OKT

Inspired by Vidmantė Jasukaitytė's novel "Mary of Egypt"

direction, choreography, scenography and costumes - Eglė Jackaitė, Oskaras Koršunovas

authors of the adaptation - Eglė Jackaitė, Kunigunda Dineikaitė, Dali Rust, Oskaras Koršunovas

lights Vilius Vilutis

music Gintaras Sodeika

Starring Eglė Jackaitė

Premiere November 24, 25, 2024.

Description:

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, lived in 4th-century Alexandria and traveled to Jerusalem with pilgrims. However, the gates to the Holy Sepulchre were closed to her. After that, she wandered in the desert for many years, seeking repentance and peace.

What would the story of a 21st-century Mary of Egypt look like, wandering through an urbanized "desert" and seeking liberation? Has there been less violence in our society as it has become more civilized? Has it become more empathetic? More forgiving? More tolerant? Ultimately, less patriarchal?

Today, Mary of Egypt can be every woman - mother, daughter, sister, wife, navigating daily on that sharp line between the saint and the sinner.

In this premiere, OKT/Vilnius City Theatre will invite you to enter yet another unexplored and this time extremely uncomfortable, but especially important X territory. "The Saint" is a territory of violence, where a woman, having suffered violence and dependency all her life, finds the strength to emerge from her crisis and choose a radically different direction in life. This is a play about a woman's survival in a radical patriarchal society, full of violence against women.