The Clean House
by Sarah Ruhl
directed by Rick Lombardo**

Cristina Todesco***, scenic design
Charles Schoonmaker***, costume design
Deb Sullivan***, lighting design
Rick Lombardo, sound design
Jamie Whoolery, projection design
Larry Vigus, properties design
Carola Morrone*, production stage manager

Cast (in alphabetical order)

Nancy E. Carroll*, Virginia
Will Lyman*, Charles
Cristi Miles*, Matilde
Paula Plum*, Lane
Bobbie Steinbach*, Ana

THE CLEAN HOUSE

A Comedy by Sarah Ruhl
Boston Area Premiere

Directed by Rick Lombardo

Featuring Nancy E. Carroll, Will Lyman, Cristi Miles, Paula Plum and Bobbie Steinbach

February 27 – March 23, 2008

“A provocative new theatrical voice.” – The New York Times

When all you want is a clean house, beware! Someone just may air your dirty laundry. Lane and her husband Charles, a pair of busy, high-powered doctors hire Matilda, a young Brazilian woman, to clean their home. The problem is that Matilda hates to clean. She would much rather spend her time thinking up the funniest joke in the world. Matilda makes a secret arrangement with Lane’s sister Virginia, who loves to clean, but the arrangement is too good to last. Soon, the pair begins to unearth the personal mess behind Lane’s pristine life in this irreverently funny and heartfelt play. Praised all over the country for her work, Sarah Ruhl received the prestigious Susan Smith Blackburn Prize and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Drama.