Theatre Productions, Concerts and Events

Clean House

by Sarah Ruhl

Clean House is a whimsical romantic comedy centered on Mathilde, a Brazilian cleaning woman who would rather be a comedian. Mathilde explains that a year ago her mother died while laughing at her father's joke and he shot himself soon after. Ever since, Mathilde has sought cleanse her soul by telling jokes and vowed to find the 'perfect joke' even though she is convinced it will kill her...

Mathilde's current employer, Lane, a doctor, finds Mathilde not feeling well, and thus not cleaning well enough, and prescribes anti-depressants for her.  Lane's sister, Virginia, whose sole purpose in life is cleaning, offers to finish the house before Lane comes home from work at the hospital. They discover some 'foreign' panties in Lane's laundry and begin to suspect Lane's 'handsome' surgeon husband Charles of cheating on her.

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The New York Times dubbed Clean House a deeply romantic comedy, -”visionary, tinged with fantasy, extravagant in feeling, maybe a little nuts.”

Clean House won the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize in 2004.

It was a Pulitzer Prize finalist in 2005.

Sarah Ruhl received a 2006 MacArthur "Genius" Fellowship for "creating vivid and adventurous theatrical works that poignantly juxtapose the mundane aspects of daily life with mythic themes of love and war."

February 12 (Fri), 13 (Sat), 14* (Sun), 19 (Fri), 20 (Sat), 25 (Thurs), 26 (Fri), 27 (Sat)    $25 plus tax

* Special Valentine’s Performance Cupid”s Cabaret  $85 plus tax per couple

 FIRST FRIDAYS beginning in August

            Featuring Dirty Girl And The Secrets
            Conversation and Sneak Peeks of Upcoming Productions
            Music and Cocktails  • Doors Open @ 7PM • No Cover!

SECOND SATURDAY CABARET

            September 12, 2009    
            November 14, 2009   
            January 9, 2010
            March 13, 2010
            May 9, 2010

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$10 Cover (all proceeds benefit the artists) • Doors Open @ 7 PM