The theatre was organized in 1935 from the graduates of the Bryansk theatre college. The theatre was opened by the play “ Wrongfully Accused” by A.Ostrovskiy.
The troupe traveled a lot to different districts of the Arkhangelsk region. During the Great Patriotic War the theatre didn’t stop working and they also performed in hospitals.
In 1999 the correspondence acting course of the Yaroslavskiy state theatre institute was opened.