Arthur Makaryan is the Artistic Director of Arte Makar Productions, a member of SDC, and a signatory of SAG AFTRA. A stage director, producer and educator, Arthur received Juilliard’s Opera Directing Fellowship in 2017-18 and holds master’s degrees in directing from Columbia University (MFA) and Sorbonne (MA).

His recent credits include “PA!” which premiered in Rio de Janiero and toured in São Paulo, Armenia, Turkey, France and Portugal; “Hamlet Machine,” which toured in Armenia, Lithuania, Russia, Moldova, Egypt, France and the US (off-Broadway); and “Black Garden,” in Paris and NYC as well as “The Censorship of Dreams” which is programmed for a 3-week run at La Mama Theatre in May 2026 and “Frankenstein” which is programmed at the Armenian Pan-National Theatre in July 2026. 

Trained at the Grotowski Institute in Poland, Suzuki Company in Japan, Odin Teatret in Denmark and Theatre of the Oppressed in France, Arthur brings a versatile approach to his teaching and artistic practice which bridges tradition with innovation. He has assisted luminaries such as Ivo van Hove at Toneelgroep, Stephen Wadsworth at The Met, Darren Katz on Broadway. He was also recently invited to speak at the 28th International Symposium on Electronic Arts in Paris and at the TransCultural Exchange International Conference in Cambridge, MA.

Over the past 5 years he has served as an Adjunct Professor in Performing Arts at the NY Arts Program, managed by Ohio-Wesleyan University. As part of this role, he has often been invited to conduct acting, directing and playwrighting masterclasses at several colleges across the US and international festivals.