Asta PETRIKIENĖ

Doctor of Humanities, researcher (at Lithuanian Culture Research Institute since April 1, 2021)
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6181-9499

In 2005 received MA in Theatre studies at Vytautas Magnus University Faculty of Arts. In 2015 Vytautas Magnus University at Faculty of Arts defended doctoral theses “The Role of the State in Lithuanian Theatre Activity, 1918–1940”. From 2018 teaches at Vilniaus Gediminas Technical university Faculty of Creative Industries.

Since 2022 member of EASTAP bureau, treasurer, head of EASTAP’s conference task force.

Research interests include Lithuanian and European theatre history, socioeconomical aspects of theatre making, sustainability and technologies in theatre, impact of COVID-19 pandemic on theatre industry.

Selected publications

Petrikienė Asta. R.U.R. and Its Contribution to the Development and Communication of Avant-Garde Theatre. The Days After: Ethical Dilemmas of Industrial and Post-industrial Societies in 20th and 21st Century Theatre through the Lens of Karel Čapek’s Plays RUR and The White Plague (Ed. by Martina Pecková Černá, Hasan Zahirović). Prague: The Arts and Theatre Institute, 2022. (Being prepared for publication)

Petrikienė, Asta; Petrikas, Martynas. Lietuvių teatro avangardas: ankstyvieji mėginimai [Lithuanian theatre Avant-garde: early attempts]. Lietuvos teatro amžius [Age of Lithuanian theatre] (sudaryt. /ed. by D. Šabasevičienė). Vilnius: “Krantų” redakcija, SMKA, 2019, p. 38–45. ISBN 978-9955-857-28-0

Petrikas, M., Petrikienė A. Theatre Avant-garde, and Social Space: Lithuanian Examples. Reclaimed Avant-garde: Spaces and Stages of Avant-Garde Theatre in Central–Eastern Europe (ed. by Zoltan Imre, Dariusz Kosiński). Warsawa: Instytut Teatralny im. Zbigniewa Raszewskiego, 2018, p. 100–116. ISBN/ISSN 978-83-66124-05-9

Petrikas, Martynas; Petrikienė Asta. Antanas Sutkus i paradoks awangardy teatru Litewskiego. Awangarda teatralna w Europie Środkowo–Wschodniej. Wybór tekstów źródłowych (ed. by Ewa Guderian-Czaplińska, Małgorzata Leyko). Warszawa: Instytut Teatralny im. Zbigniewa Raszewskiego, 2018, p. 134–146. ISBN/ISSN 978-83-63276-90-04

Petrikienė, Asta. Sėkmės ir nesėkmės: konkursai dramaturgams 1918–1940 m. Lietuvoje [Playwriting Competitions in Lithuania in 1918–1940: Stories of Successes and Failures]. Krantai, 2017, Nr. 4, p. 60–63. ISSN 0235-6384

Petrikienė A. Du neįgyvendinti projektai: Valstybės teatras Panevėžyje ir Klaipėdoje. Menotyra [Studies in Art]. Vilnius: LMAL, LKTI, 2016, Vol 23, Nr. 2, p. 87–98. ISSN 1392-1002

Selected conferences presentations

Petrikienė, Asta. Emergence of Director’s Theatre in Lithuania. Theatrical Mind: Authorship, Staging and Beyond. EASTAP, Piccolo Teatro di Milano, University of Milan, 23–27 May 2022.

Petrikienė, Asta. Changes in Lithuanian Theatre Industry in the Context of the Covid-19 Pandemic. Visuality 2021: Media and Communication, Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Vilnius, 22–23 April 2021.

Petrikienė, Asta. “R. U. R.” Production and its Reception in the Lithuanian Press. The Days After Through the Lens of Karel Čapek’s Plays R.U.R. and The White Plague: Staging the Ethical Dilemmas of Industrial and Post-industrial Societies in 20th and 21st Century. Prague, The Arts and Theatre Institute, 26–27 January 2021.

Petrikienė, Asta. Polylogue of Memory: Inter-Reflectionist Strategy for Politicising the Memory in Theatre. Shared memories: Creation, research, and politics in European contemporary stage. Lisbon, University of Lisbon, 23–25 September 2019.

Petrikienė, Asta. Light Shines from the East: Communication of Avantgarde Ideas in Theatre of Interwar Europe. Transnational influences: theatrical interactivity in the Nordic/Baltic region and beyond. Helsinki, University of Helsinki, 21–23 March 2019.

Petrikienė, Asta. Autonomous Future / Future of Autonomy at the conference Back to the Future. Central European Avant-Garde Reclaimed, London, Royal Holloway, University of London, 16–17 November 2018.

Petrikienė, Asta. Theatre at International Exhibitions: Communication of Avant-garde Ideas in Interwar Europe. Decentering the Vision(s) of Europe: The Emergence of New Forms (EASTAP conference), Paris, University of Paris, 25–27 October 2018.

Participation in Research projects

2019–2023 Lexicon. Reclaimed Avant-garde, project funded by Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland, project partner, researcher.

2017–2018 Reclaimed Avant-garde, project funded by Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland, project partner, researcher.

E-mail: asta.petrikiene@lkti.lt