https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1457439026197095<\/a><\/p>\nCreative Team: <\/strong><\/p>\nDirector \u2013 Rolandas Atko\u010di\u016bnas<\/strong><\/p>\nSet Designer \u2013 <\/em>Art\u016bras \u0160imonis<\/strong><\/p>\nCostume Designer \u2013 <\/em>Kotryna Daujotait\u0117<\/strong><\/p>\nThe play was translated into Lithuanian and adapted by <\/em>Rolandas Atko\u010di\u016bnas<\/strong> <\/p>\nAssistant Director \u2013 <\/em>Egl\u0117 Kuzien\u0117<\/strong><\/p>\nProduction Manager \u2013 <\/em>Aleksandra \u0160alkin\u0117<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n
The cast of the play includes:<\/strong><\/p>\nJacob as an Adult \u2013 Vidmantas Fijalkauskas<\/strong><\/p>\nJacob in His Youth \u2013 Ilona Doveiko<\/strong><\/p>\nMother Zelma \u2013 Juliana Volodko<\/strong><\/p>\nFather Lionginas \u2013 Viacheslav Lukyanov<\/strong><\/p>\nPsychiatrist; Saleswoman \u2013 Jelena Ju\u0161\u010denko<\/strong><\/p>\nSong \u2013 Gintar\u0117 \u0160migelskyt\u0117<\/strong><\/p>\nLauris \u2013 Artur Svorobovi\u010d<\/strong><\/p>\nLina \u2013 Gabriel\u0117 Andru\u0161kevi\u010d<\/strong><\/p>\nThis is a play based on the book *The Boy Who Saw in the Dark* (Latvian:<\/em> *Puika, kur\u0161 redz\u0113ja tums\u0101*) by Rasa Bugavi\u010dut\u0117-P\u0113ce, a Latvian writer and playwright of Lithuanian descent.<\/p>\nThis is the story of Jok\u016bbas\u2014a boy, a young man, and later a mature man\u2014whose parents are blind. It is the story of a man who tries to understand the world so that others can live in it. Jacob\u2019s mother (Zelma) and father (Lionginas) are blind. There are other blind people living in the dormitory as well. From a very young age, the boy became their eyes. Blindness is not a disease, much less a tragedy; it is an existential condition. <\/p>\n
Jacob is faced with worries and responsibilities at an early age. He is different in every way: both in the sighted community and among the blind. Yet he knows how to love; he grows and matures, facing both conflicts and the joys of everyday life. <\/p>\n
The play does not ask what it means to be blind. It asks: what does it mean to see? Is it a gift or a burden? How can a person grow when they have to be an adult from the very beginning? What marks does a close relationship\u2014which is both love and dependence\u2014leave behind? <\/p>\n
\n- Bugavi\u010dute-P\u0113ce bases her work on observations of social reality and a documentary sensibility. In her plays, the human voice is paramount\u2014authentic, living language that captures what people tend to keep silent about, or at best, say only half-heartedly. <\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
The story and characters of the play *The One Who Saw in the Dark* have real-life counterparts. The production is close to documentary theater\u2014or at least comes close to it. <\/p>\n
\u201cDarkness in this play is not negative. Jok\u016bbas saw in the darkness\u2014he saw what others could not. Love and burden can coexist within a single person. To understand this\u2014that\u2019s what theater is for; it can do just that.\u201d (Rolandas Atko\u010di\u016bnas)<\/p>\n
\u201cThis story is not about seeing or not seeing, but about what is perceived beyond the eyes. About what matters most.\u201d (B\u0101rbala Simson\u0117)<\/p>\n
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Rasa Bugavi\u010dute-P\u0113ce is a Latvian playwright, prose writer, and screenwriter for films and television series of Lithuanian descent. She is the recipient of the International J\u0101nis Baltvilks Prize (2020). \u201cThe Boy Who Saw in the Dark\u201d (2019) is her second book. The book was included in the 2020 international literary catalog *White Ravens* and shortlisted for the 2021 European Union Prize for Literature. The play *The Boy Who Saw in the Dark* (directed by Valters S\u012blis), staged at the Latvian National Theater, was recognized as the best production of the 2019\u20132020 season. <\/em><\/p>\nRolandas Atko\u010di\u016bnas is a theater director who founded the Kaunas Small Theater in 1992 and served as its artistic director for two years. Starting in 1994, he worked at the \u0160iauliai Drama Theater (as a director, artistic director, and theater director). From 2005 to 2008, he worked at the Liep\u0101ja (Latvia) Drama Theater (as a director and artistic director). From 2011 to 2012, he served as artistic director of the Juozas Miltinis Drama Theater. R. Atko\u010di\u016bnas is drawn to existential, metaphysical, and intimate theater; he is interested in the stage interpretation of contemporary and 20th-century modern drama, and delves into sharp themes relevant to contemporary society. His most recent productions include T. Stoppard\u2019s *Heroes* at the S\u00fcdalinna Theater in Estonia <\/em> at the theater (2025) and D. \u010cepauskait\u0117\u2019s *When We Are Young Again* at the Latvian National Theater (2026). At the Old Theater in Vilnius, he has directed the productions \u201cZoika\u2019s Apartment\u201d (2014) and \u201cThe Legend of the Great Schemer\u201d (2017). <\/em><\/p>\n\/\/\/<\/em><\/p>\nJACOB<\/p>\n
I was the life of the dorm, and as a kid I did things that might seem strange to some people.<\/em><\/p>\nIt seems to me that you haven’t seen me in a long time.<\/em><\/p>\nZELMA (Mom)<\/p>\n
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The Play “The One Who Saw in the Dark” Rasa Bugavi\u010dute-P\u0113ce October 20 at 6:30 p.m. at the Naujoji Vilnia Cultural Center Tickets: https:\/\/kakava.lt\/renginys\/rasa-bugavicute-pece-tas-kuris-mate-tamsoje-rez-rolandas-atkociunas\/12845\/27212 Facebook event: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1457439026197095 Creative Team: Director \u2013 Rolandas Atko\u010di\u016bnas Set Designer \u2013 Art\u016bras \u0160imonis Costume Designer \u2013 Kotryna Daujotait\u0117 The play was translated into Lithuanian and adapted by Rolandas Atko\u010di\u016bnas Assistant […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":1103307,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[109],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1103305","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-festivals"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nvkc.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1103305","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nvkc.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nvkc.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nvkc.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nvkc.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1103305"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/nvkc.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1103305\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1103309,"href":"https:\/\/nvkc.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1103305\/revisions\/1103309"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nvkc.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1103307"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nvkc.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1103305"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nvkc.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1103305"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nvkc.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1103305"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}