About this Event
Dance, Edita, Dance!
by Rimantas Kmita
Directed by Rūta Meta Pauliukaitytė
Produced by Sondra Litvaitytė
Starring Annie Thomas as Edita
She’s not Baby from Dirty Dancing — she’s Edita from Šiauliai, and this is her own movie.
Dance, Edita, Dance! will take you to 90s Lithuania. Seventeen-year-old Edita from Šiauliai (pronounced SHOW-lay) works at a small video rental shop stacked with Western films, discovering the world through Dirty Dancing, Taxi Driver, and MTV.
The disco ball spins, Edita stands in her best fuzzy sweater and borrowed miniskirt, waiting for something big to happen. Caught between Hollywood fantasy and post-Soviet reality, she navigates first love and a hunger for a life that looks like it came straight from the movies.
With humor, heart, and 90s nostalgia, Dance, Edita, Dance! captures the dreams, dilemmas, and restless energy of a generation still finding its rhythm.
This play was written by acclaimed Lithuanian writer Rimantas Kmita, known for Southern Chronicles, which inspired Lithuania’s highest-grossing film and is the country’s official submission for this year’s Academy Award for Best International Feature. Dance, Edita, Dance! is a spin-off of Southern Chronicles, turning one of its supporting female characters, Edita, into the protagonist and serving as the basis for Kmita’s upcoming novel Edita Complex. The novel is to be released in Lithuania on the same day as the global premiere of the play’s English version.
The Factory Series @ChainTheatre, 312 W 36th St, 3rd Floor, New York, NY 10018
Content Note: Brief references to teen sexuality, pregnancy, abortion, and occasional strong language.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Chain Theatre (New 99 seat theatre), 312 West 36th Street, New York, United States
USD 55.20
