[6][7] The theatre featured both domestic and foreign classic plays, including Forest Song by Lesya Ukrainka, which marked the start of the theatre's operations in November 1918;[4] Taras Shevchenko's Haidamaky (directed by Les Kurbas); Disharmoniy by Volodymyr Vynnychenko; Inspector by Nikolai Gogol; Ghosts by Henrik Ibsen; Weavers by Gerhart Hauptmann; Mirandolin by Carlo Goldoni, and Tartuffe by Molière.

More than 300 performances were held at the front by two concert groups under the direction of principal directors Kobrynsky and Zinaida Khrukalova during World War II.

[5] Following Ukraine's declaration of independence, plays based on the writings of authors who were persona non grata during the Soviet Union began to appear on the stage.

[6] Sculptor K. Chekanev's 1993 busts of G. Skovoroda, I. Franko, L. Ukrainka, V. Vynnychenko, and V. Stus are placed on the theatre ground, along Voskresenska Street.

Valery Kovtunenko oversaw the theatre from 1994 to 2016,[5] elevating it to a new level and making it a hub for spiritual and societal revival during that time.

[8] With the help of the League of Azerbaijanis of Ukraine's Dnipropetrovsk branch, an operetta called Arshin Mal Alan made its world debut in 2005.

[9] President Poroshenko issued an executive order granting the theater national cultural importance status on 17 December 2018.