In the premiere of the Juozas Miltinis Theater – an immersive journey into the nature of humanity | Culture

I. Wyrypajew’s play does not offer roles, life situations or a coherent narrative for the four actors. Mahamaya Electronic Devices draws the foreboding boundaries of our complex and ambiguous world with a rich chorus of questions and answers.

Touching the deepest aspects of human life, this work tries to find an answer to the fundamental questions of humanity, the overflowing abundance of words and themes already hinting that the answer lies beyond the language barrier. The dynamic play will invite the audience to immerse themselves in an immersive exploration of their own nature.

Photo by Arvydas Gudas/Iwan Wyrypaew

Iwan Wyrypajew (b. 1974) is a film and theater director, actor and one of the most important contemporary playwrights in Europe. I. Wyrypajew’s works are well known to Lithuanian audiences – his plays have been staged in the Lithuanian National Drama Theatre, Kaunas National Drama Theatre, Oskars Koršunovas Theatre, Atviras Ratas Theater and many others.

Photo by Arvydas Gudas/Mindaugas Ancevičius, Mantas Pauliukonis, Ieva Labanauskaitė

“Mahamaya Electronic Devices” is the second work based on the dramaturgy of I. Wyrypajew, which will appear on the stage of the Juoz Miltinis Drama Theater after the premiere of “The Iranian Conference” (directed by A. Špilevoj) in 2020.

Since 2014, the artist has been living in Poland and vehemently speaks out against Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. In 2023, I. Wyrypajew together with his wife, actress Karolina Gruszka, founded the non-profit organization “Teal House”, the purpose of which is to help artists who had to leave their native countries for geopolitical, economic or personal reasons, to integrate and create in other countries.

Photo by Arvydas Gudas/Mykola Mishynas

Mykola Mishynas (b. 1987) – director, playwright, teacher. He started his creative career in 2012 in Ukrainian and Russian theaters. Since 2022, the artist lives and creates in Poland. Together with I. Wyrypajew, he has presented “Mahamaya Electronic Devices” in Warsaw and Chisinau.

Together with I. Wyrypaew and M. Mishyn, the play is created by set designer Mila Gogenko, costume designer Marija Petraitytė, lighting designer Paulius Jakubėnas, composer Jacek Jędrasik, producer Maksim Volkov, production manager Mihail Poniatowski, project coordinator Taras Buzdyhan, assistant director Sigita Rutkauskaitė.

Starring: Mindaugas Ancevičius, Giedrius Arlauskas, Kamilė Galkutė, Ieva Labanauskaitė, Mantas Pauliukonis, Urtė Povilauskaitė, Joris Zaliauskas.