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Play explores images of mental illness institutions

Sarah Elizabeth Bedard M.F.A '14 pulls inspiration from three personal accounts of mental illness to format her Studio Series short play: the personal accounts of Susanna Kaysen, poet Anne Sexton and works by poet Sylvia Plath. Interrupted, a Theater Piece in Pieces' storyline centers around Kaysen's novel, Girl, Interrupted, in which the author draws on her time at McLean Hospital, a Belmont, Mass.


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