About Beyond The Yellow Wallpaper

Beyond the Yellow Wallpaper by Ann Timmons
A Regional Premiere / An Echo-Commissioned Work
Directed by Caroline Hamilton

Beyond the Yellow Wallpaper is a new historical drama delving into the extraordinary life of feminist author and social reformer, Charlotte Perkins Gilman. Known to many for her short story, The Yellow Wallpaper, Charlotte’s work explores the realities of womanhood at the turn of the 20th century. From adolescence to her deathbed, we follow Charlotte’s complicated journey to professional success, and experience firsthand how her ongoing struggle with depression and an unconventional life shaped her work.

This production is the newest in our Herstory Canon; which includes productions of BROWNIES; A TALE OF TEXIAN WOMEN, VITA AND VIRGINIA, SAILING TO BYZANTIUM, THE LADIES OF THE CAMELLIAS, DAISY IN THE DREAMTIME, BIBLE WOMEN, A MOST DANGEROUS WOMAN, OR, and IT'S MY PARTY!

Content warnings for depression, post-partum depression, and suicidal ideation.

Echo Theatre

Echo Theatre Presents: A Very Uneasy Season
A chill in the room, a shadow down the hall, or a feeling lurking in your gut...

For Season 26, Echo Theatre presents three premiere productions which explore the off-putting, painful, inscrutable, and unexplainable aspects of humanity that would normally cause us to look away. This year, Echo Theatre stares them straight in the eye. What will YOU see?

Echo Theatre enjoys plays that encourage learning, growing, and evolving together as people and as an institution. We look for work that cries out to be performed in a theatrical setting. Whether a script is an experiment in form and language, a comedy, a drama, a work about historical characters, or a new translation, we pledge to produce rich and compelling creative work with high quality artistic effort.

Now in our 3rd Decade.