Member Profiles
Yasen Peyankov
Biography
Yasen Peyankov received a Joseph Jefferson award for Steppenwolf's Morning Star. Other memorable appearances at Steppenwolf include Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune, Hysteria and The Duel, produced in association with European Repertory, the Chicago company Yasen co-founded. His translation of Chekhov's Ivanov, produced by European Repertory, was nominated for a Joseph Jefferson Award for Best Adaptation and is published by Ivan R. Dee. Yasen was born in Varna, Bulgaria and trained at the The National Academy of Theatre and Film Arts of Sofia, Bulgaria. He is an Associate Professor and Director of Theatre Studies at the Performing Arts Department at the University of Illinois at Chicago.
Watch & Listen
Credits & Awards
Film
The Company; Novocaine; U.S. Marshalls; Payback
Theatre
European Repertory Company: Co-founder; Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead; Ivanov; Scenes from an Execution; Agamemnon; Caligula
The Goodman: The Odyssey
Court Theatre: Hamlet; Piano; Twelfth Night
American Theatre Company: Medea
Director
Rushforth Productions in Los Angeles: Ladybird
University of Illinois at Chicago: We Won't Pay! We Won't Pay!, Featuring Loretta; Balm in Gilead; The Seagull
European Repertory Company: Macbeth; Out at Sea; Roberto Zucco; Uncle Vanya; Stars in The Morning Sky; SLAVS!; Go Away Go Away
Adaptor/Translator
The Seagull (University of Illinois at Chicago); Uncle Vanya; Ivanov (published by Ivan R. Dee); Zoyka's Apartment; Stars in the Morning Sky; Go Away
Television
The Beast (A&E);E-Ring(NBC); The Evidence(ABC); The Unit(CBS) The Practice (ABC); Karen Sisco (ABC); Alias (ABC); Walker: Texas Ranger (CBS); Early Edition (CBS); Turks (CBS)
Awards
2002-2003 Fox Fellowship; Joseph Jefferson Award for Best Supporting Actor (Morning Star); Joseph Jefferson Nomination for Best Actor