Chroma
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Authors
Naubertas Jasinskas, Maksym Teteruk
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Premiere
4 April 2025, National Youth Theatre, Vilnius
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Duration
1 h 40 min
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Tickets
Regular ticket: 50 PLN
Concessionary ticket: 30 PLN
About performance
The word chroma comes from Ancient Greek and means “color.” The term refers to the saturation of a hue—its intensity and its degree to which it departs from grey.
Chroma is a story about the relationship between an aging writer who has lost faith in the power of words and a young man who embodies beauty for him.
In his search for new forms of expression, the writer begins to film reality, gaining hope that he might capture what he can no longer convey in words. The creators of the performance ask how desire can be expressed in a world dominated by a heteronormative order that increasingly seeks to silence queer voices.
The performance is inspired by Thomas Mann’s Death in Venice and by the life and work of British filmmaker Derek Jarman.
The performance contains nudity, uses strobe lighting, and includes smoking on stage. Suitable for audiences aged 16 and over.
Creators
Cast: Kristina Andrejauskaitė, Rūta Jonikaitė, Motiejus Aškelovičius, Darius Gumauskas
Authors: Naubertas Jasinskas & Maksym Teteruk
Set Design: Sigita Šimkūnaitė
Costume Design: Liucija Kvašytė
Music: Dominykas Digimas
Choreography: Ieva Navickaitė
Video: Vytautas Plukas
Lighting Design: Dainius Urbonis
Cello: Arnas Kmieliauskas
Translator of Polish and Russian texts: Irena Aleksaitė
Subtitle Translator: Alexandra Bondarev
Producer: Rusnė Kregždaitė
Production Photos: Martynas Norvaišas
Co-producers: MMLAB Theatre, Lithuanian National Youth Theatre
Funding: Lithuanian Council for Culture, Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Lithuania, Vilnius City Municipality
Members of the creative team were laureates of the 2024 Dalia Tamulevičiūtė National Playwriting Competition.
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About creators
Naubertas Jasinskas graduated in 2020 in Theatre Directing from the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre (LMTA) under the mentorship of Yana Ross. In 2022, he received the Golden Stage Cross in the Young Artist category for the production bowel. In 2023, he was nominated for the Golden Stage Cross for Best Direction for the productions Edžio pabaiga (The End of Eddy) and Pelikanas. Jasinskas creates works rooted in dramatic theatre as well as experimental forms, seeking new modes of expression. His interests include issues of gender and sexuality, family and patriarchy, empathy, and the deconstruction of power structures.
Maksym Teteruk is a playwright and theatre director. He worked as assistant and collaborator to Krystian Lupa on the productions Mo Fei (2017), Capri – the Island of Refugees (2019), Austerlitz (2020), Notes of a Madman (2021), and The Emigrants (2024). He has also collaborated with artists such as Mina Kavani, Anne Théron, and Naubertas Jasinskas. Since 2024, he has been teaching at the Conservatoire National Supérieur d’Art Dramatique in Paris.
