In the Next Room, or the Vibrator Play
by Sarah Ruhl
March 4 - 20, 2016
In a seemingly perfect, well-to-do Victorian home, proper gentleman and scientist Dr. Givings has innocently invented an extraordinary new device for treating "hysteria" in women (and occasionally men): the vibrator. Adjacent to the doctor's laboratory, his young and energetic wife tries to tend to their newborn daughter—and wonders exactly what is going on in the next room. When a new "hysterical" patient and her husband bring a wet nurse and their own complicated relationship into the doctor's home, Dr. and Mrs. Givings must examine the nature of their own marriage, and what it truly means to love someone.
Photography by Susannah Smitherman
Cast
Dr. Givings
Chris Hermening
Mrs. Givings
Abby Dandy
Mr. Daldry
Walter Niejadlik
Mrs. Daldry
Marni Montgomery-Blake
Annie
April Sauline
Leo Irving
Michael Blair
Elizabeth
Shambrion Treadwell
Production Staff
Director
Gillen Brey
Stage Manager
Kai Zinsman
Deck Manager
Kendra Harris
Set Design
Ron Lindblom
Lighting Design
Ginny Adams
Costume Design
Shannon Nightingale
Property Mistress
Bette Kennedy
Sound Design
Sandy Stein