She graduated from “Krastio Sarafov” Academy of Theatre and Film Arts in 1980 in the class of Prof. Nikolay Lyutskanov. She has performed in Smolyan Drama Theatre, Renaissance Theatre, Pleven Drama Theatre, 199 Theatre, Little City Theatre “Off The Channel”. Since 2010, she has been part of the troupe of "Ivan Vazov" National Theatre where her roles include: Lucy in "One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest" by Ken Kesey, Marianne in "Miss Julie" by August Strindberg, Lionya in "Life is Wonderful" by Nikolai Erdmann, Avdotya in "The Government Inspector" by Nikolay Gogol, Miss Forsythe in "Death of a Salesman" by Arthur Miller, the Neighbor in “Bremen Freedom”, various characters in the performance "On the Edge ", the Death in "Geo" by Christo Karastoyanov, the Water in "The Blue Bird" by Maurice Maeterlinck, Woman in “Caligula" by Albert Camus.
During this season you can watch Albena Stavreva in the following performances: "One Flew over The Cuckoo's Nest", "Life Is Wonderful", "On the Edge" and “Caligula ".
