Written by Gary Graves World Premiere #47: A Central Works Method Play
Directed by Jan Zvaifler
Produced in: 2015
A classic of early American feminist literature, first published in 1892, Gilman’s haunting short story follows a Victorian woman’s descent into madness. Confined in the attic of an old, dilapidated mansion, as part of a “rest cure” prescribed by her husband, “Jane” begins to see strange forms creeping around behind the torn and ragged yellow wallpaper in the room.
“One of the finest, and strongest, tales of horror ever written. It may be a ghost story, worse yet, it may not.”
– Alan Ryan, Haunting Women
Original score & arrangements: Cybèle D’Ambrosio
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Drama, 2F
Jane: Elena Wright*
Musician: Cybèle D’Ambrosio**
Costume design: Tammy Berlin
Lighting design: Gary Graves
Prop design: Debbie Shelley
Sound design: Gregory Scharpen
Stage manager: Vanessa Ramos
*member AEA, **member AFM
Confined in the attic of an old, dilapidated mansion, as part of a “rest cure” prescribed by her husband, Jane (Elena Wright*) begins to see strange forms creeping around behind the torn and ragged yellow wallpaper in the room.
*member AEA
Photo by Jim Norrena
Jane (Elena Wright*) begins to see strange forms creeping around behind the torn and ragged yellow wallpaper in the room.
*member AEA
Photo by Jim Norrena
Jane (Elena Wright*) is confined in the attic of an old, dilapidated mansion, as part of a “rest cure” prescribed by her husband.
*member AEA
Photo by Jim Norrena
Elena Wright* and Cybèle D’Ambrosio** perform in Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s THE YELLOW WALLPAPER.
*member AEA, **member AFM
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“Elena Wright is everything she needs to be as Jane…As with[Cybèle] D’Ambrosio’s performance on the violin, Wright’s work is best described as virtuosic.” – C. Kruger, theatrestorm
“carefully paced, beautifully layered and deeply compelling” – G. Heymont, myculturallandscape.com
“It’s the deft touches … that make The Yellow Wallpaper a treat” -A. Brinklow, EdgeMediaNetwork
“The Yellow Wallpaper is a heady, artful tale.” – E. Warnimont, Benicia Herald
