Thursday, August 04, 2011

2011.8.2. In the Next Room

ACT stages Sarah Ruhl's new play In The Next Room or The Vibrator Play. A doctor treats his patients (mostly women) with hysteria using newly invented electrical vibrating devices (some by his own design), in his home, in the next room (locked). Other themes include breast feeding, jealousy, art. Hilarious. Excellent acting. The doctor was stripped naked in the final scene.

In the lobby, two glass cases display vintage vibrators with description. The program notes also comes with a funny writeup on hysteria. It mentioned an old Sears multipurpose home-use vibrating model, which you can beat an egg, or massage your scalp, or ...