BRÜKA THEATRE 28TH ANNIVERSARY SEASON

THE YELLOW WALLPAPER
Most Women Do Not Creep By Daylight
A Listening Play

ADAPTED FROM THE SHORT STORY BY CHARLOTTE PERKINS GILMAN
DIRECTED BY HOLLY NATWORA     FEATURING MARY BENNETT

Premiering
MARCH 20 @ 8:00 PM


Reno, NV - As part of Women's History Month, Brüka Theatre presents "The Yellow Wallpaper" as a listening play on Brüka's YouTube Channel. This gothic horror style short story was written by Charlotte Perkins Gilman and published in 1892 in The New England Magazine. It is regarded as an important early work of American feminist literature for its illustration of the attitudes towards mental and physical health of women in the 19th century. It has been adapted and performed numerous times by artists in varied mediums who have been inspired by the themes of gender roles, isolation, paranoia, obsession and self-expression. 

In the "The Yellow Wallpaper", the author portrays the narrator's insanity as a way to protest the professional and societal oppression against women. While under the impression that husbands and male doctors were acting with their best interests in mind, women were depicted as mentally weak and fragile.  Brüka Theatre presents this classic short story as a “radio play”, allowing the imagination of the audience to follow that of the main character as she slips slowly away from reality into a world of her own making.

PERFORMANCE DATE & TIME: The premiere begins at 8:00 PM on Brüka Theatre’s YouTube Channel:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjemeLjfOzCBMg3mmCm_3yg. The performance will be available for listening on our channel after that at your leisure.
  
PRICES: It is free for the listening.  If you are compelled to support live theatre before or after you take it all in, please go to www.bruka.org to make a donation or go to our online shoppe at https://shop-co-100227.square.site/s/shop and pick up some cool SWAG. 
 
ABOUT BRÜKA THEATRE Now celebrating its 28th season in downtown Reno.  Brüka has remained closed due to the Covid - 19 Pandemic, but because of our patrons and community, we stay working, learning and innovating with virtual offerings and a solid partnership called “Ghost Light TV” on YouTube with other local theatre companies RLT & GLM. Brüka Theatre is a leader in the region, recognized for its innovative productions, exceptionally talented artists and acclaimed Theatre for Children series since its founding in 1992. Central to Brüka is the commitment to the re-investigation of contemporary and classic plays and developing new plays within Brüka’s Artistic Collective, a group that includes winners of the Nevada Arts Council and Sierra Arts Foundation artist grants and nine local best actor honors. Brüka has been named “Best Theatre Company” by Reno News and Review for twenty-one years.  Brüka, a non-equity, small professional, not-for-profit member theater company of the national TCG (Theatre Communications Group).  Brüka Theatre has produced over 100 shows in our downtown Reno location. Sign up for our newsletter by going to our website at www.bruka.org.


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