As part of the Monodrama Stage, we invite you to Jean Genet's play "The Maids" translated by Aleksander Wat. The work has been recognized as a masterpiece of 20th-century dramaturgy, as a sharp satire on the bourgeois world, but above all as a depiction of human dependency and exclusion. Moreover, the author has given his work an extraordinary form. A simple, almost banal anecdote tells the story of how two maids, who both love and hate their mistress, perform a daily ritual of killing her (as compensation for the humiliations they endure). They direct their gestures and actions, even swapping roles. We also learn that, in an act of revenge, they sent an anonymous letter to the police accusing their mistress's lover of theft. The strength of Genet's brilliant idea lies in opposing truth to fiction, and real reality to theater. The situation becomes more complicated when the mistress enters the scene with her kindness and power to humiliate. It turns out she is returning from the police station. Will the murder become possible in reality? Genet's universal message entertains and unsettles, especially today, when we realize the life of a person in a world of appearances and lies, under the omnipotence of various media, where individual freedom is determined by the "staging" of one's own life. The performance has a studio character. The three performers face the extremely challenging task of transforming, "acting out," and creating successive conflicts and events. All of this serves, on one hand, the spectacle's visual appeal, and on the other, its constant development. - Cast: - Monika Sznajder - Claire - Julia Karpińska - Solange - Anna Piliszek - Mistress - Direction and musical arrangement: Grzegorz Mrówczyński 🎟️ FREE ENTRY! Note! Seating is limited, and admission is on a first-come, first-served basis. The doors to the auditorium open at 5:30 PM and close once the room is full. Please arrive early.
