Sarah Ruhl’s romantic comedy about the invention of the vibrator comes to Lindenhurst this August.
“It used to be that it would take hours to produce a paroxysm in our patients
but thanks to this new electrical instrument we shall be done in a matter of minutes!”
Set at the dawn of the age of electricity 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 Catherine tries to tend to their newborn daughter – and wonders exactly what is going on in the next room.
EastLine Theatre in association with the Babylon Citizens Council on the Arts will present Pulitzer finalist Sarah Ruhl’s Tony-nominated In the Next Room, or the vibrator play this August in Lindenhurst.
This event is made possible through the support of the Suffolk County Office of Cultural Affairs and the Alliance of Resident Theatres / New York.
In the Next Room, or the vibrator play by Sarah Ruhl is directed by Danny Higgins, presented by EastLine Theatre in partnership with the Babylon Citizens Council on the Arts, with support from the Suffolk County Office of Cultural Affairs, intimacy direction by Francesca Betancourt, stage management by Julianna Frasca, and with costumes by Lynn Ciorciari.
The cast of In the Next Room, or the vibrator play features Martin Balaguer, Bryanna Bradley, Margaret Brigid, Paul DeFilippo, John Dorcic, Julie Fergus, and Nicole Savin.
EastLine Theatre is a nonprofit theatre company that BroadwayWorld calls ‘Long Island’s best kept secret’. EastLine aims to create theatre in unlikely spaces while re-examining the canon, exploring modern plays, and bringing original works to the attention of the community.
EastLine Theatre returns to the BACCA Center after February’s sold-out production of Intimate Apparel. In summer 2021, EastLine toured Long Island parks with an acclaimed production of Romeo & Juliet. In recent years, EastLine has produced Prospero (Live), an original musical based on The Tempest; the Long Island premiere of Paula Vogel’s Indecent; a newly-commissioned adaptation of Antigone; a sold-out run of Peter Shaffer’s Amadeus in a tiny blackbox space; and a production of Treasure Island that BroadwayWorld said was ‘bursting at the seams with imagination’.
EastLine Theatre is a proud member of the Huntington Arts Council and the Alliance of Resident Theatres / New York.
