Laura Kutkaitė

Director, author – Vilnius, Lithuania
Participant International Forum 2023

Laura Kutkaitė, born 1993, is a Lithuanian theatre director. She graduated in Choreography and Philosophy before studying Directing at the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre. Her first work at the Lithuanian National Drama Theatre, “The Silence of the Sirens”, mixed mythology with documentary stories from actresses abused during creative processes. With it, she has won the main prize of Fast Forward – European Festival for Young Stage Directors 2022.
Her emerging voice reflects body, gender, social exclusion and identity control. Viewing feminism as intellectual commitment, every creation becomes an attempt to loosen the screws of patriarchy and empower women. She values vulnerability and focuses on creative process: the internal processes are often transferred on stage making the line between fiction and documentary intentionally blurry.
Currently she is preparing for her upcoming works in Lithuanian National Drama Theatre and Staatsschauspiel Dresden.