Dance, Edita, Dance! by Rimantas Kmita Global English Premiere December 12–14, 2025

A dynamic, modern, and uplifting one-woman show about love, youth, and VHS dreams in 1990s Lithuania

Friday, December 12 at 7:00 PM - Opening Night

Saturday, December 13 at 2:00 PM and 7:00 PM
Sunday, December 14 at 2:00 PM

🎟 Tickets and more info – here 

Tickets $50, excluding applicable credit card fees

Creative Team & Cast

Written by Rimantas Kmita

Directed by Rūta Meta Pauliukaitytė
Produced by Sondra Litvaitytė

Starring Annie Thomas as Edita
Olivia Reburn – Understudy (Edita)| appearing as Kriste | Stage Manager 
Ella Jacobson – Monika / Gražkė |  Assistant: Costume & Set Design
Julia Finke – Garfylds | Assistant: Costume & Set Design
Luis Martinez – Dancer / Raimis

Costume Design – Aura Taylor & Eglė Bylaitė
Set Design – Natsuki Takauji
Lighting Design – Ziggy Bornas
Sound Design – Nicolas Kirchner
Graphic Design – Marius Žalneravičius

She’s not Baby from Dirty Dancing — she’s Edita from Šiauliai, and this is her own movie.

Dance, Edita, Dance! will take you to 90s Lithuania. Seventeen-year-old Edita from Šiauliai works at a small video rental shop stacked with Western films, discovering the world through Dirty Dancing, Taxi Driver, and MTV.

The disco ball spins, Edita stands in her best fuzzy sweater and borrowed miniskirt, waiting for something big to happen. Caught between Hollywood fantasy and post-Soviet reality, she navigates first love and a hunger for a life that looks like it came straight from the movies.

With humor, heart, and 90s nostalgia, Dance, Edita, Dance! captures the dreams, dilemmas, and restless energy of a generation still finding its rhythm.

This play was written by acclaimed Lithuanian writer Rimantas Kmita, known for Southern Chronicles, which inspired Lithuania’s highest-grossing film and is the country’s official submission for this year’s Academy Award for Best International Feature. Dance, Edita, Dance! is a spin-off of Southern Chronicles, turning one of its supporting female characters, Edita, into the protagonist and serving as the basis for Kmita’s upcoming novel Edita Complex. The novel is to be released in Lithuania on the same day as the global premiere of the play’s English version.

For more information: editashowproductions@gmail.com

Content Note: Brief references to teen sexuality, pregnancy, abortion, and occasional strong language.