Yellow Wallpaper 2.0 2020 by Jennifer Maisel

A riff on Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s classic domestic horror story about a woman driven crazy by the rest cure for post-partum 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.

Written as a Travis Bogard Artist in Residence at Tao...
A riff on Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s classic domestic horror story about a woman driven crazy by the rest cure for post-partum 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.

Written as a Travis Bogard Artist in Residence at Tao House. Great Plains Theatre Conference 2022. Lucille Lortel Alcove commission and streaming reading.
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  • Jennie Webb:
    23 Apr. 2024
    “ Jen Maisel's writing is always strong and striking, often unexpectedly poetic and raw in a way that catches you off guard. YELLOW WALLPAPER 2.0 2020 is a beautiful and powerful "riff" off of a classic that takes us into a place and time (NYC early pandemic) in way that is both familiar and terrifying, through a character who is very "now" and absolutely unforgettable. This play is a tour de force that will last the test of time and then some. ”
  • Jennifer Berry:
    17 Apr. 2024
    “ This play is astonishing! The actress who gets to play this part will have the ride of her life. The writing is spectacular! Intellectual while full of heart --appealing to the plight of every woman: past, present, and future. I wept at the end of this play at the sheer power of it and how the writer weaved a historical story into a timeless tale--of a woman wanting her thoughts and time to think them. ”
  • Michelle Kholos Brooks:
    14 Apr. 2024
    “ This is a powerful, modern interpretation of a classic story. Wonderful, lyrical writing. Highly recommend! ”
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T. --- 40s, Black, Asian, Jewish or a combination of the three, female
JOHN ----50s, an ethnicity that differs from T's, male,

Development History

  • Reading
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    Andromeda's Sisters - NeoPolitical Cowgirls
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    2022
  • Workshop
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    Great Plains Theatre Conference
    ,
    2022

Awards

Semi-Finalist
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O'Neill NPC
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The O'Neill
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2022