Lucía del Greco: "I remember watching 'Donetes' and then wanting to get married and have children."

BarcelonaIf contemporary theatre has two paths—that of plays where the text is the mainstay and that of shows where the driving force is the visual imagery—Lucia del Greco (Rome, 1992) always chooses the latter. The Italian creator is one of the most established young talents on the Catalan scene. Anyone who has seen her previous creations—such as The enchanted ones (2023), Pure passion (2024) or Kill me psychosis (2025)—knows that it also proposes to delve into a unique and captivating universe that takes viewers to unexpected places. Lucia del Greco's creations are the furthest thing from an exact and precise adaptation of a text. And this is precisely what she has done now with the novel Women, by Louisa May Alcott. The Spectacle Little Women, which will be performed at the Teatre Lliure de Gràcia from October 23 to November 30, is a completely free version of the book in which the artist imagines the characters' backside applied to contemporary times.

Yo (Elisabet Casanovas), Amy (Paula Jornet), Meg (Míriam Moukhles), and Beth (Blanca Valletbó) are the vehicle through which Del Greco focuses on how society's gaze impacts women, especially adolescents. "At this stage of life, the body is constantly exposed to the gaze of others, while changing constantly," explains Del Greco. From there, the creator began a process of searching for works that addressed this issue and ended up—among many other titles—with the film Close (2022), by Lukas Dhont, and the books by Fleur Jaeggy— until Women.

"There is also a personal memory. When I was little, I remember watching the movie Women and then wanting to get married and have children. Some people identified with Yo. I, on the other hand, wanted to wear pink," explains the director. Researching the biography of Louisa May Alcott, Del Greco read that "publishers forced her to marry her characters because, in some way, the book had to be pedagogical and morally acceptable by the parameters of the era in which she has risen to the character," what society demands of them. "I was interested in focusing on the conservatism of the book. They are groundbreaking in some parameters, and the novel was at that time, but today these characters don't pose a risk to anyone," notes Del Greco.

Displayed in a glass case

Little Women places twelve transparent display cases on the stage through which the protagonists will walk. Thus, the show emphasizes the idea of voyeurism that appears in the novel through Laurie (Joan Esteve), who watches them through the window, the closets, from the street. "They are exposed in a kind of showcase, a confessional platform, a showcase of peep show. From here, we take the desire to please others to the extreme by shedding light on society's desires for women," Del Greco emphasizes.

With this show, Del Greco makes his debut at the Teatre Lliure and takes a leap forward in his professional career. "Getting into the Lliure is a privilege. I enter the hall and suddenly there are 25 people working on the project. Their ethical commitment to what we do is moving," he concludes.