Honored Art Worker of Armenia, actor and theatre director Vigen Stepanyan dies
Armenian actor and director, Honored Art Worker of the Republic of Armenia, Vigen Stepanyan has died, Theatre Workers Union of Armenia reported on Monday.
Stepanyan was born in Yerevan in 1952. In 1988-1992, he graduated from the Yerevan State Institute of Theatre and Cinematography. In 1989, Stepanyan set up "Ardzaganq" theatre-studio which was later renamed to "Metro" theatre. Vigen Stepanyan served as the director and the artistic director at "Metro" theatre till 1994. In 1993-2003, he worked in Lebanon. From 2014, served as stage director at the Armenian National Academic Theatre of Opera and Ballet named after Alexander Spendiaryan.
Vigen Stepanyan has played more than 100 roles in different theaters, directed 43 theatrical performances in different countries and starred in 50 films.