A mother, three fathers, three daughters – a very special family constellation is described by the actress Caroline Peters in her novel ‹A Different Life›. It is a mother-daughter story and a tender homage to an eccentric mother figure: Hanna is a PhD Slavicist, librarian, and poet, who can get enraged by a wrong word, hurls vodka glasses against the wall at parties, and flirts with students. A bohemian in the province. Because as free-spirited as the family arrangement is, the roles are ultimately filled in a conventional manner. From the perspective of the youngest daughter, Peters tells of the questions a daughter has for her deceased mother and for herself – and what it means to forge one's own path.

In contrast stands ‹Letter to the Father› by Franz Kafka. The work, which likely never reached its recipient, is one of Kafka's most famous autobiographical documents and deals with the painful relationship between son and father. The actor Paul Herwig, a permanent member of the Berliner Ensemble, will read from the letter. It is Kafka's attempt to understand his father in order to escape their troubled relationship. However, the letter also reveals that Kafka is unable to free himself from his precarious bond with his father, as fear, love, and contempt equally permeate his words.

In the inner courtyard of the beautiful Weser Renaissance Museum Schloss Brake, the musicians Runge & Ammon create their own musical world that corresponds with the two texts and the location.