moldova for activity and special contribution to the development of theatre arts on the occasion of the 80th anniversary of the founding of the A.P. Chekhov
2015 — Government Award and the title “HONORED ARTIST OF THE REPUBLIC OF RM”
2015 — “Best Plastique” — “38 PARROTS” at the international festival “ACASA LA “GUGUTA”, Chisinau, Moldova
2017 — “NELLI KAMENEVA” Award of the Union of Theatre Workers of Moldova
2018 — Member of the Senate of the UNION OF THEATRE WORKERS OF THE REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA
2019 — “NELLI KAMENEVA” Award of the Union of Theatre Workers of Moldova for the play “ONE NIGHT WITH DON JUAN”
2021 — “Best Comedy of the Festival” — “WHITE RABBIT, OR “WHEN NOT EVERYONE IS HOME” at the international festival “HOMO” LUDENS, Mykolaiv, Ukraine
2023 — Union of Theatre Workers of Moldova “ION UNGUREANU” Award
2024 — Union of Theatre Workers of Moldova “NADIEZHDA ARONETSKAYA” Award
2025 — Union of Theatre Workers of Moldova “DIONIS TANASOGLOU” Award