THE CLEAN HOUSE Opens at The Gladstone on Valentine's Day

Three Sisters Theatre Company, Ottawa's own indie theatre company dedicated to promoting local opportunities for women in theatre, opens its first show this season with Sarah Ruhl's The Clean House on February 14 at The Gladstone Theatre.

Whether or not you're a fan of Valentine's Day, The Clean House is the perfect place to be on February 14. An unsentimental romantic comedy about love, loss, change, and redemption, The Clean House (Pulitzer Prize finalist & winner of The Susan Smith Blackburn Prize) is a whimsical, touching, hilarious piece of theatre. A serious career-oriented doctor, Lane, has hired a quirky Brazilian maid. The only problem is that the maid, Matilde, hates to clean - instead, she longs to be a comedienne. When Lane's husband Charles meets his bashert, the household unravels, despite the best efforts of Lane's sister Virginia to keep things tidy. This funny, tender play has screwy poetry and penetrating wisdom, oddball humor, deadpan soap, operatic arias, fantasy, spirituality and a soaring sense of romance, reminding us that there is humour and beauty to be found in life's most unlikely messes.

"This is a personal favorite," says Robin Guy, Artistic Director for Three Sisters. "This show has got it all - hilarity and heartbreak, love and hate, brutal honesty and highest hope, all rolled into Sarah Ruhl's gorgeous, sensitive writing. You can't help but love these characters, you laugh and cry through the story with them."

The Clean House is directed by Mary Ellis with Assistant Director Sarah Finn, and stage managed by Lydia Talajic with Assistant Stage Manager Kel MacDonald, with set design by Andrea Steinwand, lighting design by David Magladry, and costume design by Michelle Ferranti. The cast features a host of well-known Ottawa actors including Puja Uppal as Matilde, Robin Guy as Lane, Cindy Beaton as Virginia, Guy Buller as Charles, and Rebecca Benson as Ana.

Ticket specials:

• Bring your sister, and get the 2nd ticket half price! This offer is available at the door only, on show night: buy one ticket, and get a 2nd of the same or lesser value at half price.
• Three Sisters loves students! Audience members with a valid student card can always pay-what-you-can at the door for Three Sisters shows.

The Clean House opens at The Gladstone Theatre, 910 Gladstone Avenue, Ottawa on Wednesday February 14, and runs evenings at 7:30 (Sunday & Monday nights dark) and 2:30 on Saturdays & Sunday, until Saturday February 24.

Tickets are available from The Gladstone box office at www.thegladstone.ca or 613.233.4523.

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