In the Next Room: World Premiere of Victorian-Era Sex Comedy
Roda Theater / Berkeley Rep (2025 Addison Street Berkeley, CA 94704)
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The last date listed for In the Next Room (or the vibrator play) was Sunday February 8, 2009 / 7:00pm.
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44 Goldstar Member Reviews
Leona
Written on Feb 15 2009The play is witty and provocative, to the Victorian manners. However, it did not rise much beyond that. There were some abortive efforts of attaching to it a deeper meaning. e.g. the Nanny's monologue of a mother's forbearance in the face of an immense loss; or the very unobvious attraction across classes and ones right to free and open affection.
Check out the exhibit in the hall. Quite educational.
Lady M
Written on Feb 13 2009I loved this play. When we arrived and found out that the first act was 50 minutes and the second, 80, I was concerned that my husband would get bored. Not at all. We both thoroughly enjoyed it. The story, based on historical research, was so peculiar and funny. The acting was great and it had a very sweet side that was really touching by the end. Our seats were great by the way. Off to the side but close. Good deal! Thanks!
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Red Velvet Member
Written on Feb 13 2009It is an excellent, entertaining production. My only criticism is that it was overly ambitious. Probably tried to carry too many stories. The secondary story of the African American maid and her plight was too much, and made the second half too long. Some judicious editing would have helped. But all and all it was excellent theatre.
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Written on Feb 12 2009I feel that I would have enjoyed the play more if I could have seen and heard it better. What I did hear was good.
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Join Berkeley Rep for the world premiere of In the Next Room (or the vibrator play), written by Sarah Ruhl and staged by Les Waters. Last time these two extraordinary talents teamed up at Berkeley Rep, they gave birth to Eurydice, the beguiling show which went on to New Haven and New York -- hitting the year's Top 10 list in Time magazine and The New York Times. Now the prominent pair reunites to consummate another play of love and longing, commissioned by Berkeley Rep. In the Next Room (or the vibrator play) illuminates the lives of six lonely people seeking relief from a local doctor -- but, despite his expertise with a strange new technology, all they really need is intimacy. It's a tender tale that takes place in the twilight of the Victorian age, an elegant comedy lit by unexpected sparks from the approaching era of electricity, equality, science and sexuality.
The premiere of this play truly is a milestone for Berkeley Rep, which debuted its first new script in 1968 and went on to earn a national reputation for nurturing writers and developing new work. Known for its core values of innovation and excellence, as well as its educated and adventurous audience, Berkeley Rep provides a safe haven for emerging and established artists to take creative risks. In the Next Room (or the vibrator play) is the company's 50th world premiere; in fact, since 1990, Berkeley Rep has presented 40 world premieres, 25 West Coast premieres and two American premieres.
Sarah Ruhl is the author of acclaimed plays such as The Clean House, Dead Man's Cell Phone and Passion Play: A Cycle. The young writer has already earned a MacArthur Fellowship, the Helen Merrill Award, the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize, a Whiting Writers' Award and a nomination for the Pulitzer Prize.
Les Waters won an Obie Award for Big Love and his shows have ranked among the Top 10 Plays of 2007 in Time Magazine, 2006 in The New York Times and 2005 in TimeOut New York. His recent hits here at home include The Glass Menagerie, The Pillowman and TRAGEDY: a tragedy.
About the Ticket Supplier: Berkeley Repertory Theatre
Known for its amazing and adventurous audience, the nonprofit has provided a home for emerging and established artists since 1968. With two stages and a Tony Award for Outstanding Regional Theatre, Berkeley Rep premieres exhilarating new plays and reimagined classics. In the last five years alone, the company has helped send five shows to Broadway: Green Day's American Idiot, Bridge & Tunnel, In the Next Room (or the vibrator play), Passing Strange and Wishful Drinking. Come see tomorrow's plays today at Berkeley Rep.
Berkeley Rep operates two performance spaces: the Roda Theatre, a state-of-the-art 600-seat proscenium theatre, and the intimate, 400-seat Thrust Stage. The Theatre is located in the heart of downtown Berkeley's arts district, just a half block from the Berkeley BART station, near lots of restaurants, cafe, pubs, and cool retailers.