The story of Mary of Egypt, shrouded in rumors and mysticism, is the starting point for the creators of the play. This woman, forced to sell her body, who lived in Alexandria in the 4th century, traveled to Jerusalem with pilgrims. However, the gates to the Holy Sepulcher were closed to her. After that, she wandered in the desert for many years, seeking repentance and peace.
What might a 21st-century story of Mary of Egypt, wandering through an urbanized "desert" and seeking liberation look like? Has our society become less violent as it has become more civilized? Has it become more empathetic? More forgiving? More tolerant? Finally, less patriarchal?
Today, Mary of Egypt can be any woman – a mother, a daughter, a sister, a wife, who daily navigates that sharp line between the sacred and the sinful.
In this premiere, OKT/Vilnius City Theatre will invite you to enter yet another unexplored and this time extremely uncomfortable, but extremely important territory of X. "Sacred" is a territory of violence, in which a woman, who has suffered from violence and addiction all her life, finds the strength to overcome her crisis and choose a radically different direction in life. This is a performance about a woman's survival in a radically patriarchal society, full of violence against women.
Authors of the play
Eglė Jackaitė, Kunigunda Dineikaitė, Dali Rust, Oskaras Koršunovas
Direction, choreography, set design and costumes
Egle Jackaite, Oskaras Korsunovas
Lights
Vilius Vilutis
MUSIC
Amber Sodeika
Vaidina
Egle Jackaite
Premiere November 24, 2024.
During the performance, the actress smokes and strobe light is used.
