Maria Kozhina
Мария Кожина
Lecturer, theatre critic
In 2010, she graduated from Novosibirsk State Pedagogical University with a degree in journalism.
In 2017, she graduated from the Theatre Studies Faculty of the Russian Institute of Performing Arts (St. Petersburg).
In 2023, she completed postgraduate studies at Novosibirsk State Pedagogical University with a specialization in Russian literature.
In 2026, she defended her dissertation for the degree of Candidate of Philological Sciences on the topic "From 'New Drama' to 'Newest Drama': Specifics of Action and Communicative Strategies in 'Newest Drama' of 2015–2019".
Since 2018, she has worked as a lecturer at the Novosibirsk State Art College, teaching the discipline "History of Theatre and Material Culture".
Since 2021, she has been a senior lecturer at the Novosibirsk State Theatre Institute, teaching the disciplines "History of Foreign Theatre", "History of Russian Theatre", "Contemporary Theatre Process", and "Theatre in Contemporary Culture".
Over the years, she has worked as an expert at the All-Russian Theatre Festival named after V. S. Rozov "ROZOVFEST" (Yaroslavl), the Festival of Youth and Non-State Theatre Groups "Theatre – PRO" (Novosibirsk), the All-Russian Festival-Laboratory "Koleso" (Ulyanovsk), the All-Russian Festival "Comedy-Fest" (Nizhny Novgorod), the International New Drama Competition "Remarka", and the National Theatre Award "Golden Mask" in the competitions "Drama Theatre and Puppet Theatre" and "Experiment".
She publishes in the "Petersburg Theatre Journal".
In 2017, she graduated from the Theatre Studies Faculty of the Russian Institute of Performing Arts (St. Petersburg).
In 2023, she completed postgraduate studies at Novosibirsk State Pedagogical University with a specialization in Russian literature.
In 2026, she defended her dissertation for the degree of Candidate of Philological Sciences on the topic "From 'New Drama' to 'Newest Drama': Specifics of Action and Communicative Strategies in 'Newest Drama' of 2015–2019".
Since 2018, she has worked as a lecturer at the Novosibirsk State Art College, teaching the discipline "History of Theatre and Material Culture".
Since 2021, she has been a senior lecturer at the Novosibirsk State Theatre Institute, teaching the disciplines "History of Foreign Theatre", "History of Russian Theatre", "Contemporary Theatre Process", and "Theatre in Contemporary Culture".
Over the years, she has worked as an expert at the All-Russian Theatre Festival named after V. S. Rozov "ROZOVFEST" (Yaroslavl), the Festival of Youth and Non-State Theatre Groups "Theatre – PRO" (Novosibirsk), the All-Russian Festival-Laboratory "Koleso" (Ulyanovsk), the All-Russian Festival "Comedy-Fest" (Nizhny Novgorod), the International New Drama Competition "Remarka", and the National Theatre Award "Golden Mask" in the competitions "Drama Theatre and Puppet Theatre" and "Experiment".
She publishes in the "Petersburg Theatre Journal".
