Kostiukevich Vikenty, playwright, artist, participant in the competitions "Lyubimovka," "Remarka," and others. Resident of "Blackbox," NextStageEurope (Potsdam, Germany), and also a participant in the laboratory "Post-Dramaturg Practice" (Theater "Praktika," Moscow). Since 2022, she has been a reader for the "Lyubimovka" competition.
Education:
Specialist in Public Relations (DVGTU, 2008);
Master's degree from the Department of "Philosophy. Politics. Economics" (DVFU, 2016).
Participation in educational laboratories:
2017 – Resident at the NextStageEurope festival (Potsdam, Germany), where my text "To Love Thy Neighbor?" was presented on the stage of HansOtto Theater (Berlin);
2018 – 2019 – Annual partnership laboratory "Post-Dramaturg Practice" (Moscow, Theater "Praktika"). We worked on performances together with composers, choreographers, artists, theater experts, and others;
2020 – Residency at "Audio Theater" (creation of promenade performances), Ruza, STD;
2021 – Residency at "Blackbox" (performance "Traffic Jam"), where we transferred practices to the theatrical space of the Meyerhold Center.
Performances of my plays:
"Rashn Lalabai," Actor's House, Nizhny Novgorod, 2020;
"Brenner," Youth Theater, Vladivostok, 2020;
"Ruzskiye Sledy," audio promenade Ruza, 2021;
"2284," excursion and tourist project, Krasnoyarsk, 2021;
"Vasya's Country," Doc Theater, 2021;
"Woyzeck," Youth Theater, Vladivostok, 2021;
"Nancy Dragovich," Yeltsin Center, 2023;
"Public Debut," Dmitry Mulkоv, Theater Museum (St. Petersburg);
"Chika. Chita Point Live Stream," in collaboration with Oksana Rozum, Trans-Baikal Regional Dramatic Theater named after N.A. Berezin, directed by Vitaly Fedorov, 2024;
"Monologues," Dmitry Volkostrелов, 2024;
Project "Birdwatching," Viktor Ryzhakov, 2024-2025;
"An Ordinary Human Story," Theater "Shalom," 2024;
"The Lady with the Dog," Petr Nezluchенко, Berezniki Dramatic Theater, 2025;
"Pinocchio," Yaroslav Zhevnerov, Moscow Theater on Taganka, 2025;
"The House in Which," Soyzhin Zhambalova, Samara Young Spectator Theater "SamArt," 2025.
Directing projects:
2016–2020 – "The Drama," readings of contemporary drama plays, Youth Theater, Vladivostok;
2019 – "Rashn Lalabai," promenade performance in collaboration with Andrei Chugunov and Anton Shefatov, as part of the "Metadrama" festival with the participation of "Far Eastern Separators";
2020 – "O.M," promenade performance along the route of Osip Mandelshtam (Vladivostok);
2021 – "Vasya's Country," as part of the "Our Topic" festival (Khabarovsk).
Performances:
2018 – "The Attraction of Unseen Patience," Theater "Praktika";
2019 – "S’y," in collaboration with composer Vladimir Gorlinsky, Theater "Praktika";
2019 – "Friends Don't Act This Way," in collaboration with Mikhail Levin, Theater "Praktika";
2019 – "Thank You For Choosing Us," in collaboration with Ira Korina and Katya Augustenyak, "Nonsense," Theater "Praktika";
2019 – "Event X," Theater "Praktika";
2021 – "Pronouns of Me," with Maria Zhuravleva ("DVR"), CSI "Zarya";
2023 – "A Conspiracy for a Better Life," based on my play "Text for Theater."
Cultural Activism:
2016 – 2020 – "The Drama," readings of contemporary drama plays, Youth Theater, Vladivostok;
2018 – 2022 – Founding of the International Pacific Festival of Contemporary Drama "Metadrama," Program Director;
2021 – 2022 – Volunteer work with orphanages in Primorsky Krai, theatrical readings of plays;
2021 – Organization of a laboratory for contemporary theater at the Youth Theater in collaboration with the Youth Support Center, Vladivostok;
2022 – Organization of the "Turquoise" laboratory for contemporary text and performance, in collaboration with the Youth Support Center, Vladivostok.
Skills and Experience:
2018 – 2022 – Program Director of the International Pacific Festival of Contemporary Drama "Metadrama."
Literary International Competitions:
"Protuberances," shortlisted for "Eurasia" (2013);
"Protuberances," shortlisted for the Voloshin Competition (2013);
"Love Thy Neighbor?" off program of the "Remarque" competition, Kazan (2017);
"Love Thy Neighbor?" shortlisted for the Voloshin Competition (2017);
"Rashen Lalabai," finalist of "Remarque," Ufa (2018);
"Rashen Lalabai," shortlisted for "Culmination," Moscow (2019);
"Vasya's Country," finalist of "Lyubimovka," Moscow (2020);
"Vasya's Country," shortlisted for "Remarque," Moscow (2020);
"Pronouns of Me," international playwright competition "Nim," shortlisted (2021);
"Pronouns of Me," finalist of "Lyubimovka," Moscow (2021);
"Text for Theater: A Work on the Removal of Intellectual Corruption," finalist of "Lyubimovka" (Moscow) (2022).
Screenwriting work:
TV series "Princess Olga," 2024-2025, directed by Gai Germanika, "Mars Media Production."
The texts have been translated into German, French, and Polish.