Memoirs of Madness, a double bill of horror, at the Players Theatre

My Fair Heathen Productions presents Memoirs of Madness, a double bill of horror, at the Players Theatre from 30 Oct - 23 Nov 2008.

This horror double feature adapts two classic diaries of diseased psyches!

Charlotte Perkins Gilman's The Yellow Wallpaper
Directed by Janet Bobcean
Performed by Megan O'Leary
Synopsis: An indictment of the patriarchial prescription for 'bed-rest' forced on a woman with post-partum depression. Despite her yearning for moderate activity and creative writing, the medical establishment as embodied in her physician husband quarantines her to a room in the country where the abhorrent wallpaper consumes her. With each diary entry, we witness her initial revulsion by and eventual compulsion toward the graphic nightmare that is the wall covering in her isolated room.

Edgar Allan Poe's The Tell-Tale Heart Directed by Janet Bobcean
Performed by Gretchen Knapp
Synopsis: A chilling narrative by a murderer whose guilt and psychosis betray his "perfect triumph"!

The design team for Memoirs of Madness features Jen Spoley and Gretchen Knapp (sets), Oliver Brooks (lighting) and Keller McGuiness (Sound).

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