The Yellow Wallpaper

THE YELLOW WALLPAPER

A devised work based on text by Charlotte Perkins Gilman

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In the summer of 1892, a woman named Jane is brought by her husband John to an old country house following the birth of their child to cure her “temporary nervous depression–a slight hysterical tendency.” John, a doctor, has recommended a summer of rest and isolation as a treatment for her condition. However, Jane’s confinement to a former nursery lined with abhorrently-colored yellow wallpaper quickly begins to grate on her nerves and mind. As recounted by a series of progressively more frenetic journal entries, Jane increasingly sees movement and undulation in the wallpaper’s pattern – revealing the figure of a woman trapped behind its intricate lines.

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Primary Cast:

Jane: Victoria Jones

John: Ian Olson

The Woman: Meghan Voight

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Production Team:

Director: Grace Barnstead

Assistant Director: Karina Hunt

Stage Management: Remi Remmey

Costumes: Genevieve Kafka

Sound Design: Cecilia Blackwood

Set Design: Paul Willis, Jr.

Properties: Tinka