Comment on Bare Portland stages imaginative interpretation of ‘The Yellow Wallpaper’

Anyone who has tried to remove old wallpaper knows that it can be a frustrating task. Imagine what it would be like if you thought the wallpaper was trying to remove you. The intrepid Bare Portland theater company has devised a collaborative, site-specific and immersive piece based on Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s classic 1892 short story “The Yellow Wallpaper.” The story concerns the descent of a woman, apparently suffering from a postpartum illness, into madness as she reacts to restrictions imposed on her by her family.