THE 18TH NATIONAL THEATER FESTIVAL “JAUNATIS” PRESENTS:
“SOLO THEATER”
“THE THINKING HEART OF THE BARRACKS” / TRUE STORIES OF THREE LIVES
Documentary performance
Playwright and Director – BIRUTĖ MAR
Composer – ANTANAS KUČINSKAS
Set Designer – INDRĖ PAČĖSAITĖ
Choreographer and Assistant Director – SIGITA MIKALAUSKAITĖ
Video Projection Designer – MARIUS VILČINSKAS
Lighting Designer – AUDRIUS JANKAUSKAS
Cast:
Natalija – ALEKSANDRA METALNIKOVA
Etė – BIRUTĖ MAR
Joana – GABRIELĖ MALINAUSKAITĖ-RUDZIENĖ
A documentary play telling the stories of three women in the face of historical genocides—Etty Hillesum, a Dutch Jew (who perished in Auschwitz during World War II), the Lithuanian Joana Ulinauskaitė-Mureikienė (a 16-year-old who was exiled to a Soviet labor camp after the war), and the Ukrainian Natalija Skrinnik, who spent a month in Russian captivity near Bucha after the war began in Ukraine. Three heroines, three eras, three lives “in the barracks”—when a person is stripped of their identity, human dignity, and future… When the only weapons left are faith, prayer, and song. When, in the face of despair, inner freedom awakens—stronger than coercion, unlocking the invisible powers hidden within a person.
The performance features excerpts from J. Ulinauskaitė-Mureikienė’s memoir *Trials of Fate* and fragments from E. Hillesum’s letters and diaries (translated by Aušra Gudavičūtė and Birutė Mar). The story of Natalija Skrinnik from Ukraine was transcribed and translated by B. Mar.
Premiere: October 13, 2024, at the D. Tamulevičiūtė Professional Theater Festival in Varėna.
The project was funded by the Lithuanian Council for Culture
Discounts:
50%* – for schoolchildren, students, and individuals who have reached retirement age.
100%* – for people with disabilities and one accompanying person (one accompanying person per person with a disability)
25% – for individuals holding a Klaipėda Resident Card or the Klaipėda District Resident Card “Open Horizons”
*Discounted tickets are limited to 15% of the total number of tickets sold for the event, except when there are 24 hours remaining until the event.
To purchase 10 or more tickets, please contact:
[email protected]
Doors open 1 hour before the event begins
Event duration: 1 hour 20 minutes (no intermission)
Children are not admitted free of charge.
Age restriction: 10 and older.
For information and group reservations, call +370 46 410565 or email
[email protected].
The festival is funded by the Klaipėda City Municipality.
