The Phenomenon of the Worldwide Ukrainian Play Readings
Journal: MOKSLO TAIKOMIEJI TYRIMAI LIETUVOS KOLEGIJOSE
Year: 2025

The article describes and analyses the initiative Worldwide Ukrainian Play Readings. Based on a similar smaller-scale initiative launched in Belarus in 2020, the initiative has offered financial support as well as a virtual platform for contemporary Ukrainian playwrights, many of whom are connected with the Kyiv Theatre of Playwrights, to create and share new writings inspired by Ukraine’s fight against the Russian aggression. The article opens with a narrative overview of the history and broade