I came to the theatre when I was 14. I played a shepherd in the play "Žaliaduonių gegužė". It was a small role, with little text, and I went to rehearsals as if it was a group I had to go to. As a teenager at that time, it seemed that there were better things to do. But after the premiere, when we went out to take a bow, everyone applauded standing up. I felt important, and that feeling of applause was strange and new to me.
Other roles were in the youth play "Monday Everything is Different" (one of the schoolchildren), the fairy tale "Beautiful Annie" (I played the role of the king).
After a few years, I returned to the theatre in the play "Utenis" (the messenger of King Mindaugas). The director called and asked for help, because one of the actors had gone abroad and the play was supposed to run for three days. I felt like I was thrown into a puddle. There was a lot of text, I hadn't seen the play, and there was only going to be one rehearsal. But two sleepless nights and everything went well.
Since then, the theatre has always been there. It's a part of my life that I can create and experience differently on stage every time. It's a kind of finding yourself in situations or characters. If there was no theatre, there would be no part of me left.
"Daumantas" (the clerk), "The Muse's Calling" (Antanas Miškinis), "Sudiev, kvietkeli" (Petras), "Meetings" (...), "Outcroppings" (Vytukas), "Tamsos švyturys" (Pranas Daunys), "Jason" (...), "Comics, or the Man with the Iron Tooth" (The Man with the Iron Tooth), "The River on the Asphalt" (Ričardas), "Mermaids, Fire, Greens" (...), "Spring Fun" (...), "Letter in the Sand" (Tadas), "I Can't Do It for You" (I Voice), "I Heard Your Sigh" (...), "America in the Bathhouse" (Faibcik), "The Witch Who Wanted to Dance So Badly" (Raven).
