Unbound Productions, in collaboration with Pasadena Museum of History, will present a new theatrical experience this Spring: original stage adaptations of literature that reflect history in creative ways. History Lit features works by some of the greatest women writers of the 19th and 20th centuries – Harriet Beecher Stowe, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, and Katherine Mansfield. These short plays will be staged throughout the Museum complex, including the Estate Gardens, Curtin House and inside historic Fenyes Mansion, which is opening briefly to the public for the first time since beginning a series of extensive repairs and upgrades in 2010.

Image: Actors in a performance of The Garden Party.

The three featured plays include: The Garden Party, by Jonathan Josephson, directed by Jeff G. Rack (adapted from the short story of the same name by Katherine Mansfield); Two Pictures in One, by Paul Millet, directed by Jonathan Josephson (adapted from "The Two Altars: Or Two Pictures in One" by Harriet Beecher Stowe); and The Yellow Wallpaper, by Jeff G. Rack, directed by Paul Millet (adapted from the short story of the same name by Charlotte Perkins Gilman). 

PLEASE NOTE: History Lit audiences will experience all three short plays as they are led through the Museum gardens and mansion. This is a walking show - patrons must be able to comfortably walk a minimum of 1,000 paces and climb stairs in order to experience these productions. 

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