2026 MAINSTAGE AUDITIONS
In the Next Room or the vibrator play
by Sarah Ruhl
SUNDAY FEBRUARY 15, 2-4PM
MONDAY FEBRUARY 16, 6-8PM
(choose one date to attend)
THE CARRIAGE HOUSE
@ 76 MAIN ST.
STAMFORD, NY 12167
Sign Up: Email your name and the date you would like to audition to kristin@thepartytheater.com
About the Pulitzer Prize-nominated play In the Next Room or the vibrator play by Sarah Ruhl:
Set in the 1880s at the dawn of the age of electricity and based on the bizarre historical fact that doctors used vibrators to treat “hysterical” women (and some men), this revelatory comedy centers on a doctor and his wife and how his new therapy affects their entire household.
Rehearsal Dates: March 23-May 8, 2026
Performance Dates: May 9-11, 14-16, 2026
WHAT TO BRING: Comfortable clothing and water, you will be asked to read from the script. No need to prepare in advance.
(This is a non-union production)
Character List:
Catherine Givings – wife of Dr. Givings and mother to Letitia, a woman in her late twenties and full of life, but sexually frustrated with her marriage.
Dr. Givings – Catherine’s husband, a man in his forties and a specialist in gynecological and hysterical disorders.
Sabrina Daldry – Dr. Givings’ patient, a pianist in her early thirties struggling with hysteria and infertility.
Leo Irving – Another patient of Dr. Givings’, an English artist in his twenties or thirties.
Annie – Dr. Givings’ midwife assistant, a woman in her late thirties.
Elizabeth – An African-American woman, house keeper for the Daldrys, and later wet nurse for the Givings, in her early thirties.
Dick Daldry – Sabrina Daldry’s husband, a man in his forties or fifties.