Nominees of the St. Petersburg Breakthrough Youth Theater Award for the 2010/2011 season have been announced.  Young actors of the Alexandrinsky Theater were among them.  
Alexandra Bolshakova (for the role of Catharine in Oskaras Korshunovas’s performance “Taming of the Shrew”) and Yanina Lakoba (for the role of Mitil in Andrey Moguchy and Konstantin Filippov’s performance “The Fortune”) were nominated in the nomination of “The Best Young Dramatic Actress.” Dmitry Lysenkov was nominated in the nomination of “The Best Young Dramatic Actor” (for the role of Petrucio in W. Shakespeare’s “Taming of the Shrew”). Maria Lugovaya (for the role of Cat in the performance “The Fortune”) and Maria Zimina (for the role of Khorevt in the performance “The Tsars” after J. Cortazar) were nominated in the nomination of “The Best Performer of a Secondary Role in a Drama Theater.”  Director of “The Tsars” Eugenia Safonova was nominated for “The Best Young Director of a Drama Theater” nomination, while Maria Tregubova was nominated in “The Best Young Artist of a Drama Theater” nomination (for the stage design of Valery Fokin’s performance “Your Gogol”). The festival of nominated performances will take place on February 1-12, 2012.  The award ceremony is scheduled for February 13, 2012.