The Yellow Wallpaper NYC Reviews and Tickets

63%

(5 Reviews)

Positive

20%

Mixed

80%

Negative

Members say

Thought-provoking, Ambitious, Confusing, Should be a solo, Good acting

About the Show

This new multimedia staging of Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s story provides an intimate look at a deteriorating mental state and a radical examination of destructive relationships between men and women.

From the show:

Confined to rest and separated from her new-born child, a woman struggles to come to terms with a mental health diagnosis. As she vacillates between self-assurance and doubt, the yellow wallpaper that decorates her room becomes an unusual source of comfort. A multimedia staging of Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s searing indictment of the 19th century medical community provides an intimate look at a deteriorating mental state and a radical examination of destructive relationships between men and women.

Member Reviews (5)

Ineffective, Ambitious, Disappointing, Evocative, Good acting

See it if u want to see a lofty, earnest attempt to adapt Gilman's classic feminist short story of an oppressed & depressed 19th C woman to the stage.

Don't see it if u hope for an adaptation that gets to the heart of CPG's character, finds her voice & fully reveals the desperation of the 19th C Everywoman Read more