To be born again
A psychological drama
Apart from Aniela, all the characters of the play remain seated in the auditorium until their time comes to go on the stage and perform their parts.
Aniela K. is the subject of psychoanalysis. The therapeutic drama she takes part in is called “The Woman Who Was Born Three Times”. Aniela K. tells the audience some details of her three biographies and shares her feeling of being reborn. This is a rare opportunity for her, as she has always wanted to be a star that attracts attention of many people. Meanwhile, on the stage there appear some characters from her life. Unfortunately, they contradict her words, because to them she is the person she doesn’t like and doesn’t want to be. Aniela reveals the trauma of her childhood; her story is more and more engaging. Seemingly chaotic, it does get clearer. The audience starts to understand why Aniela behaves the way she does. The moment in which she decides to become somebody else is being recreated during the process of psychoanalysis. The character makes a substitute of her unsuccessful life and personality. Only in this way is she able to cope with a series of disappointments. Paradoxically, it helps her be normal and somehow adjusted to society. This is the story of Aniela’s three incarnations. Furthermore, there is still time for her fourth existence, which is rising in front of our eyes. It is supposed to be the life of the star. But she is not allowed to be born again, because the Mother, the Grandmother, the Father and the Husband do not want another Aniela. Nobody wants her performance anymore. She is left alone in the darkness of the stage.