PONCIA

STARRING LOLITA FLORES

Within a storm of fog, Poncia, Bernarda Alba’s maid, prays for Adela’s death. The house has sunk into a sea of silence. Poncia speaks alone and also to them, to Bernarda Alba and her daughters.

This text is written from the interventions of the character of Poncia in 'La Casa de Bernarda Alba' by Federico García Lorca. Through a profound analysis of the character, Luis Luque rescues Poncia’s words and transforms them into reflections, soliloquies, and dialogues with ghosts and shadows. In this way, a new way of looking inside the house is brought to light. In the original play, we witness a sequence of events unfolding in chronological order. Here, in this Poncia, that is not the case. She speaks after the shock caused by Adela’s suicide. Everything takes place after her death.

We listen to the voice of the maid to illuminate the dark corners of Lorca’s work. Poncia speaks of suicide, freedom, guilt, class, education, and sex. And she speaks with the full force of a voice that has been abused and silenced. The soul of “Poncia” opens up to insist on the need to pass on to others the idea of loving ourselves in freedom.