The new folder is an icon recognisable to anyone who uses a computer, including many of today's playwrights. Drafts, play versions that have been edited countless times, and finally the finished work - all live in the shelter of this digital icon. It is the home of new, contemporary dramaturgy.
The festival "New Folder (2)" will open with the joint premiere of "Mahamaya Electronic Devices" by Juozas Miltinis Drama Theatre and the Polish theatre company Teal House (Warsaw), led by Iwan Wyrypajewo. As last year, the festival will present six Lithuanian plays based on contemporary dramaturgy. The audience will be invited not only to see them, but also to meet the creative teams of the plays.
During the festival, everyone will be invited to get acquainted with playwriting and to try their hand at playwriting workshops led by the theatre's artistic director, director and playwright Aleksandras Špilevojus. Participants will not only be invited to immerse themselves in the processes of playwriting and gain knowledge of writing for the stage, but also to hear their own work read by the actors of the Juozas Miltinis Drama Theatre - the workshop will be concluded with a presentation and reading of the plays they have written.
Another novelty of the festival is the provision of a stage to the youngest playwrights. "The Story of an Empty Room" based on the play by the winner of the Republican Competition for Young Playwrights Saulės Bartkevičiūtė and "CV or Who I Am" based on the play by Justas Tertelis.