If for someone the theater begins with a coat rack, then for Evgeny Khudyakov it begins with an idea. Evgeny is the head of the Cultural Initiatives Support Center "Art-Project" and the "Association of Private Theaters for Children". He is also the author of the Telegram channel "Opportunities in Culture" (https://t.me/realvozmojnosti), where he gathers current information about competitions, grants, labs, residencies, and other development prospects in the cultural sphere. Additionally, Evgeny is a crowd-producer at Planeta.ru (http://planeta.ru/) - the largest crowdfunding platform in Russia.He has worked as the program director for theater venues such as "Art-Platform", "Hitrovka", "Open Stage", and supervised theater projects at the "ZIL Cultural Center". As a program director, he organized theater festivals like "New People" (https://kalugafest.com/) in Kaluga and "Illusion" in Gubkin.As a theatrical producer, in the last ten years, he has released more than 50 projects, including joint projects with the "Skolkovo" foundation, "Dream Island" amusement park, and theaters such as "Vsevolod Meyerhold Center", "Praktika" and "Center for Playwriting and Directing". His main priority is working with young directors, artists, playwrights, and independent theaters. Evgeny has unique experience in creating theatrical projects in non-theatrical spaces (schools, libraries, cinemas, etc.).