Yellow Wallpaper 2.0 - 2020
Great Hall
Great Barrington, MA 01230
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Written by Jennifer Maisel
Directed by Judy Braha
A riff on Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s classic domestic horror story about a woman driven crazy by the rest cure for postpartum depression, YELLOW WALLPAPER 2.0 - 2020 is about a female adjunct professor trying to thrive in COVID quarantine despite her toddler and demanding husband outside her bedroom and the personal demons she faces within.
The show runs about 95 minutes with no intermission.
Please join us for the following post-show conversations with special guests:
Thursday, Aug. 20: “Loneliness of Mothering and Postpartum Depression” with Dr. Lauren Meisels, psychologist specializing in pregnancy, motherhood, postpartum depression.
Sunday, Aug. 23: "A Conversation with the Playwright: Jennifer Maisel"
Thursday, Aug. 27: “The Myth of the Perfect Mother and the Power of ‘Good-Enough’” with Claudia Gold, pediatrician/early relational health specialist
Sunday, Aug. 30: "The Dilemma of COVID-Era Mothering and Its After Effects" with Robin Kaplan, MSW LICSW
Thursday, Sept. 3: “The Feminization of Hysteria: Who’s More Hysterical?” with Claire Rosenberg, therapist
Sunday, Sept. 6: Talk back with the cast and director