Sarah Ruhl's 'The Clean House'

By: Mar. 21, 2007
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Hook Up With Caldwell Theatre Company And its Florida Premiere of

THE CLEAN HOUSE

A Witty & Extraordinary New Comedy by Sarah Ruhl 

Picture a successful married couple, both doctors, who hire a Brazilian, Portuguese-speaking maid who hates to clean.  Enter the wife's sister who loves to clean.  The husband, who's been keeping a secret, witnesses the explosive results of its disclosure.  And the maid ultimately delivers the perfect punch line, in Portuguese. 

This is the comedy The Clean House by Sarah Ruhl, the 32-year-old Pulitzer Prize-nominee playwright who has captured the attention and acclaim of critics worldwide for her brilliant wit.  She tackles a myriad of subjects in, as Variety said, "an original and audacious voice." 

The New York Times has been singing Ms. Ruhl's praises and describes The Clean House as "Fresh, funny … a memorable play, imbued with a melancholy but somehow comforting philosophy:  that the messes and disappointments of life are as much a part of its beauty as romantic love and chocolate ice cream, and a perfect punch line can be as sublime as the most wrenchingly lovely aria." 

Directed by Michael Hall, The Clean House features Karina Barros (Matilde), Dennis Creaghan (Charles), Pat Nesbit (Lane), Harriet Oser (Ana) and Cary Anne Spear (Virginia), with scenic design by Tim Bennett, costumes by Erin Amico and lighting by John Hall.

The Clean House

April 8, 2007 – May 20, 2007

Comedy

By Sarah Ruhl

Hot off its extended, boffo Lincoln Center Theater run, The Clean House is smart, contemporary, alluring, funny, and as Charles Isherwood in The New York Times said, a play that is "romantic, deeply so … visionary, tinged with fantasy, extravagant in feeling, maybe a little nuts."  Written by "a provocative new theatrical voice," here's a story about a successful couple, their Portuguese-speaking Brazilian maid who hates to clean, the wife's sister who lives to clean, the affairs, jokes, and perfect punch line.  You'll fall down laughing and fall in love with Ruhl's affaire de coeur. 

THE CLEAN HOUSE PERFORMANCE INFORMATION

 

April 8 – May 20, 2007

Previews:                    April 8, 10, 11 & 12, 2007

Opens:                        April 13, 2007

Closes:                        May 20, 2007

Evenings:                    Tuesdays through Saturdays at 8PM

Matinees:                    Wednesdays and Sundays at 2PM

Additional                     Saturday matinees on April 28, May 5, May 19 at 2PM

Performances:              Sunday evenings on April 8, April 15, April 22, May 13 at 7PM

Student Rush               $10, available one-half hour prior to curtain with a valid, fulltime      Tickets:  Student ID and  class schedule

Box Office:                 877-245-7432 or 561-241-7432. 

Group Sales:              561-995-2333 – Group rates available.  Call for details.

TICKETS:                 $36 & $42.  Previews:  $32 & $36.

Opening Night Gala:   $45 on April 13, 2007 

Caldwell Theatre Company

Nominated For Six Carbonell Awards for 2006 Season

7873 N. Federal Highway

Boca Raton, FL 33487

BOX OFFICE:  561-241-7432

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