What is femininity in general? Does being a woman mean having to comply with a certain generally accepted norm? I feel that the binary perception of genders reaffirms stereotypes.

There still are astonished viewers who, after seeing my productions, say, “And this is how a woman creates?” I have frequently repeated that, in my opinion, directing is in fact a very maternal profession, because it requires psychological sensitivity, care, and love for people you work with.

Our work began the moment all of us – the actresses involved and myself – realized that it was not enough to talk only about women and stereotypes related to them. We also realized that it was necessary to leave femininity aside focus less on the clearly defined gender. Trans Trans Trance is an autobiographical play created by women, so we deliberately avoided the topic of masculinity
because we wanted to share our personal experiences.

Then we organized meetings with feminists, women activists, transgender individuals, and collected real-life stories and commentaries on them. We conducted interviews in the streets of Vilnius – asked passers-by different questions, and wrote the script that we planned to be performed on stage. And we talked it all over together. In this case, the object of the performance was not the dramaturgy itself, but the society at large.