• New York Times Critic’s Picks for State vs. Natasha Banina – 2020
  • New York Times Critic’s Pick for chekhovOS /an experimental game/  – 2021
  • Boston Globe Critic’s Pick for WITNESS – 2021 
  • Broadway World Boston Awards: Best Directon of a Stream for WITNESS – 2021
  • The Boston Globe Top 10 Theater Productions of 2021
    • chekhovOS /an experimental game/
  • This Week in New York Pandemic Awards – 2021
    • Best Immersive Historical Drama for WITNESS
    • Best Use of Live Chat in a Play for chekhovOS / an experimental game/

38th Annual Elliot Norton Awards – 2020

4 Elliot Norton Awards From 10 Nominations!
Outstanding Production, “The Stone” – WINNER
Outstanding Production, “The Seagull”
Outstanding Direction, Igor Golyak, “The Stone” – WINNER
Outstanding Direction, Igor Golyak, “The Seagull”
Outstanding Actress, Darya Denisova, “The Stone” – WINNER
Outstanding Actress, Anne Gottlieb, “The Seagull”
Outstanding Ensemble, “The Stone”
Outstanding Ensemble, “The Seagull”
Outstanding Design, “The Stone”
Outstanding Design, “The Seagull” – WINNER

36th Annual Elliot Norton Awards – 2018

Outstanding Design, Midsize, Small or Fringe Theater
A Dead Man’s Diary: A Theatrical Novel (Arlekin Players Theatre) Stage design by Nikolay Simonov, lighting by Stephen Petrelli, sound by Jakov Jakoulov, video by Svetlana Vakhutinsky and Aleksey Shemyatovsky


US Representative at 3 international theatre festivals with “Natasha’s Dream” – 2016

United Solo – Off-broadway professional theatre festival in NY.
Moscow Solo – International theatre festival in Moscow, Russia.  Shared the stage with Robert Wilson and Romeo Castelucci.
HighFest – International Theatre Festival in Yerevan, Armenia.


US Representative at the International Festival of Theatre – 2013

Endorsed to represent the USA at Mondial du Théâtre (International Theatre Festival) in Monaco in 2013.


Guest Production at the Moscow Art Theatre School – 2012

Invited by Dr. Anatoly Smeliansky, the leading Russian theater writer, scholar, and critic, to bring The Guest to present at the Moscow Art Theatre School in 2012.


Massachusetts State Theatre Festival EMACT – 2012

Best Actor — Igor Golyak
Special Adjudicator’s Award for Notable Theatrical Risk Taking — Arlekin Players Theatre
Special Adjudicator’s Award for Outstanding Performance — Gene Ravvin
Best Sound — Mike McTeague, Vadim Khrapatchev


New England Regional Theatre Festival – 2010

Best Production — The Bear
Best Director — Igor Golyak
Best Actress — Alana Kumalagova
Best Actor — Gene Ravvin
Best Ensemble — Arlekin Players
Best Adaptation — Arlekin Players


Massachusetts State Theatre Festival EMACT – 2010

Best Production — The Bear
Best Director — Igor Golyak
Best Actress — Alana Kumalagova
Best Actor — Gene Ravvin
Best Supporting Actor — Igor Golyak
Special Adjudicators — Arlekin Studio Players


Michael Chekhov International Theatre Festival – 2010

Best Director — Igor Golyak
Best Actress — Alana Kumalagova