The authors of the article explore the problem of forming a culture of stagereading for students of creative specialties of universities. The research is based on the general scientific principles of anthropocentrism and consistency. A synergetic approach is used as a methodological basis, which has heuristic value in identifying the mechanisms of pedagogical interaction between the subjects of the educational process that is the object of research. The subject of the research is creativity as a cognitive ability of the student's personality and as a factor contributing to the formation of a culture of acting reading. The purpose of the article is to identify the stages of formation of the culture of acting reading and clarify the role of creativity in the process of professional training. The authors consider three stages of professional training: initial, advanced, and high, during which there is an introduction to the culture of acting reading, mastering the culture of acting reading, and the implementation and scenic embodiment of the culture of acting reading. The theoretical provisions of the study were tested during the experimental training of students of the acting course of the Perm State Institute of Culture from the first to the fourth year. A longitudinal experiment was conducted, in which one academic group of 15 people participated. The article presents the content and objectives of the experimental work of this group in the first semester of the first year. The results of the study showed the importance of developing creativity in the process of professional training of students. As a research perspective, it is assumed to study other psychological personality traits and cognitive abilities of students that influence the successful formation of a culture of acting reading.