Setting the Gaze: Mikhail Ugarov on a Theater Where One Doesn’t Act

This book is a collection of statements, interviews, and reflections by Mikhail Ugarov—playwright, director, and one of the founders of the New Drama movement and Teatr.doc. It brings together his thoughts on contemporary theater, documentary drama, and working principles where the main point is not to act, but to be honest and real on stage. The book was compiled by his son, Ivan Ugarov, after his father’s death.