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Lithuanian Drama Circle

Program intended for mature audiences only

This program is sponsored in part by grants from the IACA and CityArts as well the donors and members of the Balzekas Museum.

Join actor Audrė Budrys and the cast of others for a dramatic reading of a play in Lithuanian and English by author/playwright Laima Vince.
Light refreshments will be served!
6:30pm Start Time

7:00pm Reading Time and Discussion

The goal is to read a Lithuanian play and discuss it with the audience.

Play author, Laima Vince, about the play:

“As I was writing and developing the character of Julius, I knew intuitively that Julius would not have avoided returning home to Lithuania for twenty years for any other reason than a deep hurt that had not been resolved. That was when I imagined the hate crime scene that became the focal point of the play. When The Interpreter was performed in a staged reading in Dublin, Ireland at the Freedom Ltd. Theater Festival, a group of video artists created their rendition of how they imagined the hate crime scene. I think they saw it exactly as I saw it: A tragedy not just for the direct victim, Julius, but the indirect victim, Karolina (Joana), Julius’s best friend, and a silent observer of the cruel beating. For twenty years Karolina carries the guilt of witnessing the hate crime and doing nothing to stop it and not reporting it. Her guilt is the guilt that so many of us carry in our hearts when our communities and societies tolerate intolerance and close our eyes to violence and victimization.”

This is the true message of The Interpreter. We are all in this together. http://vilnius-diaries.blogspot.com/2013/07/fulbright-alumna-laima-vince-why-i.html
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The Interpreter/Vertejas by Laima Vince
JULIUS
XAVIER
JOANA
NURSE
YOUNG WOMAN I and III

Vytas Cuplinskas Ramunas Paulauskas Karile Vaitkute Aukse Grigaliunas Giedre Kazlauskaite
YOUNG WOMAN II and IV OLDER WOMAN
POLICE OFFICER BUREAUCRAT IMMIGRANT I IMMIGRANT II IMMIGRANT III

Elena Tuskenis Elena Tuskenis Aukse Grigaliunas Aukse Grigaliunas Ramunas Paulauskas Giedre Kazlauskaite Ramunas Paulauskas

Staged reading directed by Audre Budrys Nakas

Date

Oct 21 2023
Expired!

Time

6:30 pm

Location

Balzekas Museum Of Lithuanian Culture
6500 South Pulaski Road, Chicago, IL, 60629
Category