We minimalized the use of illustration in image and setting. That is why Sylvia Weening and I chose to keep all other things simple. The content of the script is very dense and philosophical. In Weenings direction the acting is story telling, balanced and modest with an emphasis on the use and clarity of voice. The most important difference for both the makers and the audience is the acting style. Besides minor differences in the script, the biggest differences are the acting style, blocking, stage setting and the stage lighting and sound. The script has been the base for the direction, but here and there several modifications have been made.
These two different directions have both been performed in Dutch and English. I worked with two different directors, a Dutch and an American, and the two directions are the opposites of one another. We kept the stage setting simple to make the show easy to travel with. The Story of The Einstein Girl is a 45-minute monologue that can be performed in 4 different ways.
When she awakes, it turns out that she has lost her memory. A handbill is found nearby, advertising a public lecture by Albert Einstein. A young woman lies unconscious in the woods outside Berlin. It is 1932, a few months before Hitler’s rise to power. About the project The Story of The Einstein Girl:
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