Marianna McClellan (Catherine Givings), Lena Kaminsky (Annie), Kate MacCluggage (Sabrina Daldry), and Christopher Kelly (Dr. Givings) Photo

From: Photo Flash: First Look at Syracuse Stage's IN THE NEXT ROOM

In the Next Room, or the vibrator play is a fresh and funny new play about love, intimacy, and marriage. It's the 1880s and electricity is all the rage. In a quiet home office, a doctor experiments with a new instrument for treating 'hysteria.' The device? A vibrator. In this genuinely touching, original, and wickedly funny play, playwright Sarah Ruhl (The Clean House) explores relationships and sexual fulfillment while managing to stay discreetly beneath the crisp white sheets of Victorian propriety.