18 September 2001
Riga Academic Russian Drama Theater wins grand prix at theater festival in Brest

 The Riga Academic Russian Drama Theater won the grand prix at the 6th International Theater Festival "Belaya Vezha" in Brest for its production of Moliere's play "The Schemings of Scapin" in staging by
Gennady Trostenetsky.
The best puppetry award went to the Brest Puppet Theater for "Golden Snuffbox" directed by Dmitry Nuyanzin. Russian actor Aleksandr Rezalin, who played the part of Mefistofele in Moscow-based Moon Theater's "Old New Faust," received the best drama actor award went.
Katarzyna Wenglicka from the Polish Theater in Poznan won the best dramatic actress award and Belarusian actress Svetlana Zelenkovskaya from the National Academic Yanka Kupala Theater got the best debut prize. Theaters from Armenia, Belarus, Germany, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Turkey, Ukraine and the United States showed 14 dramatic and 12 puppet plays during the festival from September 11 to 15. The event was organized by the Belarusian Ministry of Culture, the Brest Regional Executive Committee, the
Belarusian Association of Theater Workers, the Belarusian сenter "UNIMA" and the Belarusian State Television and Radio Company.