Emma Bergman


Projects
    Rocko
    Visitation
    Say You’re Sorry
    Forgivability Scale
    The Yellow Wallpaper   
    Too Day
    Territorial
    Household
    Life Histories Of Hamtramck
    THIS CLOSE
    The Skriker
    Prints


Emma Bergman (she/they)
is an interdisciplinary artist
and organizer based in
Brooklyn, NY. 
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The Yellow Wallpaper (2019) is a site-specific stage adaptation of Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s short story set in Baltimore’s historic Peale Center. 

Photos by Eden Chinn

Following each performance, audience members were invited to participate in a faciliated discussion about control within abusive relationships like the one depicted in the play. They wrote their ideas on wallpaper scraps throughout the conversation.

A selection from the 100+ audience reflections

I collaboratively directed, performed, designed, and produced the show with Aziza Afzal, Sophie Cameron, Meg Lebow, and Clare Lefebure. Movement direction by Alayna Baron. Sound score by Sam Dembling.
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