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THE YELLOW WALLPAPER

Witness one woman's journey on the road to madness in the one-act interpretation of Charlotte Perkins Gilman's The Yellow Wallpaper, divided into thirteen fated 'journal entries scored for two voices, dancer, and chamber ensemble.


The story depicts the effect of extreme loneliness and solitude, common to women of that station, on the narrator's mental health and her descent into psychosis. She becomes obsessed with the wallpaper: "It is the strangest yellow, that wall-paper! It makes me think of all the yellow things I ever saw – not beautiful ones like buttercups, but old foul, bad yellow things. But there is something else about that paper – the smell! ... The only thing I can think of that it is like is the color of the paper! A yellow smell."

RECORDINGS

& MEDIA

PERFORMANCE

HISTORY

June 10 & 11th, 2016 -

DiMenna Center, New York

with Fresh Squeezed Opera

& The Curiosity Cabinet


June 4th, 2010* -

Virginia Arts Festival

John Duffy Institute Fellows


March 28th, 2010 -

the TANK, New York

with The Curiosity Cabinet


March 18th, 2010 -

Gershwin Theater

Brooklyn College Conservatory of Music

with The Curiosity Cabinet


November 23, 2009* -

Levenson Recital Hall

Brooklyn College Conservatory of Music

with the conTempo ensemble


*denotes selections

INSTRUMENTATION

The Curiosity Cabinet:

Lindsey Eckenroth, flute

Lee Braun, oboe

Mara Mayer, bass clarinet

Charlotte Munn-Wood, violin

Pat Muchmore, 'cello

Justin Lee, double bass

Joe Tucker, mallet percussion

Michael Lupo, aux. percussion

Isabelle (Izzy) O'Connell, harpsichord

Melinda Faylor, celeste

Whitney George, conductor


Fresh Squeezed Opera:

Denise Crawfort: soprano

Ryan Hill: baritone

PRODUCTION

produced by

Fresh Squeezed Opera [2016]


Christine Duncan:

choreographer & dancer

Aaron Blankfield:

theatrical co-director

Victoria Benson:

theatrical co-director


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