The Clean House is a comedy about Matilde, a young Brazilian woman who hates to clean, that Lane and Charles have hired to clean their home. Ruhl's other works include Dead Man's Cell Phone, Melancholy Play, Eurydice, and Orlando and Late: a cowboy song.

The cast will feature Nancy E. Carroll (Virginia), Will Lyman (Charles), Cristi Miles (Matilde), Paula Plum (Lane), and Bobbie Steinbach (Ana). The creative team will include Cristina Tedesco (set design), Deb Sullivan (lighting design), and Chip Schoonmaker (costume design).