Lithuanian theatre scholar. Dr. (hum. m., 2002). 1986 graduated from Vilnius School of Culture, 1992 – St. Petersburg Institute of Theatre, Music and Cinematography. 1994–2010 editor of the Theatre section of the weekly 7 meno dienos, 2005–06 editor of the journal Teatras. Since 1998 she has been working at the Lithuanian Cultural Research Institute (until 2010 the Institute of Culture, Philosophy and Art). Since 1999 she has been teaching at the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre (until 2004 the Lithuanian Academy of Music); professor (2014). Member of the editorial board of the ongoing peer-reviewed scientific journal Menotyra, and since 2022 – also the chairwoman of the editorial board, member of the editorial board of the ongoing scientific journal Sphairos. Culture and Media Studies (until 2021 published under the name Lietuvos kultūros tyrimai). Main areas of scientific research: theatre history and theory, theatre semiotics, theatre sociology, current problems of theatre directing, methods of contemporary theatre studies. Rasa VasinauskaitėRasa Vasinauskaitė archive Wrote chapters for the books Lithuanian Theatre History: 1929–1935 (2000), Lithuanian Theatre History: 1935–1940 (2002), Lithuanian Theatre History: 1970–1980 (2006), Lithuanian Theatre History: 1980–1990 (2009), Post-Soviet Lithuanian Theatre: History, Identity, Memory (with others, 2014), monographs Theatre of Temporality: Changes in Lithuanian Directing in 1990–2001 (2010), (Un)Grey Zone: Lithuanian Theatre Criticism in 1920–1980 (2023). He compiled and translated from French É. Zola's collection of articles Naturalism in Theatre: Theories and Examples (2008), compiled the book Lithuanian Theatre: A Brief History (2009), collections of articles The Theatre of Oskaras Koršunovas (2002, Le théâtre d’Oskaras Koršunovas 2003), Culturology: Personality: Art, History, Present (vol. 15 2007), Eimuntas Nekrošius Theatre: Conversations, Reviews, Articles / 1991–2010 (2012) and Eimuntas Nekrošius Theatre: Conversations, Reviews, Articles / 2012–2018 (2023), Music and Theatre (2022), a collection of notes and observations on E. Nekrošius's Lithuanian and foreign performances Eimuntas Nekrošius: Notes (2024). Published articles on theater and dance topics in Lithuanian and foreign press. Awarded the Culture and Arts Prize of the Government of the Republic of Lithuania (2025).
