from the novel The Bird’nest di Shirley Jackson
Text and supervision of the dramatic reading Caterina Carpio
with Francesca Porrini, Marco Cavalcoli, Cecilia Fabris, Giulia Heathfield Di Renzi
sound composition Fortunato Leccese
costum consultation Simona D’Amico
production Operaestate, Lacasadargilla
support Proxima Res

ational Premiere

Nel nido (In the Nest) tells the story of what happens in the mind when identity dissociates and shatters. Is there a cure for this fracture and, if so, what is its limit? Shirley Jackson's novel The Bird’s Nest becomes the starting point for investigating the blurring of the self and the multitudes that inhabit it.

Within Elizabeth, four girls coexist, each with her own voice, memory, and perception of time and space, committed to claiming their own identity over the others. But who is Elizabeth, truly?

The impossibility of an answer leads to the atrocious solution of an actual murder. Through the reflections of the psychoanalyst, the desire emerges to eliminate every aspect of the feminine—considered ill or disturbed—to give life to a new being. From the ashes of Lizzie, Beth, Betsy, and Bess, Victoria is born: devoid of emotions and memory, a "hollow vessel" to be filled at will. Nel nido draws inspiration from the original title and contains the central knot of the dramaturgy: the "inside" of an unhatched egg, of an individual who does not yet possess their own "language."