TheYellowWallpaper

The Yellow Wallpaper is a psychological horror dance-theater adaptation of the short story by Charlotte Perkins Gilman. The play follows Jane, a 19th-century woman suffering from postpartum depression, and her husband John, who prescribes her “The Rest Cure,” the era’s leading treatment for so-called “female hysteria.” Isolated for months in a room and forbidden any social engagement, reading, writing, or mental stimulation, Jane slowly begins to lose her grip on reality.

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This adaptation by sisters Caitlin and Megan Ort explores female empowerment and mental health through a fusion of movement, music, and classic text that blurs the line between reality and the surreal – revealing how even well-meaning relationships and intentions can quietly uphold systems of oppression.

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