Boyan Kracholov graduated from the National Academy for Theatre and Film Arts “Krastyo Sarafov” (NATFA) with a degree in Drama Theatre Directing, studying under Prof. Ivan Dobchev. He also holds a Master’s degree in Philosophy from Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski” and has pursued doctoral studies in the Department of Drama Theatre at NATFA.
His directing credits include Invisible Cities, This Is NOT Hamlet, The Mousetrap, The Coin, Anarcho-Clownade, A Piece of Monologue / Not I, Leonce and Lena, Nirvana, and others.
In 2017, he published his debut book, A Church of Dreams, followed in 2024 by the short story collection A Treatise on Sneezing and Several Ailments.
In 2017, he received the ASKEER Award for Rising Star (together with Ivan Nikolov and Dimitar Krumov) for the production This Is NOT Hamlet. The three are co-founders of the Konklav Association.
In 2021, he was nominated for the ASKEER Award for Contemporary Bulgarian Playwriting for his play The Coin.
In 2024, he received the IKAR Award for Best Director for the production The Petrovs in and Around the Flu, based on the novel by Alexey Salnikov.
In 2026, he was nominated for the IKAR Award for Best Director for the production Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead.
Since 2024, Boyan Kracholov has been a resident director at the Ivan Vazov National Theatre, where he has directed The Petrovs in and Around the Flu, based on the novel by Alexey Salnikov, and Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead by Tom Stoppard, as well as the special productions The Capulets' Ball and Cupidon.
