The scene takes place in the theatre of Schon's imagination.

Lulu has escaped from jail thanks to the Countess Geschwitz's brilliant plan of using the cholera outbreak as a means of escape.

Lulu - Act 1 Scene 3 - The setting is a deconstructed theatre: wings, dressing room, and front curtain are all present but they are in skewed and illogical relation to one another.