This is not a reconstruction of a historical event or an illustration from a history textbook. It is a symbolic story about human choice, love, duty, and responsibility. About moments when one must choose between personal happiness and the common good, between the voice of the heart and duty, between the old world and a new tomorrow.
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Therefore, the creators of the performance invite the audience not to look for exact historical dates or facts, but to look at eternal values. After all, history repeats itself.
Times, people, rulers change, but love, betrayal, sacrifice, thirst for power, and faith accompany every era. Perhaps that is why the motto of the performance sounds so simple and at the same time meaningful – “History could have been. Maybe it is. Or it will be.”
The musical foundation of the performance is created based on the music of Gérard Presgurvic, and the Lithuanian texts were specially written for this production by Soneta Būdvytienė. Director Antanas Kazlauskas creates this story as a universal legend about a person and their choices, where love, duty, power, and faith meet.
The main roles in the performance are played by Egidijus Bavikinas, Soneta Būdvytienė, Andrius Apšega, Ilona Raudonienė, Juozas Sutkaitis, Jolanta Kažukauskienė, Edita Tutliūtė, Mantas Toleikis, Paulius Skurdelis, Alvydas Rudys, and Laima Andrejauskienė, the dance group “Mainytinis,” the choir of the Šilalė Musical Theater, and the fire show group VIDURAMŽIAI LT.
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An important part of the atmosphere of the performance will be created by video projection author Algirdas Šaulys, sound and light director Darius Vasiliauskas, artist Vidmantas Dargis, and costume designers Daiva Kaunienė and Livija Valauskytė, whose creative solutions will turn the Medvėgalis hillfort into a living stage story.
This production is another step by the Šilalė Musical Theater in creating original large-scale musical performances in unconventional spaces. Medvėgalis was chosen not by chance – it is a place where history, legends, and the grandeur of nature allow the viewer to feel not like an observer, but a part of this story.
On September 5th at 8:00 PM, the Medvėgalis hillfort will again be illuminated by the flames of torches and stage lights. And at the end of the evening, each viewer may answer one simple question for themselves – has this story remained in the past, or does it still live within us?
