Vaiva Grainytė (born 1984) is a Lithuanian writer, playwright and poet, who works with interdisciplinary projects. Education In 2007 Grainytė graduated from the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre with a BA in Art Theory, and in 2009—with an MA in Theatrology. During the period of 2010–2011 Grainytė studied Chinese language at the Central Academy of Drama (Beijing). From 2015 Grainytė participated in various international residencies, including KulturKontakt residency in Vienna (Austria), Villa Clementine writers residency in Wiesbaden ( (Germany)), Akademie Schloss Solitude residency in Stuttgart ( (Germany)), and Nordic House artist residency in Reykjavik (Iceland). Creative Work Since 2004 Grainytė is a published author of various essays, reviews and commentaries. Grainytė worked as a writer for the Miesto IQ Magazine (2008–2009), and the Theatre Column Editor for The Economist Magazine (2010–2012). During the period of 2013–2015 she was a senior editor at the Kamane.lt, a professional art news website. The year 2012 saw a publication of her book Beijing Diaries (Pekino dienoraščiai, Vilnius: ). Her book of poems Gorilla's Archives Grainytė combines individual writing practice with collaborative work. The contemporary operas Have a Good Day!(2013) and Sun & Sea (2017) are among the most notable examples. In her collaborative work Grainytė pays particular attention to the relation between documentality and fiction, the correspondence between realism and poetry, and the interdisciplinary input from theatre, music and visual arts. Dramaturgy and Stage Writing 2013 Have a Good Day!, a contemporary opera for 10 singing cashiers, supermarket sounds and piano. Co-authors: composer Lina Lapelyt] and theatre and film director Rugilė Barzdžiukaitė. The libretto has been translated into English, French, German, Portuguese, Italian, Russian, Polish, Ukrainian, Latvian, Estonian and Chinese. 2016 Lucky Lucy, a show of dance and environmental action. Choreographers and dancers: Agnija Šeiko, Annika Ostwald (Sweden); dramatist: PeO Sanders (Sweden); composer: Magnus Bugge (Norway). 2017 Sun & Sea, a contemporary opera; co-producers: Rugilė Barzdžiukaitė and Lina Lapelytė. The project was chosen to represent Lithuania at the 58th Venice Biennale in 2019. 2018 Ubu the King (Karalius Ubu), a puppet show-grotesque at the Vilnius Puppet Theatre Lėlė. Director: Neville Tranter; composer: Faustas Latėnas. 2018 Cuckoos (Gegutės), a musical performance at the MO Museum, Vilnius. Vo-producer: composer Arturas Bumšteinas. Radio Plays 2014 Witches Don’t Eat Gummies (Raganos nevalgo guminukų). The play has been included in the Reading Program of the Women Playwrights International Conference (Cape Town, RSA). 2015 From the Axis (Nuo Ašies).