The play, "So-Called Humanity in Madness" will be staged by Teatr Słowackiego, a major theater in Kraków, southern Poland, premiering on November 8 and 9.

Witkiewicz, also known as Witkacy, began writing the piece in 1938 but left it unfinished. He ended his life in September 1939 after learning of the Soviet Union’s invasion of Poland, leaving behind only the title, cast list, and a brief description.

“It turns out that based on this data, artificial intelligence is able to pick up certain threads or clues that we can follow and develop this nonexistent text,” said the director of the play, Krzysztof Garbaczewski.

“This is an attempt to bring it [the play] back from oblivion,” he added.

The cast blends live actors and digital avatars. The experiment, according to Teatr Słowackiego “will be a pioneering endeavor that will set new standards for what theater can achieve in the digital age.”

While the play breaks new ground, an earlier AI media experiment has already been halted.

OFF Radio Kraków, a state-owned regional station, recently replaced hosts with AI personas, and broadcast a simulated interview with the late Wisława Szymborska, a winner of the Nobel prize in literature.

Intended as a three-month trial, the project faced immediate backlash. Just a week after launch, the station ended the experiment following criticism from listeners and former staff concerned about its impact on the station’s cultural mission.