In 1992, the premiere of the play Ukrainian vertep took place at the Kyiv City Puppet Theater (now - the Kyiv Municipal Academic Puppet Theater). The director was Sergiy Efremov, the artist - Iryna Uvarova. The text of the oldest vertep of Sokyrynci was taken as a basis. The music was also authentic - carols and church singing. The initiator of the play was actor Volodymyr Zavalnyuk, who played in the vertep.