Golyak has taught the art of theater for over a decade, and is the founder of the Igor Golyak Acting Studio and artistic director of Arlekin Players Theatre, which has won numerous awards in the United States and internationally—most recently an Elliot Norton Award for his production of Dead Man’s Diary at Arts Emerson. Arlekin Players Theatre is a multicultural and multinational collaborative that is consistently growing in the number of audience members, company actors, and volunteers. The company has been invited to perform on famous stages and at renowned festivals all over the world, including Moscow Art Theatre and festivals in Yerevan, Armenia; New York City; Chicago; Lviv, Ukraine; Monaco; and many others. As a guest lecturer, Golyak has taught classes and seminars at Boston University, Harvard University, Lesley College, Wellesley College, New England Theater Conference, the Russian Academy of Theatre Arts/Middlesex University, Moscow Specialized Institute for the Arts, and the ARBOS Theatre Festival. Additionally, he has been featured in news stories on TV, radio, and most recently in the Boston Globe.