SCR Closes IN THE NEXT ROOM, 10/17

Sarah Ruhl's In the Next Room or the vibrator play will heat up South Coast Repertory's Julianne
Argyros Stage Sept. 26 through Oct. 17.  The Pulitzer Prize finalist and Tony Award nominee is set in the Victorian era, just before its corseted women shed their inhibitions. Dr. Givings (Andrew Borba) is having tremendous success with a new electric invention designed to alleviate the symptoms of "female hysteria." But the noises in the adjoining room spark the curiosity of his wife, Catherine (Kathleen Early), a lonely new mother eager for intimacy. Her investigation into the doctor's work leads to friendships with a couple of patients, the high-strung Sabrina Daldry (Rebecca Mozo) and the artist Leo Irving (Ron Menzel), and ultimately to a new relationship with her husband.

Casey Stangl (Junie B. Jones and a Little Monkey Business) directs the cast, which also includes Tom Shelton as Mr. Daldry; Libby West as Dr. Givings' assistant, Annie; and Tracey A. Leigh as Elizabeth, a wet nurse.

The New York Times critic Charles Isherwood calls the play "insightful, fresh and funny... a sex comedy designed not for sniggering teenage boys-or grown men who wish they were still sniggering teenage boys-but for adults with open hearts and minds."

In the Next Room's creative team includes John Arnone (set design), David Kay Mickelsen (costume design), Daniel Ionazzi (lighting design), Jim Ragland (original music) and Kathryn Davies (stage manager).

Jean and Tim Weiss are the Honorary Producers.

TICKETS: Can be purchased online at www.scr.org, by phone at (714) 708-5555 or by visiting the box office at 655 Town Center Drive in Costa Mesa. Performances begin Sept. 26 and continue through Oct. 17. Ticket prices range from $20 to $66. Low-priced preview performances are available Sept. 26 - 30. Opening night is Friday, Oct. 1, and press night is Saturday, Oct. 2, at 7:45 p.m.

TIMES: Previews are Sunday, Sept. 26, at 2 p.m., and Tuesday through Thursday, Sept. 28 -30, at 7:45 p.m. Regular performances are Tuesday through Sunday evenings at 7:45 p.m., with Saturday and Sunday matinees at 2 p.m. Discounts are available for full-time students, patrons 25 years of age and under, educators, seniors and groups of 10 or more. There will be an ASL-interpreted performance on Saturday, Oct. 16, at 2 p.m.

LOCATION: South Coast Repertory is located at 655 Town Center Drive in Costa Mesa, at the Bristol Street/Avenue of the Arts exit off the San Diego (405) Freeway in the Folino Theater Center, part of the Segerstrom Center for the Arts. Parking is available off Anton Blvd. on Park Center Drive.

COMING UP: Becky Shaw (Oct. 22 - Nov. 21), Sideways Stories from Wayside School (Nov. 5 - 21), A Christmas Carol (Nov. 27 - Dec. 26).

ABOUT SCR: Tony Award-winning South Coast Repertory, under the artistic direction of David Emmes and Martin Benson, is widely recognized as one of the leading professional theaters in the United States. Founded in 1964, SCR is committed to theater that illuminates the compelling personal and social issues of our time, not only on its stages but through its education and outreach programs. While its productions represent a balance of classic and modern theater, SCR is
renowned for its extensive new play development program, including the Pacific Playwrights Festival. Of SCR's more than 445 productions, 117 have been world premieres with subsequent stagings achieving enormous success across America and around the world. SCR-developed works have garnered eight Pulitzer Prize nominations, with Margaret Edson's Wit winning the prize in 1999 and David Lindsay-Abaire's Rabbit Hole in 2007. Located in Costa Mesa, California, in 2002 SCR opened the Folino Theater Center, an expanded three-theater complex that includes the
507-seat Segerstrom Stage, the 336-seat Julianne Argyros Stage and the 94-seat Nicholas Studio.

 

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