The Yellow Wallpaper
by The Archive Theater Company

Sep. 04 - Sep. 20

The Yellow Wallpaper revolves around the experience of a young woman as she is locked away in a room to cure her post-partum depression. Her husband, who is also her doctor puts her on a strict "rest cure" which prescribes every way that she can interact with the world. She struggles with his mandates and her own dissolving sanity as she becomes obsessed with a sinister figure trapped beneath her wallpaper.

This is a story about the gaslighting, control, and dependence that women endure when men control all aspects of political and economic reality. Our friend Jeff Davis of Ovation Theatricals has adapted the story into an incredible play that speaks to everything that we lose when we devalue other human beings. It's a story that will move you as you realize that we are fighting the same battles in our time that Charlottle fought in hers.

Trigger Warning: The Yellow Wallpaper contains depictions and discussions of severe mental illness, psychological distress, forced confinement, medical procedures, suicidal ideation, and emotional abuse.

Cast & Crew

The Yellow Wallpaper

written by Charlotte Perkins Gilman

Adapted for the stage by Jeff Davis

Directed by Faith Sanders

Starring Mon Darter and Sadie Okerstrom​​​​

Produced by Emily M. Taylor

Archive Theater Artistic Director - Jennifer Rose Davis​

Scenic Design by Cody Arn

Lighting Design by Amy Lewis

Costume Design by Jennifer Rose Davis

Music Direction and Sound Design by Victoria Schwartz

Graphic Design by SJ Anderson

Intimacy Coordination by Andrea Grapko

Stage Manager - Adriana Fontanez

Assistant Stage Manager - Jennifer Meigs

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The Yellow Wallpaper
by Jeff Davis, adapted from an 1892 story by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
The Archive Theater Company

September 4 - 20, 2026

Trinity Street Playhouse, 4th floor of First Austin, 901 Trinity Street, Austin