Nikolay Kolyada

Nikolay Vladimirovich Kolyada was a Russian actor, theatre director, writer, playwright, and teacher. Theatre critic John Freedman named Kolyada as one of several dramatists and directors who might be designated as "fathers" or "mothers" of Russia's contemporary theatre movement.. The New York Times said that Kolyada's work has made Yekaterinburg a "center of modern drama". Kolyada was one of the first Russian playwrights to address homosexuality in his work, especially in Slingshot.