Poncia

Within a storm of fog, Poncia, Bernarda Alba's maid, prays for Adela's death.

Within a dense storm of fog, Poncia prays for Adela's death while the house has sunk into absolute silence. The production does not follow the chronological order of Lorca's drama: everything takes place after Adela's suicide, from the impact that this death has on the maid.

On stage, Poncia speaks alone and also with Bernarda Alba and her daughters, in the form of soliloquies, reflections and dialogues with ghosts and shadows. She settles scores with the women who survive in the house and vindicates the youngest of the daughters, whom she considers a brave woman, while reproaching herself for not having done more for her. The themes running through the text are suicide, freedom, guilt, social class, education and sex.

The text is based on the idea that the maids know what goes on behind the doors of the houses and keep a popular view of their masters. It is aimed at those who know Lorca's work and want to hear a secondary character who, in the original drama, barely has a voice of her own.