Oleg Melnichenko took part in opening of the 5th theatrical Maskerad festival in Penza

Since 2014 the festival is regularly held on the basis of the Penza regional drama theaters A. V. Lunacharsky's name. At the opening ceremony the governor Penza Region Oleg Melnichenko noted that the theater has long traditions in the Penza region. For example, 230 years from the date of opening of the theatrical season first in the history of the province in the current year are executed. At the initiative of the vice governor, the poet and the playwright Dolgoruky Yvan Mikhaylovich, in November, 1793 in Penza the comedy "Deceiver" according to the play of the empress Vtoraya Catherina was put. "In our city received the first...