The Yellow Wallpaper and The Attic Room presented by Chicago Danztheatre Ensemble at Ebenezer Lutheran Church

Chicago Reader - Recommended

"...The casting in this production is standard: the main characters are white, the supporting ensemble, mostly people of color. Yet, in the context of Gilman's story, rather than reinforce the usual marginalization in social (and theatrical) spaces, this choice broadens and probes the theme of marginalization more generally. With obsessive monologues that describe the colored wallpaper as something sickly, "unclean," "confusing," "strange," and "foul," uttered within a white church overlaid with the dark silhouettes of the ensemble, a narrative often interpreted as feminist comments more generally on the fear and oppression of anyone defined as "other" in a culture dominated by white men. As a portrayal of the origins of a shared illness, if charity begins at home, so does tyranny."

NewCity Chicago - Recommended

"...The two pieces compliment each other nicely. I might have liked to see "The Attic Room" second, if only to end on an abstract and somewhat lighter note, but I left feeling gently sated in a way I haven't experienced in nearly two years."