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.
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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Off-Off Broadway - 2025
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NYC Fringe - 2018
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