On February 18, 2025, the 75th anniversary of the establishment of the Vojdan Chernodrinski National Theater in Prilep will be marked. On the occasion of the anniversary, an event titled "Theatre Week" will be held from February 17 to 23, during which seven performances will be shown and a panel discussion "From 'Kir Janja' to 'The Student'" will be held.

In addition to the plays "The Student" and "Storm" by the "Vojdan Chernodrinski" Theater, the Prilep audience will watch guest performances by the Theater for Children and Youth from Skopje ("Ronja, the Robber's Daughter"), the independent theater "Zlaten Elets" ("Hinkemann"), the Veles Theater ("Dinner for Fools"), the Bitola Theater ("Hen") and the "MTC Zona" ("Chernodrinski Returns Home").

– Over the decades, the Vojdan Chernodrinski Theater, growing and developing through its performances, has raised real questions, commented, enlightened, excited, discovered, established a system of values, and made waves. It is the same now, and it will continue in that direction, because, as the actors say, they do what they do with love and dedication, despite the unfavorable working conditions (in an old building) – the theater emphasizes.

The first premiere on the stage of the "Vojdan Chernodrinski" theater is "Kir Janja" by J.S. Popović, directed by Ace Mihajloski. So far, the theater has presented around 350 premieres with over seven thousand performances that have been seen by over 1,7 million spectators.

The theater has been directed by 70 directors, the most of which, 62 plays, were directed by Blagoja Dameski, followed by 24 by Kole Angelovski, and in more recent history, 15 plays were directed by Kiril Petreski. Branislav Njušić has been staged the most (15 times), of which three times is "The Regretful Family".

In its seven and a half decade existence, the most watched play at the Vojdan Chernodrinski Theater is "Thessaloniki Patrdii" by Mile Poposki, directed by Kole Angelovski, which premiered in 1984 and has been performed over 110 times. It is immediately followed by "Od kol na kol 1" (2007/2008), also directed by Kole Angelovski.

The theater achieved its greatest success with "Drums in the Night", directed by Martin Kochovski, with which it won three awards at the MESS festival in Sarajevo and was the winner of the 44th edition of the "Vojdan Cernodrinski" MTF (2009). Also, "The Caucasian Circle with Chalk", directed by Martin Kochovski, was declared the best play at the "Ex Ponto" festival in Ljubljana, Slovenia, in 2011, and then the best play at the "Vojdan Cernodrinski" MTF.

The Vojdan Chernodrinski Theater has staged premieres of texts by Macedonian playwrights over the years. The theater's annals note that the first play by a Macedonian author to be performed on stage was "Begalka" directed by Ace Mihajlovski, staged in the first year of the theater's existence, a text that was staged several more times.

Drama texts by Kole Chashule, Tome Arsovski, Blaze Aleksoski, Blagoja Risteski-Platnar, Trajce Krsteski, Vasile Dimeski, Petar Petreski, etc. were also premiered... Plays by Vasil Iljoski, Risto Krle, Anton Panov, Goran Stefanovski, Jordan Plevnesh, Blaze Minevski, Nikola Jonkov Vapcarov, Zivko Chingo, Bratislav Dimitrov, Branko Ilieski... were staged.

The Vojdan Cernodrinski Theater has won several awards at the Vojdan Cernodrinski International Theater Festival over the years. Last year, it was awarded the audience award for the play "Double Bottom" directed by Natasha Poplavska. Previously, the play "Les Miserables" directed by Martin Kochovski was declared the best (2018). "Love Poses of History" directed by Natasha Poplavska was awarded the award for collective play (2017). The same award was won in 2015 by the play "A Midsummer Night's Dream" directed by Nela Vitošević.

In 2013, "The Dragon's Bride", directed by Nela Vitošević, was declared the best play overall, and in 2010, "The Caucasian Circle with Chalk" directed by Martin Kochovski. The "Vojdan Chernodrinski" Theater was the winner of the MTF in 2009 with "Drums in the Night" directed by Martin Kochovski.

In 1998, the prestigious award was awarded to the play "Colonel Bird" directed by Vlado Cvetanovski, and in 1972 to "The Price" directed by Aco Aleksov. The first award won at the "Vojdan Chernodrinski" MTF was in 1970 for the play "We Suffer from Our Heads" directed by Aco Aleksov, reported NUCK "Marko Cepenkov" - Prilep.