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Lost in 3 Pines, Basement Arts, dir. Bailey Boudreau

Jennifer Jolliffe Photography © 2018

About

Maxim Vinogradov is the Michigan-born son of Jewish refugees from the former Soviet Union. He's currently a Playwriting MFA Candidate at the University of Calgary School of Drama.

His works explore the limits of their mediums and reimagine giants in new lights, confronting traditions with a truly loving sledgehammer.

Those desiring to produce his plays with a radical focus on equity should contact Vinogradov directly to discuss having their rights' fees waived.

Vinogradov is a proud member of the Dramatists Guild.

EXperience

Vinogradov served as the Resident Playwright for Slipstream Theatre Initiative in Detroit, MI from 2017-2020, writing four full-length plays with three productions and two publishings. Premieres included A Night of Stars with Tennessee Williams and Lost in 3 Pines.

resident playwright — slipstream theatre initiative

Graphics by SB Guyon l photos by Cartwright Photography

Bailey Boudreau, former Artistic Director

Vinogradov was a production intern for The Public Theater in New York City during the 2018 Shakespeare in the Park season, working on Othello and Twelfth Night as well as the downtown shows Fire in Dreamland, Cyprus Avenue, and Girl from the North Country.

Production team — The Public Theater

Ruben Santiago-Hudson, director of Othello

Marissa Wolf, director of Fire in Dreamland

FREELANCE WRITER — VARIOUS

Vinogradov has written articles for Screen Rant and MovieWeb, video PSAs for Asian Center SEMI, and short fiction for Café Shapiro.

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Vinogradov has managed social media for iHeartMedia, Zelmin's Minty Mouth, and West Bloomfield Parks & Rec, with expertise in content creation and search engine optimization (SEO).

social media manager — VARIOUS

Vinogradov has been a production assistant on many sets, driving box trucks, facilitating COVID testing, and assisting A-list talent.

production assistant — VARIOUS

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Playwriting participant — the KCACTF 50th festival

Vinogradov received 1st place for the 2018 NAPAT Award, awarded by The Kennedy Center to the best full-length play by a college student, receiving a week of sessions with Mark Bly, Gary Garrison, Dana Lynn Formby, Steve Yockey, Anne Morgan, and Ike Holter.

The cast of A Night of Stars with Tennessee Williams at the KCACTF Region III Festival

50th Class of the KCACTF Honors

observing playwright — eugene o'neill theatre center

Vinogradov was invited to an observership residency at the 2018 O'Neill National Playwrights Conference in Waterford, CT, spending a week observing resident playwright Sarah DeLappe as well as Jeremy O. Harris's development of Slave Play.

Left to right: playwrights Tyler English-Beckwith, Deborah Yarchun, Mara Nelson-Greenberg, Eliana Pipes, Dave Harris, and Ali Viterbi

student — the university of michigan, ann arbor

Vinogradov graduated in 2019 with a Bachelor of Arts with distinction, majoring in English & Film with honors theses in Creative Writing and Screenwriting. He was recognized ten times by the acclaimed Hopwood Program and once by the Goldstein Honors.

Director of Screenwriting Program at Michigan, Jim Burnstein

Reading of the screenwriting thesis, Grand River

student — planet ant training center

In exchange for play rights to Dancing., Vinogradov took improv and sketch writing classes at Detroit's famous Planet Ant, whose alumni include Keegan-Michael Key, Tim Robinson, and Sam Richardson.