In the Next Room, or the Vibrator Play

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Dates: 
March 2– April 3
Created by: 
Sarah Ruhl
Directed by: 
Blanka Zizka
Location: 
265 S Broad Street
Ticket Prices: 
$18 - $65

 

Hailed as “one of the most gifted and adventurous American playwrights” by The New York Times, Sarah Ruhl (The Clean House, Eurydice) crafts a new play The New Yorker called “her best to date!”  It’s the dawn of electricity.  Mr. Thomas Edison has become a personal hero of Dr. Givings who begins harnessing this newfound power to treat hysterical patients at his home with an experimental electric apparatus.  But as the peculiar buzzing sounds from his office grow louder, Mrs. Givings’ curiosity gets the best of her, exposing cracks in the very foundation of their marriage.  A 2010 Tony® Nominee for Best Play and a Pulitzer Prize finalist, In the Next Room boldly explores sexuality and intimacy by combining historical facts with deep emotion and mischievous humor.