Gretas Metamorphose

Dear Franz,

In The Metamorphosis, you ask a question to which you give no answer. A seemingly simple question:

‘Why is she crying?’

Twice Gregor wonders why his sister, Grete, is crying. I have read this sentence several times and found no answer in your text.
I have been wondering about this for so long and will now ask Grete myself.

Yours, Milena

‘Why is Grete crying?’ – this question remains unanswered in Kafka's famous text The Metamorphosis; no one seems interested in her perspective. Grete's voice is missing, as are Milena's responses from her correspondence with Kafka.
In Édith Nana's new play, they step into the spotlight. The metamorphosis of women* becomes tangible for the audience in a theatrical journey of discovery.

‘Gretas Metamorphose – Die Frau gegen die Maschine’ (Gretas Metamorphosis – Woman Against Machine) is a project by Édith Voges Nana Tchuinang in co-production with Ringlokschuppen Ruhr and Theater im Depot, Dortmund.

Funded by the Ministry of Culture and Science of North Rhine-Westphalia and the NRW Landesbüro Freie Darstellende Künste e.V. (North Rhine-Westphalia State Office for Independent Performing Arts).