Graduated from the National Academy for Theatre and Film Arts "Kr. Sarafov" (NATFA) in 1986 in the class of prof. Dimitrina Giurova. Among his first theatrical roles on the professional stage are Puck in "A Midsummer’s Night Dream" by William Shakespeare, Kolesov in "Farewell in June" by Alexander Vampilov, Brindsley Miller in "Black Comedy" by Peter Shaffer, Anto in "Crazy Tribe" by Slave Makedonski, Sganarelle in "Dom Juan" by Jean-Baptiste Moliere, The Bridegroom in "A Respectable Wedding" by Bertolt Brecht, Gary in "The Story Behind The Curtain" by Michael Frayn, Ru in "I came near to kill you" by Xavier Durenger. In 1992 he is invited to join the troupe of the "Ivan Vazov" National Theatre, where some of his notable roles include: The Owl in "Uncles" by Ivan Vazov, Solanio, Leonardo, Tubal, Balthazar, Stefano in "The Merchant of Venice" and Lennox in "Macbeth" by William Shakespeare, Wayne Hudson in "Popcorn" by Ben Elton, Electrician in "Larry Thompson" by Dushan Kovacevic, Оfficer in "Macbett" by Eugene Ionesco, various characters in "The Little Golden Calf" by Ilya Ilf and Yevgeni Petrov, Officer/Visitor of the Inn/Actor in "Don Quixote" by Miguel de Cervantes, Skeptical gentleman in "Pygmalion" by Bernard Shaw, Grater/Lion in "A Midsummer Night’s Dream", Evangelist and Wiseman in "As You Like It or Twelfth Night" and The Burgundy Duke in "King Lear" by Shakespeare, Doctor in "The Country Wife" by William Wycherley, Dr. Gary in "All That Jazz", Phipps in "An Ideal Husband" by Oscar Wilde, Jacque Mourrier in "Damned Souls" by Dimitar Dimov, Zhevakin in "Marriage" by Nikolai Gogol, the Colonel's Orderly in "The Peach Thief" by Emilian Stanev, Tihol in "Masters" by Racho Stoyanov, Bartolo in "The Follies of a Day" by Pierre de Beaumarchais, Dr. Pingitzer in "Tracy’s Tiger" after William Saroyan, Haralampi Petrinski in "The Culprit" by Dimitar Dimov, Monsieur Delachaume in "Meeting in Senlis" by Jean Anouilh and the Teacher in the eponymous monodrama by Jean-Pierre Dopagne.
During this season, on the stage of the "Ivan Vazov" National Theatre, you can watch Stoyan Pepelanov in the following performances: "An Ideal Husband", "The Follies of a Day", "The Culprit", "Golemanov", "The Tempest", "New Land" and "Vazov's People".
