Kasieńka takes you by the throat and moves you, giving adults and teenagers something to think about. Authentic and honest, it is an excellent option for a teenage audience. It could also provide a starting point for teachers in a discussion on tolerance, alienation, peer relations, and the problems of maturity. There aren’t many such shows in the Tri-City, which is why it’s worth choosing this one.

Wieczur-Bluszcz, although faithfully following The Weight of Water, does not leave this world in greyness and sadness. The sadness, which here is a result of maturity in the perception of reality, is counterbalanced by the ‘trivialities’ which mark the subsequent stages of maturity – the first kiss, punishing the malicious friend, making up with Dad.

The attractive, beautiful, and at the same time very legible theatrical structure of Kasieńka … contains wise and honest components. It does not overdo the brutality neither in its imagery nor its content (although in the context of Polish emigration it easily could), but by avoiding crude realism, it discusses the issue better that any (good) press article.