RESILIENCE ENTERTAINMENT AND BELARUS FREE THEATRE present the world premiere of

KS6: SMALL FORWARD - based on exiled Belarusian women’s basketball star-turned-activist Katsiaryna Snytsina’s life and career.

“One of the bravest and most inspired underground troupes on the planet.” – NY Times

KS6: SMALL FORWARD – a searing production about an Olympic athlete and women’s basketball star, the first and only popular sports figure in the history of Belarus to have openly come out as gay, and who now lives in exile as an outspoken, frontline activist against the dictatorship in her native country.

Devised for the stage by co-directors Nicolai Khalezin and Natalia Kaliada (founders of Belarus Free Theatre), "KS6: Small Forward" is based on conversations with Katsiaryna Snytsina who competed for Team Belarus at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing.

She is the first and only popular sports figure in the history of Belarus to come out as gay. Snytsina came out as a lesbian when she fell in love with a longtime BFT company member. She now lives in exile as a dissident against the authoritarian Lukashenko regime.

Established in 2005, BELARUS FREE THEATER (BFT) spent years performing only in secret to escape political censorship. The company was exiled from Belarus in 2021 after publicly opposing the regime of Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko, and now performs at venues worldwide without a permanent home.

*The performance will be played in English.

"KS6: Small Forward" by Belarus Free Theatre

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