The Clean House
by
Sarah Ruhl
April 27 & 28 at 8pm,
April 29 at 3pm
May 4 & 5 at 8pm,
May 6 at 3pm
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"...visionary,
tinged with fantasy, extravagant in feeling, maybe a little nuts."
Charles Isherwood, The New York Times
"…wondrously mad and moving work…" Variety
“…Passionate. Show-stopping. Daringly over-the-top and impressively
consistent in its delirious excess.” New Haven
Advocate 
A mad comedy
about laughter, love, loss and redemption. The serious career-oriented
doctor, Lane, values order in every aspect of her life and has hired a
quirky Brazilian maid to clean her house.
Troubles begin when Lane learns that the maid, Matilde, spends all her
time making up jokes - because she hates to clean!
Enter Lane's modest sister, Virginia - an obsessive neat-freak who
secretly takes over cleaning Lane's house, allowing Matilde to create
the world's funniest joke.
When Lane's husband Charles unexpectedly falls in love with Ana, one of
his cancer-stricken patients, everything that was clean and tidy for
Lane--her house, her emotions, her relationships--is thrown into chaos,
and Matilde must come to her rescue.
Forced to pick up the pieces and closely evaluate their lives, Matilde,
Lane, Virginia and Ana find an uncommon bond filled with forgiveness,
love and hope as they discover the comedy and tragedy of life and death
and how shared laughter (and ice cream) can heal almost everything!
Follow their comic journey through clean homes and messy lives!
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