Ethnic Kitchen

Written and directed by Aistė Ptakauskė

With participation of
LIIA URMAN (Estonia)
LUCIA BARTKIENĖ (Moldova)
ALICIA GIAN (USA)
AMINAT SAIYEVA (Chechnya)
MARISA LEONAVIČIENĖ (Uruguay)
KUISIN-OI ZUJIENĖ (Uzbekistan)
CHRISTINE BERESNIOVA (USA)

Ethnic Kitchen is a documentary drama which tells real life stories of six very different women who all immigrated to Lithuania from different countries and for different reasons. The kitchen in this piece is much more than just a physical space where meals are prepared out of different ingredients. In the context of Aiste Ptakauske’s drama the kitchen is an emotional space of intimacy where a true face of humanity emerges out of scarce crumbs of honesty and compassion.

Staged reading at Vilnius Chamber Theater, in collaboration with the US Embassy in Vilnius, on March 8, 2013


 

Work-in-progress presentation at the State Youth Theater of Lithuania, in collaboration with the US Embassy in Vilnius, on December 8, 2012

Review with Photos in Lithuanian Daily 15 Mins.