On July 8, 2016 a commemorative plaque in memory of director Stasys Čaikauskas, set designer Romualdas Lukšas, pianist Tiju Čaikauskienė and actors, who worked at the State Drama Theatre 60 years ago, was attached on The House of Actors (Vytauto St.).
The plaque of black marble is bearing an inscription: “In this former residence of actors 1956-1994, artists of great importance lived and worked: actor of Lithuanian theatre, director and pianist, educators/ Stasys and Tiju Čaikauskai 1912-1988 1917-1994 / 1956-1962 m. Lithuanian painter and set designer Romualdas Lukšas/ and actors of the Marijampolė (Kapsukas) State Drama Theatre”.
On February 11, 1956, the government of LSST (Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic) decided to reopen the State Drama Theatre of Kapsukas. People of Marijampolė (or Kapsukiečiai at that time) were truly excited about young actors who would be residing and working in their hometown. The theatre was under reconstruction, new house for the actors was in a building process (had started in 1955). The house was located in 5a I. Černiachovskio St. (Currently, 15 Vytauto St.). First residents appeared in the summer of 1956.
The most famous tenants: theatre director Stasys Čaikauskas, painter Romualdas Lukšas, actors Bronius Gražys, Leonas Ciunis, Juozas Jaruševičius, Nijolė Narijauskaitė, Arnas Rosenas, Gražina Urbonaitė, Regimantas Adomaitis, Elvyra Žebertavičiūtė and others.
Inscription on the heritage object
- AddressMarijampolė, Vytauto Str., the Drama Theatre
- Date - 2016
- Statusunregistered, local meanings
- Not staying
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Literature and resources
1. Kviečiame pagerbti teatro ir kultūros veikėjų Stasio ir Tiju Čaikauskų atminimą: [sūduvos gidas]. 2016 07 08. – [žiūrėta 2016-09-14]. – Prieiga per internetą : < http://www.suduvosgidas.lt/kvieciame-pagerbti-teatro-ir-kulturos-veikeju-stasio-ir-tiju-caikausku-atminima/>
2. Marijampolė tampa kultūringu ir įdomiu miestu : [pokalbis su Vytautu Viliūnu] / kalbėjosi Jurga Žiugždienė // bernardinai.lt. – 2015, liep 23. – [Žiūrėta 2016-05-16]. – Prieiga per internetą: < http://www.bernardinai.lt/straipsnis/2015-07-23-vytautas-viliunas-marijampole-tampa-kulturingu-ir-idomiu-miestu/133018>
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