My Father

MY FATHER — Aleksandras Rubinovas

One actor. One family fate.

And a whole human life that gradually unfolds before the audience.

“My Father” is a chamber production based on the true family story of Lithuanian director Stanislovas Rubinovas (1930–2013) — a family that survived the Holocaust.

His son, actor and director Aleksandras Rubinovas, tells about his father, childhood and family, about fear and survival, about love and the people who stay by your side in the hardest moments of life.

This is not a retelling of history and not a heavy message about the past. It is a deeply personal stage story, with humor, pain, warmth, and genuine openness.

There is only one actor on stage, yet as the performance unfolds, a whole world comes alive before the audience’s eyes, people, characters, and destinies.

Aleksandras Rubinovas seems to relive his memories once again, together with the audience. Gradually, one family’s experience becomes close and understandable to everyone. This is a performance about our parents, memories, and choices, about love and a person’s ability to preserve dignity even when hope seems almost lost.

The intimate space of STADIA intensifies the feeling of closeness in the performance. Here, the usual distance between actor and audience almost disappears, every intonation can be heard, every gesture and the slightest change in facial expression can be noticed.

Aleksandras Rubinovas

Lithuanian actor, director, and theater educator. He worked for many years at the Kaunas Drama Theatre, staged more than twenty productions, made documentary films, and taught acting at the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre.

The performance “My Father” has received recognition at international theater festivals, while Aleksandras Rubinovas’ creative work has been honored with several theater awards, including the award of the international theater festival “Monocle” and the “Fortuna” award.

After the performance, the audience will have the opportunity to purchase the books “My Father” and “In the Forest and on Stage,” meet Aleksandras Rubinovas, and receive the author’s autograph.

Script, direction, and performance by Aleksandras Rubinovas

Music by Fausts Latēns

Performance in Russian

“My Father” is a performance about memories that help us keep living. About love for our parents. And about the light that sometimes appears where we least expect it.