In The Next Room to play on Broadway from 22 Oct 2009



Lincoln Center Theater will present the Broadway premiere of Sarah Ruhl's comedy In The Next Room or The Vibrator Play, directed by Les Waters, opening on 19 Nov 2009 at a Broadway theatre to be announced, following previews from 22 Oct.

In The Next Room is a comedy about marriage, intimacy and electricity which had its world premiere last month at Berkeley Repertory Theatre.

Sarah Ruhl is making her Broadway debut. She made her New York debut at the Lincoln Center Theater with her play 'The Clean House.' Her other plays include 'Dead Man�s Cell Phone,' 'Demeter in the City,' 'Eurydice,' 'Late: a cowboy song,' 'Melancholy Play,' 'Orlando' and 'Passion Play: a cycle.' Her work has also been produced in New York at Playwrights Horizons and the Second Stage and nationally at many theaters including the Goodman, Yale Rep and the Woolly Mammoth Theaters.

Les Waters, an Obie Award winning director, is making his Broadway debut. He is the associate artistic director of Berkeley Rep. His New York credits include productions at BAM. the Manhattan Theatre Club, CSC, Playwrights Horizons, The Public Theater, Second Stage Theater and Signature Theatre Company.

Casting and designers for In The Next Room will be announced at a later date.

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