WWU’s Risqué Comedy About Hysteria Causing a ‘Buzz’

The Western Washington University Department of Theatre and Dance continues its 2014-15 season with three-time Tony Award-winning comedy In the Next Room or the vibrator play, by Sarah Ruhl.

The play, set in the 1890s, explores different aspects of women’s intimate lives during the Victorian era, when women were raised to believe sex was something to be endured, not enjoyed. The play hinges on the newly developed electric vibrator, which gained popularity with doctors of the time as a way to treat women’s hysteria. The production contains adult themes.

Performances of In the Next Room or the vibrator play run at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 5-7 and Feb. 11-14, with 2 p.m. matinees on Feb. 7 and 14 in the DUG Theatre on the lower level of the Performing Arts Center on the WWU campus. The play is directed by Cynthia White, adjunct faculty member and member of Actors Equity Association and SDC – the national union of theatrical directors and choreographers.

Tickets to In the Next Room or the vibrator play are on sale now for $10-$15 with discounts for students and with a valid WWU ID. Contact the box office at (360) 650-6146 or visit tickets.wwu.edu. Parking is free in the ‘C’ lots south of campus after 4:30 p.m. weekdays, and all day on weekends. Visitor parking is available off Garden Street below the Viking Union, and pay-by-the-hour parking is available near the Performing Arts Center in lots 11G and 14G after 4:30 p.m. weekdays, and all day on weekends.

For more information about attending a performance, go to cfpa.wwu.edu/visiting.