In the Next Room or the Vibrator Play | ZACH Theatre

"A wickedly humorous, brain-teasingly intelligent production!"- Chicago Theatre Beat

A stimulating, funny and provocative new Broadway hit set in a prim upper class Victorian home, where a gentleman doctor has invented an extraordinary and mysterious device for treating “hysteria.” His wife overhears mystifying sounds emanating in the next room and sees patients leaving in blissful health. This smart comedy ponders marriage and intimacy, and what it truly means to find connection. Contains brief male nudity.

Austin premiere: Intimacy and human connections explored in Tony Award-nominated ‘In the Next Room, or the Vibrator Play’

by Claire Canavan, Austin American-StatesmanFebruary 2, 2014

Imagine pressing an ear to the wall of your spouse’s home office and hearing some highly unusual — possibly scandalous — sounds. That mystery is precisely what plagues Catherine Givings, a Victorian wife whose story is at the heart of Sarah Ruhl’s play “In the Next Room, or the Vibrator Play,” which opened last week and runs through Feb. 23 at Zach Theatre under the direction of Sarah Rasmussen. (Read more.)

Zach Theatre is Buzzing With In The Next Room, (Or The Vibrator Play).

by Cristopher Stanford, Austin Entertainment WeeklyFebruary 7, 2014

In The Next Room (or The Vibrator Play)the room next door. Zach Theatre now playing in the intimate Topfer Theatre at ZACH …….. is without question phenomenal!! ZACH left no holds barred in the production of this play. The writing, direction, acting, set design, and wardrobe all came together to create a surprising experience for the audience. I honestly felt as if I had stepped back and caught a glimpse of a true to life, yet hilarious juncture in the time of the dawning of electricity. (Read more.)

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KATHLEEN AND HARVEY GUION

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Please Note: Ticket price is not refundable. Late-comers are seated at the discretion of the House Manager. Unclaimed seats at curtain time are subject to release to patrons on standby.