In The Next Room or the Vibrator Play

In The Next Room or the Vibrator Play by Sarah Ruhl is a provocative, funny, touching and marvelously entertaining story about a young doctor and his wife. Dr. Givings is obsessed with the marvels of technology and what they can do for his patients. His wife, Catherine, is only a bystander in her husband’s world – listening at the door from the next room as he treats his female patients. Dr. Givings is not sure exactly how the vibrators help the women he treats – but they do keep coming back. The only woman whose problem is not helped by the doctor is his own wife who longs to connect with him – but not electrically.