Antanas Obcarskas (1990) is a Lithuanian theatre director who has emerged as a distinctive voice of the new generation of Lithuanian and European theatre-makers.
Born in Kaunas, Obcarskas studied philosophy at Vilnius University, which became his conceptual framework from which he constructs a theatre that exposes mechanisms of uncertainty, power and absurdity of todays world. From 2016 until 2025 he has been affiliated with the Lithuanian National Drama Theatre (LNDT), initially as an assistant director, later as in-house director. In 2023 he became one of the theatre’s Artistic Directors. In this role he shaped the repertoire, developed international collaborations, and helped define LNDT’s identity as one of the most forward-looking theatre institutions in Europe.
Antanas Obcarskas productions combines real and fantastic scenarios of contemporary human identity that explores pervading uncertainty in the future of the world. With modern theatrical means his works are marked by an emphasis on intellectually demanding but audience friendly dramaturgy, vivid imagination, compelling visual aesthetics, attention to unusal actors’ craft, and the search for a new directorial language characteristic of 21st-century theatre.
