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   The Novosibirsk City Drama Theatre under the direction of Sergei Afanasyev has already performed the play "Jokes in the Backwoods" based on the play by Igor Murenko 845 times. On April 10 this year, the 846th performance will be performed. There are 50 performances left to reach Alexander Ovechkin's record!

Igor Murenko

Member of the Guild of Playwrights of Russia, plays were staged and performed in Russia, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Belarus, Lithuania, Bulgaria and France.

The play "Jokes in the wilderness" has been staged in 119 theaters in Russia, Lithuania and the CIS countries (as of 2025). Performances based on this play have won festivals in Uzbekistan (Tashkent), Kazakhstan (Ust-Kamenogorsk), Bulgaria (Vratsa), France (Nancy);

and also:

in Moscow, Saint Petersburg, Novosibirsk, Irkutsk, Perm, Kirov, Samara, Tver, Yoshkar-Ola, Ulyanovsk, Murmansk, Barnaul, Omsk, Tomsk, Syzran, Tobolsk, Khanty-Mansiysk, Pskov, Tyumen, Kurgan, Komsomolsk-on-Amur, Kostroma, Kerch.

In May 2025, it will be 29 years since the work on the play "Jokes in the Wilderness" was completed

During this time, the play has been staged in the following 119 theaters:

1. Novosibirsk City Drama Theater under the direction of Sergei Afanasyev (premiere on December 25, 1996 - the history of staging this play begins with this theater).

2. Murmansk Regional Drama Theater (1998).

3. Syzran Drama Theater named after A. N. Tolstoy (2000)

4. Theater of the Northern Fleet, Murmansk (2010)

5. Michurinsky Drama Theater.

6. Tver Academic Drama Theater, 2006.

7. Moscow State Regional Youth Theater, 2007.

8. Tobolsk Drama Theater named after Ershov.

9. Shadrinsk Drama Theater.

10. Rybinsk Drama Theater.

11. Serov Drama Theater named after A. Chekhov.

12. Tchaikovsky Drama and Comedy Theater.

13. Syktyvkar Academic Drama Theater named after V. Savin.

14. Altai Regional Drama Theater named after V. Shukshin, 1999.

15. Biysk Drama Theater.

16. Achinsk Drama Theater.

17. Komsomolsk-on-Amur Drama Theater.

18. State Academic Russian Theater of Uzbekistan, Tashkent.

19. East Kazakhstan Regional Drama Theater named after Zhambyl (Ust-Kamenogorsk), 2012.

20. Kotlas Drama Theater.

21. Russian Drama Theater named after M. Gorky, Nalchik.

22. Bratsk Drama Theater.

23. Drama Theater named after M. Ulyanova, Tara, Omsk Region, 2014.

24. Kirov Regional Drama Theater named after S. Kirov.

25. Ulyanovsk Drama Theater named after I. Goncharov.

26. State Russian Drama Theatre, Republic of Mordovia, Saransk.

27. Bugulma State Drama Theatre named after A. Batalov.

28. Balakovo Drama Theatre named after E. Lebedev.

29. Russian Republican Drama Theatre named after M. Lermontov, Abakan, Khakassia.

30. Ozersk Drama Theatre "Our House", Chelyabinsk Region.

31. Cheremkhovo Drama Theatre named after V. Gurkin, Irkutsk Region.

32. Belogorsk People's Theatre named after A. Ulasovets.

33. Ob'yachevsky People's Theatre, Komi Republic (In St. Petersburg, at the 2nd All-Russian Festival-Competition of Amateur Theatres "Nevskie Teatralnye Vstrechi - 2016", the play "JOKES IN THE DEEP GROUND" by the Ob'yachevsky People's Theatre named after G.D. Gorchakov won the Grand Prix and the Audience Award).

34. Theatre Studio "Evening School" of the town of Plast, Chelyabinsk Region.

35. People's Theatre of the town of Gus-Khrustalny.

36. Lithuania, the town of Birzai, the Theatre named after Boris Dauguvitis.

37. Gorky People's Theatre of the city of Omsk (Grand Prix of the 14th Lyubinsky Festival of Amateur Theatres (Omsk) in the nomination "Best Performance").

38. Theatre Studio "Deficit", the town of Beloretsk, Bashkiria.

39. Stepnotugaevsky Rural House of Culture Theatre, Chuvashia.

40. Versiya People's Theatre, Yugorsk-2 (Grand Prix of the Khanty-Mansiysk Okrug Theatre Festival).

41. T-Vid Theatre, Vidnoye, Moscow Region (winner of the 20th International Theatre Festival in Bulgaria (Vratsa) in the Best Dramatic Performance category. Plus a special jury prize "For preserving the school of K.S. Stanislavsky").

42. Dar Osinsky People's Theatre, Perm Region.

43. Krug People's Theatre, Andropovsky District, Stavropol Territory.

44. Tashla People's Theatre, Tashla District, Orenburg Region, Tashla Village.

45. Sandovsky District Leisure Centre People's Theatre, Tver Region.

46. V. Pikalova, the district center of Kolpashevo, Tomsk region, 1998.

47. Mamontovsky People's Theater, Altai Territory.

48. People's Theater "Vzglyad" of the Insarsky District of the Republic of Mordovia.

49. Theater "Masterskaya Margarity".

50. Novorzhevsky People's Theater, 2005, April 1, Novorzhev, Pskov Region.

51. People's Theater "Maski" of the Kuedinsky House of Culture, Perm Territory, 2010, December.

52. People's Theater of the Palace of Culture of Railway Workers of the Buy Station, Buy, Kostroma Region (in January 2018, it won the International Festival-Competition "Admiralty Star" in Kostroma).

53. Shemurshinsky People's Theater of the village of Staraya Shemursha, Chuvashia, January 2018.

54. People's Theater of Bogorodsky District, Kirov Region, 1998.

55. People's Theater "Obraz" of the city of Krasnokamensk, Krasnoyarsk Territory, 2011.

56. People's Theater of Pestrechensky District, Tatarstan.

57. People's Theater "Bliki" of Uvinsky District, Udmurt Republic, 2011.

58. People's Theater named after V. Pikalov of the district center of Kolpashevo, Tomsk Region (second production, victory at the regional festival in May 2016 in Tomsk).

59. Zavitinsky People's Theater, Zavitinsk, Amur Region.

60. People's Theater of the village of Nizhny Ufaley, Chelyabinsk Region, 2016.

61. Book Theater "About Reading" of the Severny District of the Novosibirsk Region, 2017.

62. People's Theater of the village of Zhitnikovskoye, Kurgan Region, March 27, 2017.

63. People's Theater "16-40", August, 2013.

64. Theater Studio "ART and Cool" of the Novosibirsk Pedagogical College No. 2, December 2013.

65. People's Theater of the Cultural Center "Obukhovo", Noginsk District of the Moscow Region, workers' settlement of Obukhovo.

66. People's Theater "Wake Up and Sing", Kirovsk, Murmansk Region, April 29, 2018.

67. People's Theater "Provincials" of the Gerasimovsky Rural House of Culture, Ilek District, Orenburg Region. On the stage of the Ural RDC on April 12, 2018.

68. Velamen People's Theater, Aleksandrovskoye village, Tomsk region, December 3, 2017.

69. Kurgan State Drama Theater (33rd professional theater). Premiere on December 21, 22, 23, 2018.

70. Grotesque People's Theater, Gubkinsky urban district, Belgorod region, December 16, 2018.

71. Klepikovsky People's Theater, Spas-Klepiki village (where Sergei Yesenin studied), Ryazan region, February 24, 2019.

72. Sovremennik People's Theater, Chukhloma District House of Culture, Kostroma region, February 14, 2019.

73. Rybinsk SDK MBUK "Cultural and Information Center" of Kamensky District of Altai Krai, theater group "Maski", February 2019.

74. Amateur theater "Zerkalo" of the Oktyabrsky rural DK named after P. Zuev, Sverdlovsk Region, March 2019.

75. People's Theater of Novotroitsk, Orenburg Region, March 29, 2019.

76. Dobrinsky People's Theater of Dobrinsky District, Lipetsk Region, April 16, 2019.

77. Theater and Concert Center "Shchelkovsky Theater" of Moscow Region, Shchelkovo, April 27, 2019 (34th professional theater).

78. People's Theater "Antre" of the Ashinsky District, Asha, Chelyabinsk Region, April 24, 2019.

79. People's Theater of the village of Aginskoye, Sayansky District, Krasnoyarsk Territory, May 1, 2019.

80. People’s Theater “What You Need”, Kyshtym, Chelyabinsk Region, May 16, 2019.

81. Theater studio "Pilgrim", cultural center "Horizon", Sosnogorsk, Komi Republic, April 12, 2019.

82. People's Theater "Harlequin" of the Chetkarinsky House of Culture, Pyshlinsky district, Sverdlovsk region, 2nd quarter of 2019.

83. People's Theater "Resonance" Novopavlovsk, Stavropol Territory, October 2019.

84. Folk theater “Skomorokhi” of the village of Zagrivochnaya, Ust-Tsilemsky district of the Komi Republic, November 26, 2019.

85. Kimry Drama and Comedy Theater, Tver Region (35th professional theater), premiered on January 2, 2020.

86. Baevsky People's Theater, Altai Territory, December 13, 2019.

87. People's Theater of the village of Dedovichi, Pskov Region (won the festival "Zateya sel'skoy ostroty" in the village of Bugrovo in 2019).

88. Chuvash State Academic Drama Theater named after K. Ivanov (36th professional theater). Premiere on November 20, 2020.

89. People's Theater of the MBUK Tuzhinsky RKDC, Kirov Region, November 2019.

90. MBUK Center for Folk Culture and Tourism of the village of Yarensk, Arkhangelsk Region, February 14, 2021.

91. Novokuznetsk People's Theater "Samolet", premiere on April 16, 17, 18, 22, 24, 2021.

92. People's Theater "People", Baikalsk, Slyudyansky District, Irkutsk Region, Community Center "Yubileiny", February 21, 27, 2021.

93. People's Theater of Yalutorovsk, Tyumen Region, May 21, 22, 2021.

94. Student theater group "Grotesk" of the Saratov State Law Academy, Saratov, 2013.

95. Krasnozersky People's Theater (studio "Experiment"), Novosibirsk Region, September 2020.

96. People's Theater "Kant" of the urban-type settlement of Kachug, Irkutsk Region. The performance is a laureate of the All-Russian Theatre Festival "Theatre Seasons of Crimea" (Kerch, June 2021), as well as the prize for "Best Supporting Actor".

97. Chagodoshchensky People's Theatre of the village of Chagody, Chagodoshchensky District, Vologda Oblast, April 30, 2021.

98. Putilov People's Theatre of the Nazyvaevsky Municipal District, Omsk Oblast, April 25, 2021.

99. People's Theatre of the Andropovsky District Social and Cultural Center, Stavropol Krai, April 16, 2020.

100. People's Theatre of the village of Lomovka, Luninsky District, Penza Oblast, November 2019.

101. People's Theatre of the House of Culture of the Kinel Urban District, Samara Oblast, September 2021.

102. Debessky Center for Cultural Development, Udmurtia, starring employees of the Debessky District Administration, April 22, 2022.

103. People's Theater "Krug", the city of Kirov, 2020.

104. People's Theater of the Novosergievsky District, Orenburg Region.

105. People's Amateur Theater "Perepolokh", Lopukhinsky House of Culture, Leningrad Region, Lopukhinskoye Rural Settlement, 2022.

106. People's Theater "Vera", the city of Ruza, Moscow Region, as part of the "Ruza Theater Seasons" project, March 18, 2023.

107. People's Theater of the workers' settlement of Voskresenskoye, Nizhny Novgorod Region, March 26, 2023.

108. People's Theater of the village of Parabel, Tomsk Region, March 19, 26 and April 2, 2023.

109. Olonetsky People's Theater, Olonets, Republic of Karelia, 2017, May 27, 29.

110. Kamchatka Drama and Comedy Theater, December 23, 2023.

111. People's Theater of Peshnevo Village, Kazan District, Tyumen Oblast, 2022.

112. People's Theater of Chernoistochinsk Village, Gorno-Uralsky Urban Okrug, Sverdlovsk Oblast, May 17, 2024.

113. Breytovsky People's Theater, Breytovo Village, Yaroslavl Oblast, May 18, July 11, 2024.

114. People's Theater of Korobovsky House of Culture, Dmitrovsky Pogost Village, Shatura Urban Okrug, Moscow Oblast, November 9, 2024.

115. Russian People's Drama Theater "Experiment", Chistopol, Tatarstan, January 25, February 1, 2025.

116. People's Theater "Velamen", Aleksandrovskoye village, Tomsk region, February 22, 2025.

117. Student Theater of the Theatrical Performance Directing Group of the Perm State Institute of Culture, October 2024.

118. Theater group "Rodnaya Storonka" of the Peshnevsky House of Culture, Kazansky District, Tyumen Region, December 24, 2022.

119. People's Theater of the RDC "Yunost" of the UVA settlement, Uvinsky District, Udmurt Republic, March 27, 2025.

Summary of the play "Jokes in the Wilderness":

Night, February, snowstorm. A resident of the rural hinterland Sanka (57 years old) decides to play along with his relatives who came from the city for his funeral - and lies down in a coffin, pretending to be dead. He wants to take advantage of the opportunity and see how much his wife will grieve, in whose love he has never been sure in his entire life.

At first, everything goes well - he is really taken for a dead man, but all plans collapse when the most famous actor, the legend of Russian cinema Samson Struchkov, stops for the night, or rather, a man who is the spitting image of the screen star, and whom everyone enthusiastically takes for Struchkov and begins to treat, and to whom even the dead man Sanka begins to be jealous, because everyone forgets about the dead man - such is the magic power of cinema. The dead man disappears from the coffin, the snowstorm ends, but begins...

6 male, 4 female

You can read the play here:

https://sites.google.com/site/pesydlateatraigoramurenko/home/sutki-v-gluhomani