Sandra Bernotaite is an actress, theatre director, teacher and fiction writer. In 2003 she graduated with Master of Theatre (Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre). During her artistic career she was involved in various projects including film, Social (Forum) theatre and creative advertising. 2003–2006 Sandra was leading an independent youth theatre group “Insaideris” which devised few successful theatre performances. Her international screen experience includes roles in Canadian TV movie “Out Of Ashes” (dir. Joseph Sargent) and Japanese feature “Visas That Saves Lives” (dir. Katsumi Ohyama). Her major theatre roles: Adelaida in “Idiots Mass” (according to Dostoyevsky’s “Idiot”, dir. Rolandas Atkociunas), Woman in mono performance “Spiritual Matters” (according to Ingmar Bergman’s short story, dir. Sandra Bernotaite); Mira in “Children With Emerald Eyes” (according to Mira Rothenberg’s book, dir. Aurelija Ceredaite). Sandra lives in Melbourne since 2007 and is full time writer, blogger. Recently her first book “Gaisras” was published in Lithuania.
2011/06/14 at 22:33
Laba diena, Sandra!
My wife, Jūratė Vitkūnaitė-Reilly, has passed on to me a copy of the interview with Živilė Kavaliauskaitė in the most recent edition of Mūsu Pastogė (22, 2011).
I am interested in what was being discussed about writing groups, as I am currently acting president of Geelong Writers inc., an affiliate of the Victorian Writers Centre. We are planning to commence publication of a new literary / creative writing journal, Geelong Ink, later this year.
There are a number of matters I would like to discuss with you. Firstly, would you be willing to write an article for us on your experiences as a writer, both here in Australia & in Lietuva, as well as send say, 2 new poems, for publication? We cannot pay for contributions, but I would supply 2 copies of the publication for your records.
Secondly, could you supply me with a copy of ‘Gaisras’ on invoice. I would pay by cheque on return mail.
Please contact me by courriel (as supplied) at your earliest convenience.
Jusu,
Ted