A single woman on stage shuffles in and out of various characters to act a story of female frustration, pain and longing.

Actor Izumi Aoyagi stars in ¡°Wisteria and the Three Women,¡± a monodrama adaptation of Mieko Kawakami¡¯s serialized in 2017. The award-winning Kawakami is known for her incisive writing on the female body and societal problems through rich poetic language, which, in addition to Aoyagi¡¯s performance, is another highlight of this stage adaptation.